The discussion about copyright, generally, and Creative Commons, specifically is continuing elsewhere, and I’m extremely pleased to see others speak out with their concerns, opinions, and questions. In particular, I loved what Phil Ringnalda wrote today: What strikes me as uproariously funny about the rush to CC license weblogs, though, is that probably the most useful feature […]
Month: February 2003
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How not to create software
If you develop open source software, or software that you give to the public out of the kindness of your heart, document it. I know people will say, “But it’s free! How can you add more demands on the caring, giving person who wrote it?” Easily. Software that requires one to edit C makefiles because […]
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Ahhh Factor test
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Pretty good looking for a lady in her middle years, isn’t she?
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Get Used to Disappointment
A friend told me last week that disappointment is part of any friendship. I have to agree with him because any relationship between people that is something more than the barest superficial association is going to have times when one, or both, is disappointed in each other. The same has to hold with our friendships […]
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Are the fish spawning?
I had a friend ask me a couple of days ago why it’s taking so long to finish the Practical RDF book. I had to laugh (either that or scream) because to write about something such as Siderean Software’s RDF-based search and navigation product, Seamark, required reading over 100 pages of documentation, not to mention installation of […]