Joe Brockmeier

Got a pink slip? Write more open-source software — Rather than twiddling your thumbs through the economic downturn, ZDNet's Joe Brockmeier has even better advice: write more open-source software. There are a variety of good reasons to do so, including using code contributions as a way to position your talents to would-be employers, but one stands out: Studies ...... [Tags: code contributions, economic downturn, joe brockmeier, open source software, pink slip]

News to know: Google vs. Washington, Mac enterprise, Ubuntu, Twitter — Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Score one for Washington as Google gets schooled Joe Brockmeier: Google: Evil or just overworked? Ryan Naraine: Google readying fix for Chrome file download flaw David Morgenstern: Microsoft to Mac enterprise bloggers: How much to sell out Apple? Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Gold-Plated [...]... [Tags: apple, bloggers, david morgenstern, google, headlines]

Money makes open source tick — I blogged Evangelia Berdou's Ph.D. thesis "Managing the Bazaar: Commercialization and peripheral participation in mature, community-led Free/Open source software projects" way back in March, but apparently a few others (like OStatic and Joe Brockmeier) just came across it, as they've written up interesting perspectives on the ...... [Tags: bazaar, commercialization, free open source, free open source software, joe brockmeier]