Gadgetopia

If you've read this blog, you may have picked up on the fact that I'm a bit of an open-source advocate. I far prefer to use open-source solutions wherever possible. By and large, open-source doesn't get enough credit. I've run Linux and KDE as my primary work environment on my ...

Here's a thought: there's big money in collaboration apps. Not building new ones, but instead training and motivating people to use the ones they have. Is this a problem in your office? You get Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes or Groove or a packaged Intranet...then no one uses it. You ...

OpenGroupware.org Complements OpenOffice: A group of open-source folks are looking to torpedo Exchange: "'Just to be perfectly clear, this is an MS Exchange take-out,' said Gary Frederick, leader of the OpenOffice.org Groupware Project, in a statement. 'OGo is important because it's the missing link in the open source software stack. ...

Convea - Open Source Business Application Platform: This is a pretty stunning piece of work. It's super-Outlook in a browser. IE 5.5+ only. Try the demo. If you're ever used Oddpost, you'll be just as impressed with Convea. Using astounding client-side programming, they have utterly and completely replictaed a client-side ...

Stalker aims to creep up on Exchange | CNET News.com: So, if you're still using Outlook, then it stands to reason that this software would have to support all the functions that Outlook exposes client-side: Contacts, Tasks, Calendar, etc. "Stalker Software plans to unveil messaging and collaboration software next week ...

One of the reasons I enjoy open source is that a lot of the more mature packages start focusing on nice little touches that it would take a while for a big company to get their minds around. But since the source is out there, it just takes a little ...

I monitor the 404s on this site, and I found an interesting one today. It was an inbound request to: /phpgwapi/setup/tables_update.inc.php?appdir=[deleted] "phpgwapi" is an open source groupware toolkit. It must have a recorded exploit, because the deleted part was a URL that someone was trying to get phpgwapi to remotely ...

Open Source Applications Foundation - Our Product "Chandler" - Description: Chandler is the Big Thing that Mitch Kapor (the guy who brought us Lotus 1-2-3) has been working on for a year now. Version 0.1 is out. Here's his vision: "Recent open-source groupware products and projects (Evolution, Kroupware) use Outlook ...

The other day, I was reading the Wikipedia page on McMansions (via Kottke). It was extremely interesting, and it made a good point: The movement of the "atrium concept" home layout from popularity to ubiquity in modern American architecture stems largely from the "Ten Minute House" theory [...] Most realtors ...