In the 1980s, Apple jumped out to an early lead in personal computers, but then got selfish. Steve Jobs, a notorious control freak, just could not play well with others.
Along came Microsoft, with Windows, which was a knockoff of Apple’s operating system. Microsoft partnered with everyone and today has 90 percent market share, while Apple’s […]
When I was in college, I envy Google Summer of Code for being only open to university students. Maybe it might have indirectly influenced me to get into the university ;). Anyway I ended my envy later by participating in GSOC. If you are also a college/high school student under 18 years and have such […]
GSOC 2007 finally came to an end on last 20th, providing loads of experience and lots of other good things to take with us. It helps to create passion for Open Source software among students, by providing an opportunity to work with more than 100 OSS projects in their summer holidays. Even it implies as […]
Founders of Silverstripe, Sigurd Magnusson and Sam Minnee was recently invited to do a Tech Talk at Google. Watch their talk about New Zealand, starring in Lord of the Rings, how they destroyed the ring and Summer of Code.
SHAMELESS NOTE : Watch around 27th minute to see Sigurd presenting the work I’ve done with GSOC.
(You […]
First of all, I beg your pardon for not updating you with my summer of code experiences as I promised. Once I get busy with coding I tend to forget all other essential stuff which needs to go along with hacking. Yeah I know that’s not a good practice as a FOSS developer and trying […]
Today is a one of the greatest days in my life, as I got accepted to Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2007. It’s a dream coming true for me and looking forward to have some great experiences with it.
Google Summer of Code, is a program organized by Google for University Students. Where they have to […]
As most of you may aware (or not) Google Summer of Code for 2007 has been announced. This year I’m eager to apply for a project, eventhough I’m not sure whetehr I will get accepted. Anyway project ideas of accepted mentoring organizations will be released only on 14th March and student application period will be […]
It seems Gmail has also joined the rounded corner and drop shadow galore with it’s upgrade to the interface. Even though there isn’t a major upgrade in the main UI message interface has become much sweet.
Also they have taken all the message actions to a top-right drop-down menu, which actually becomes quite irritating than the […]
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