John Poelstra

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The Drug of Distraction

I believe one competitive advantage of the future will be the ability to focus, concentrate, and get things done–the ability to overcome the notion that we can effectively multitask and context switch while doing quality work and having meaningful interactions…. Continue Reading →

Fedora 12 RIP

Last week, as part of the Fedora 14 Bugzilla Housekeeping process, all open Fedora 12 bugs were closed. Fedora 12 is now officially end-of-life (EOL).  This means that no new bugs are accepted for Fedora 12, and updates, including security fixes, will… Continue Reading →

Distraction and Empathy

A few months back The New York Times ran a series of articles about our immersion in technology.  They were really interesting if not a little convicting and ironic to find them via Twitter. Set aside ten minutes and read… Continue Reading →

Seven Ways To Make A Little Progress Every Day

One of my goals for the year is to blog at least once each week.  Behind that goal is also the desire to become a better writer.  I try to make it the first part of my day by getting… Continue Reading →

Community At Community Conferences

I attended WordCamp Portland 2010, a conference about blogging and WordPress. There were two sessions tracks and an unconference track.  At a couple of the session times, none of the track offerings looked interesting, but I picked one anyway.  Without… Continue Reading →

Fedora 15 Release Date Is Set

Updated 2011-04-09: Click on the schedule above to navigate to the actual schedule.  As of today, Fedora 15 is scheduled to GA on 2011-05-24. It’s official.  Yesterday, FESCo approved the Fedora 15 schedule with a release date of May 10,… Continue Reading →

Congratulations on Fedora 14

Well, we did it!  We released Fedora 14 on schedule after one adjustment for the Fedora 14 Alpha.  Want to know how?  All the gory details are on the Fedora 14 retrospective page. Think we can make Fedora 15 even… Continue Reading →

Connected Innovation

The October 2010 issue of Wired Magazine had and interesting article titled Where Ideas Come From.  These excerpts struck me in particular: KELLY: The musician Brian Eno invented a wonderful word to describe this phenomenon: scenius.  We normally think of… Continue Reading →

What Do You Want To Read About?

A few weeks ago I announced that we are looking for someone new to take on the Fedora Program Manager role. Have no fear TK009,  I have definite plans to keep blogging.  With a perfect record so far in 2010,… Continue Reading →

Five Mortgage Lessons

Last year I lived through a mortgage refinance nightmare. Through an incredibly frustrating experience with a mortgage broker that “had the best rates,” funding their deals with the “lowest rate provider” who has a reputation for the worst customer service… Continue Reading →

Fedora 14 Kerberos Error Message

If you use kerberos for authentication and you’ve recently moved to Fedora 14, you may encounter this error while requesting a ticket with kinit: kinit: KDC has no support for encryption type while getting initial credentials The bug report suggests… Continue Reading →

Fedora 14 Nears The Finish Line

It has been quite a journey and we’re almost to the finish line.  After shipping the Fedora 14 Alpha a week late because of too many big changes at the last-minute, we released the Fedora 14 Beta on time.  We’re… Continue Reading →

Five Recent Resonations

How to Not Really Win An Argument by Donald Miller–I think the argumentative tone on the Fedora mailing lists has gotten better.  Here are some ideas to go further. The Beauty of Damaged Goods by Carolyn Campbell– “Ah, this is… Continue Reading →

Portland Oregon Weekend Get Away

This isn’t a guide to the cheapest way to get away for the weekend.  It is a guide to great food and a nice place to stay. Lodging: Youngberg Hill Vineyards and Inn. Not too far from McMinville, Oregon, but… Continue Reading →

Fedora 14 Final Release Game Plan

Approximately one month from today (November 2, 2010 at 10 AM EDT), the final release of Fedora 14 will be made available to the world.  And when it is, you can get it at http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora. We still have an opportunity… Continue Reading →

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