Open Source Security Revisited – With Enough Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow
It is a common knowledge that, usually, Open Source projects are successful because of the developers scratching their personal itch. It often starts with a group of disgruntled developers frustrated with a proprietary software because it fails to satisfy their needs. The very fact that they are left helpless due to the absence of source [...]
Microsoft Word is Desktop Software. Supposedly. Then Why Does it Fail to Load Offline?
Dave Michels’ recent post, I thought I Was So Cloud resonated well with me, since I’m experiencing the same pain regularly, even without the dramatic experience of a cashed harddisk. I’m now using 4 computers, not counting the iPad, and like Dave, “I am so Cloud”, so moving between them should be seamless. It almost [...]
Google Cheese
Yes, this is decidedly cheesy: a microblogging app that’s intentionally buggy. Full of holes, like it’s namesake, the cheese. For educational purposes. But I think they forgot something really important: Yes, I know, proper pairing would be wine and cheese, but it doesn’t rhyme as well as Jarlsberg & Carlsberg. Besides, this way Google [...]
The Anti-Beta Revolution. Or is it a Counter-Revolution?
Gizmodo has just issued A Call for Revolution Against Beta Culture – great article, and boy, do I love the illustration!. I’m tired of this beta culture that has spread like metastatic cancer in the last few years, starting with software from Google and others and ending up in almost every gadget and computer system [...]
