by Dave | Oct 14, 2009 | Improving Apps
Do yourself a favor and go read Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier’s brilliant article on what your attack vector should be in convincing users to use your FOSS app. At least, that’s what it comes down to. He says that there’s a mentality among the...
by Dave | Oct 7, 2009 | Improving Apps
I’m excited to announce that I’m refocusing on improving the Linux (and GNOME in particular) experience and to that end we’re changing a few little things like our domain name. After a lot of thought and crossed-out (taken) ideas, I’ve settled...
by Dave | Sep 27, 2009 | Improving Apps
I love this article- what does quality feel like online? Take a minute and go to your app’s website. And ask yourself, does it scream quality? Long ago, as a linux user with Red Hat 7 I quickly developed a quick way to see if an app I was interested in trying...
by Dave | Sep 14, 2009 | Improving Apps
Seth Godin says: The people who make desktop software are making themselves obsolete. When you start developing on the web, your default is to be smart, to interact and to be open (with other software and with your users). Desktop software (like Word) is insanely...
by Dave | Aug 24, 2009 | Improving Apps, Tinker Blog
There are two real desktop environments for Linux: KDE and GNOME. Yes XFCE and others, I’m completely leaving you out. There are always people that defy convention or want to try something out there. I love BeOS and Haiku but I doubt I will ever push it as a...
by Dave | Aug 6, 2009 | Improving Apps
I try to keep this site ‘pure’ in terms of what I speak up about. This is not just another ‘Linux News Site’ and I don’t want it to be. But I want to bring up this debate in the context of app development. The debate has raged online for...
