July 22nd, 2011 | by akoelewijn | published in agile
It’s amazing how many good products were created by people scratching their own itch. Not just Linux. I’m currently reading Design is how it works. Every chapter has a story about how a company uses design to create successful products. I’m just half way, but so far every story is a story about somebody scratching [...]
December 28th, 2008 | by akoelewijn | published in oss
Good chance that the winner of the “I’m Linux” video contest will create his entry on a Windows or Mac computer. I use Linux a lot, but i bought an iMac for editing HD video. The state of video editing on Linux is really, really sad. I tried a couple of programs, nothing really worked [...]
October 23rd, 2008 | by akoelewijn | published in oss
Tons of people still think opensource software is created by hobbyists (hackers) working for free from home. In Economy to Give Open-Source a good Thumping Andrew Keen argues that the upcoming economic downturn will make programmers think twice about working for free and this might hurt open source. In my opinion he really doesn’t understand [...]
