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One Hand Slapping

Doc Searls — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:18:23 +0000

Adobe Systems, the world's leading supplier of graphical software, is gradually shifting its business to a subscription model, baiting customers with features and tools available only to Creative Cloud subscribers. more>>

Webinar this week: Storage

Carlie Fairchild — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:14:50 +0000

We have a webinar coming up this week -- this one is all about storage. Join us Thursday, March 28, 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time (8:00 P.M. GMT). The webinar is free to all. Register now at http://lnxjr.nl/ANSYSsim328. more>>

Tweet About Your Pi!

Shawn Powers — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:10:18 +0000

We're looking for quick blurbs about what you've done with Raspberry Pi. If you send us a quick description, and maybe a photo, we'll pick our favorites and publish them in our upcoming Raspberry Pi issue!

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Contest Takes SXSW Experience Outside of Austin

Carlie Fairchild — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:27:43 +0000

Spring Break is upon us, and the destination of choice for geeks to take their annual spring sojourn is the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin. Not all those who wish to go will get the expense approved and instead will end up stuck sifting through a barrage of blog posts and event hashtags in order to get their SXSW fix. more>>

Android for Independence

Doc Searls — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:51:11 +0000

At some point in the early 2000s, I got my wife a Nokia phone with a keyboard, so we could text each other. It was a great little phone, not hard to use or understand, but she texted me only once with it, to send the word "no". Then, in late 2007, not long after the iPhone came out, she told me she wanted one. Why? more>>

Webcast: Collaboration in the Cloud

Carlie Fairchild — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:33:49 +0000

IBM's platform as a service (PaaS), IBM SmartCloud Application Services, is now generally available and ready to help your development team collaborate in the cloud.
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Linux Showdown

Carlie Fairchild — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:29:28 +0000

Get Your Geek On! TrueAbility is excited to announce their SXSW Linux Showdown, a competitive contest for Linux IT professionals during SXSW 2013. Taking place from March 8 to 15, the Linux Showdown is an opportunity for contestants to show off their Linux skills and compete for numerous geek themed prizes as well as coveted leader board positions. more>>

Long Live IRC

Carlie Fairchild — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:25:57 +0000

Find Linux Journal on irc.freenode.net, #linuxjournal. Join us in the room any time for some quick help, support or witty banter. more>>

Great Feedback!

Shawn Powers — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:58:19 +0000

The feedback I've gotten on my "Taming the Tablet" column in issue 226 has been amazing. Thanks to everyone who has sent me their tablet setup, their experiences, and their thanks. It makes writing my column feel more like a conversation than a lecture. :)

Picking Up Aaron Swartz's Dropped Flags

Doc Searls — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:09:38 +0000

My first quality time with Aaron Swartz was at the last Comdex, in the Fall of 2002. He had just turned 16, but looked about 10. His old Mac laptop featured a screen with no working backlight. Only he could read it, which he rationalized, with a smile, as a "security precaution." When I asked him about school, he said he had moved on. more>>

On Data Tagging

David Lane — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:50:10 +0000

Pick up most items, from the soup can, to the library book, and you will find a data tag. In most cases, that tag is the simple, ubiquitous bar code that seems to have been around forever. more>>

Biggest Data

Doc Searls — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:59:25 +0000

Turns out maps matter.

That's always been the case for me. I'm a map freak. I own hundreds of paper maps in various specialties, plus many atlases, books on geography, geology and other geo-obsessions. But I'm no longer an edge case, because maps are proving to be essential on smartphones, which today approaches a billion or more people. Digital maps on phones are now among the core portfolio of smartphone apps, alongside voice, text, calendar and contacts. What could be more mobile about a phone than a map to help the user look things up and get around? more>>

Playing Value Subtraction Games

Doc Searls — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:33:52 +0000

I'm writing this in an Amsterdam apartment we rented for the weekend through AirBNB. The main reason we chose this place wasn't comfort or convenience. It was connectivity. This apartment was relatively cheap (about a quarter or a third of the price of a three-star hotel), but reports said the Internet connection was good. more>>

Looking Past Search

Doc Searls — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:14:05 +0000

Can we make search organic again? Or should we look past search completely? more>>

Nexus 7 - First Look

David Lane — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:45:32 +0000

I had the opportunity to test drive a friend's Asus (Google) Nexus 7, the latest entry into the tablet space. It has an attractive price point, a clear display and most of the tools that you would expect from a tablet. But despite this, there are some serious limitations that might have you think twice about adopting this device as your go to tablet. more>>