Practical Tips for Dealing with Haters by Tim Ferris–Some good ideas and reminders for dealing with people that don’t agree with you or might not like you. I loved the tattoo stunt. How Bad Habits Create Boring Stories by Donald… Continue Reading →
The third quarter of 2010 has come to an end and it’s time to see how my unfinished goals have progressed since the first and second quarter check-ups. 1. Weigh 180 lbs by December 31, 2010. Currently at 182 lbs…. Continue Reading →
I’ve been involved in Fedora for a while. I started lurking on the Fedora lists at the beginning of 2007, and as a result of some internal organizational changes at Red Hat, received the opportunity to make Fedora part of… Continue Reading →
While thinking about what I got out of my vacation I also made some notes about key ingredients for having a great vacation. 1. Forget the hotel and rent a house, cabin, or condo–the cost is often the same or… Continue Reading →
I recently returned from seven solid days of vacation at a cabin on a lake in Northern Idaho. It was also a vacation from work, home, and the internet. I brought my computer along in case I was inspired to… Continue Reading →
I’m tempted to stop using Feedburner because it isn’t reporting new posts in a timely manner. Has anyone else has seen similar problems? A Google search isn’t turning up much. Here is the display of http://feeds.feedburner.com/Poelcat in Google Reader: Here… Continue Reading →
Fresh Air with Terry Gross had an interesting story called Digital Overload: Your Brain On Gadgets. Find a comfortable place and listen to it without doing anything else–no email, twitter, web browsing, etc. It was painful to not to be… Continue Reading →
Updated September 28, 2010: The beta is available. One week from today, September 14, 2010, we reach Feature Complete for Fedora 14. It also signals the start of preparations for the Beta release. Here’s how things will roll from here… Continue Reading →
Who decided that socks with sandals are wrong anyway?
People continue to tell they are sorry my dream of an on-time Fedora release could not be met for Fedora 14. I appreciate their concern, but I don’t take things like this personally. The reality is it was something I… Continue Reading →
David Grady covers all the angles here except calling out and repeating the same bug number multiple times.
White Space by Robin Johnson-Simpson–Looking forward to a week of white space at a cabin on a lake without the internet or cell coverage. How to Not Really Win an Argument by Donald Miller–Excellent advice for some of the “discussions”… Continue Reading →
The Fear Tax by Seth Godin–Are we shipping Fedora or are we focusing on just in case scenarios like 100% elected governance bodies? Five Principles of Civil Dialogue by Donald Miller–I really like point #4: Every person has sovereignty and… Continue Reading →
Lots has has happened since first laying out how things would go down for the Fedora 14 Alpha release. Tonight Jared announced that the Alpha would be slipping by a week as would the rest of the schedule. This means… Continue Reading →
I’m tired of the judgment and self-righteousness I see in the open source community. I’m tired of seeing it inside my company. The in-your-face, public shaming techniques to get others to change their behavior don’t work. Have the recent or… Continue Reading →
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