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Part 2 - Birds do it. Movie Stars do it. Cable News Broadcasters do it. But do Software Developers do it? Twitter.

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:31:23 -0400

Part 2 - Birds do it. Movie Stars do it. Cable News Broadcasters do it. But do Software Developers do it? Twitter.:

Thanks to those that provided their input on how Software Developers are using Twitter. Interesting enough, Time magazine did a major article on Twitter in their June 15th edition. One of the major…

What's cool about Moblin?

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:30:50 -0400

What's cool about Moblin?:

My good friends at the Intel Software Network have launched a terrific new way to deliver technology videos to the community: ISN TV.

For their launch this week, they invited me to give a brief…

Intel Software Network TV - Are You Watching?

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:23:43 -0400

Intel Software Network TV - Are You Watching?:

Today is the first day of LIVE broadcasts for the new Intel Software Network TV, providing live video streaming plus interactive chat. Below is the complete lineup of programs for today, and our…

Two Years Later: Why Linux people still lust after DTrace

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:07:37 -0400

Two Years Later: Why Linux people still lust after DTrace:

Bill Pearson from the Intel Software Network posted a declaration of a party on the occasion of the 2000th blog post on ISN.

One of the highlights he listed was the conversation which was…

2000 posts. Time to throw a party!

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:07:23 -0400

2000 posts. Time to throw a party!:

Today we had our 2000th blog post. It struck me that this is a milestone worth mentioning. I’m amazed at how much the Software Network community has changed since we started blogging a couple…

Congrats to the OpenSolaris team for 2009.06

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:00:20 -0400

Congrats to the OpenSolaris team for 2009.06:

Although I’m not working actively on OpenSolaris any more, I was happy to see the launch today of OpenSolaris 2009.06. See Glenn’s announcement email here.

The download of the LiveCD distro went…

Moblin Beta and VirtualBox

Thu, 21 May 2009 02:19:46 -0400

Moblin Beta and VirtualBox:

Yesterday I installed Moblin version 2 Beta on my Asus eeePC 901, a netbook with a little Atom processor in it. It’s been fun to walk it around with me yesterday and today showing people the future…

The Dawn of the Age of Moblin!

Wed, 20 May 2009 02:19:42 -0400

The Dawn of the Age of Moblin!:

The public beta of Moblin v2 is here!

If you don’t know about Moblin, read Imad’s blog for a complete introduction to the operating system, including a lot of good links. In fact, I’m typing…

Stateful Programming - a key element

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:48:45 -0400

Stateful Programming - a key element:

A key feature of Object Oriented Programming is code manageability and reusability, key feature of Procedural Programming is flow manageability. A key element in flow manageability is Stateful…

Moodle Community, Another Example of Moore's Law

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:46:26 -0400

Moodle Community, Another Example of Moore's Law:

In the current unprecedented global economic downturn, a community associated with a learning management system ( LMS) called Moodle for global educators is growing at an exponential

Delusion of tbb::concurrent_vector’s size or 3 ways to traverse in parallel correctly

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:08:20 -0400

Delusion of tbb::concurrent_vector’s size or 3 ways to traverse in parallel correctly:

Like in the previous post about concurrent_vector, I’d like to start from a sentence buried in the Reference Manual, Section 4.4.6.1, which describes the size() method:

“The result may…

Shared access with TBB read/write locks

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:28:17 -0400

Shared access with TBB read/write locks:

Lately a sequence of interesting things happened to me. It started with finding an aptly titled paper “TLRW: Return of the Read-Write Lock” by Dave Dice and Nir Shavit. A couple of weeks…

Help: Writing a File Manager for Games?

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:18:07 -0400

Help: Writing a File Manager for Games?:

Programming a game is fun. It’s not every day that you get to work on algorithms for things like zombies, mechs, or aliens. However, a zombie wouldn’t be very scary if you couldn’t load the mesh,…

Amplifying Open Source 3D CAD with Intel(R) Parallel Amplifier

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:57:41 -0500

Amplifying Open Source 3D CAD with Intel(R) Parallel Amplifier:

Hello folks,

Let me start with a brief introduction. I am a program/release manager coordinating release activities in the team developing Intel(R) Parallel Amplifier and Inspector. The…

Intel's Virtualization for Directed I/O (a.k.a IOMMU) Part 1

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:50:55 -0500

Intel's Virtualization for Directed I/O (a.k.a IOMMU) Part 1:

IOMMU’s or Input/Output Memory Management Unit is a new entrant to the x86 world. This is something which has existed in the risc based systems for quite some time. You can get a brief introduction…

PowerTOP: Dave enters a video game

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:25:31 -0500

PowerTOP: Dave enters a video game:

Always wanted to see Dave Stewart fragged, as in “killed in a video game” ?

Yes, I knew you did. Ah, yet another analogy goes haywire.

This is another in a series of digital shorts about work…

Linux Libraries Lost and Found

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:21:32 -0500

Linux Libraries Lost and Found:

Developing an application to run on Linux systems is, for the most part, fun and rewarding. I always enjoy using new tools and seeing how much I can get the tool to do for me. But after the…

Approaching Virtual World Interoperability

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:21:32 -0500

Approaching Virtual World Interoperability:

Several new developments are brewing in the metaverse. The Massive Multiplayer Online Experiences IETF group has started to form, co-chaired by Linden Lab and IBM. Linden Lab has started…