I guess most of you have probably come across blogs which have one of these disclaimers: This is my personal opinion, and not my employers. Here are my thoughts on these. Perspective I think there is always a certain point of view when you read these things. If you have to put this on your personal blog because your opinion and your employer’s opinion differ so much, it might be time to find another job....
There is one thing which annoyed me a lot in 2011: the general topic is Women in Tech. I’m not annoyed because I don’t like women or don’t want them to attend conferences. I’m annoyed because nothing happens. Status Quo For the most part it’s guys at conference who discuss what can be done about it. For example, I don’t remember how exactly we got into this discussion at Funconf, but at the time we even had two or three women in the room when this was brought up....
I found myself pondering today when I tried to figure out what I want to say or write about Steve Jobs passing away. Because whatever I wanted to share seemed not appropriate and just not good enough. I watched his Standford speech (again) and while I think this speech did not have the edge and finesse his usual Apple-related appearances did, it contains so much wisdom and enlightenment. Fundamentals which do not just apply to young people but everyone else as well....
So Sourceforge is complaining about people hating on Twitter. First off: haters gonna hate!. Sourceforge should know better and not feed the trolls. Then, people complain for a reason. For years your website has been complicated and actual development (not distribution) has stagnated on Sourceforge. To me it seemed like the primary objective was maximizing income from advertisement. Yes, you guys relaunched a few times, but unfortunately never got it quite right....