by Dave | Feb 11, 2010 | Tinker Blog
To be honest, I’m not too in love with Facebook but I’m always happy to see a company use a recognized standard to do something. Facebook now uses the Jabber instant messaging protocol to do chat which means Kopete (and many other instant messengers) now...
by Dave | Jan 29, 2010 | Tinker Blog
As I’ve started using KDE (alright- the KDE Software Compilation), one thing I’ve run into is that all the dialogs seem to default to certain folders. I ascribe to David Allen’s Getting Things Done and have tried to create a desktop environment that...
by Dave | Dec 9, 2009 | Improving Apps
I’ve already noted why the open source or free angle isn’t as helpful at getting people to switch. As Seth Godin says: The chances that you can top a trusted provider on the very thing the provider is trusted for are slim indeed. Instead, you gain converts...
by Dave | Dec 8, 2009 | Improving Apps, Tinker Blog
I know. I’ve railed against KDE for a long time. And yet here we are. Leaving GNOME behind. Why To be frank, part of it I’m sure is that I’m kind of restless with technology. And KDE has a lot that has impressed me. Not just slick appearance- maybe...
by Dave | Dec 7, 2009 | Improving Apps
A few years ago I got my wife to switch to Linux. She is a great computer user, although she would probably be the first to deny this. She has done some pretty impressive things in Windows, whether it be writing her Masters’ thesis in Word (almost 100 pages!)...
