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Posted in Centopeia on August 27th, 2008 05:00
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Ubiquity: this is a big deal
I’m gonna go out on a limb and do something I don’t typically do, which is guess the fate of something. But my gut tells me Ubiquity, a new project just announced on Mozilla Labs, is going to be a hell of a big deal. Ubiquity, in a nutshell, is a set of functions on top of the browser that allows the user to take data sources existing now, and being created now (i.e like Microformats) and explore them in different (and useful) ways. It’s much better seen than read, so watch this video and then come back to me:
My feeling is that you’re as impressed as I was when I saw it. This is a big deal. We’re creating all sorts of data every day, by using social networks, social software and the web as a whole. What we’re not doing, though, is using that data to its fullest potential. We’re still used to looking at our data as belonging to a silo (even though, as you know, many as I do defend open data) - which it shouldn’t be. The craigslist is a crucial example to me: CL isn’t going to implement (at least not if they’re sticking to their KISS approach) maps anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean that their data should only be visualized in their typical texty-manner. Data is data is data - we just need more ways to look at it.
Write the future
Ubiquity is a step in the right direction. A step I’m sure many of my readers will gladly want to help browser technology take. So get involved if you have the spare cycles and/or the right ideas. I’m not mobilizing you because I have anything to do with Mozilla (beside being a long time fan, I don’t), but because this is definitely a technology that benefits from creative input, in figuring out new ways to both interact with the system, and with the key component of all of this: our data in the cloud. Read the full Ubiquity announcement post here, and enjoy!
Posted in WeBreakStuff on August 27th, 2008 01:05
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quick tip: send emails on mac
For some reason my local Ruby on Rails applications weren’t sending e-mails, so I found out that all you need is to write the following on terminal:
sudo postfix start
And that’s it, now I can send emails from applications running on my Mac. Nice!
Posted in re:inventar on August 26th, 2008 14:18
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- the traveling moleskine
- Insoshi Portal
- Lovd By Less -- Open Source Social Network -- Who loves you, baby?
Posted in Centopeia on August 26th, 2008 05:00
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Got myself an Eee PC 701
I'm back from my vacations, and there's lots of stuff I want (and will) blog about. But this one had to be now: I got myself a new Eee PC! Well, as a matter of fact both me and Paula wanted an Eee PC, so this one is from and for us both (even if the possibility of getting another one was already discussed). As you might have noticed thanks to the previous blog posts I made about ASUS EEE PC, which made several people think I already had one, I really fancy this cute little laptoy. I only have it for a couple of hours, and the time with it is between me and Paula, so I still didn't have the time to play with it as much as I wanted to: I built a backup USB stick and a backup of the system as it was, fiddled a little with settings and preferences, played with some of the software it has (which includes playing OpenArena and hedgewars O:-)), and got it connected to the internet via Kanguru (3G service). And I had to do this blog post using it, the same as I did when I got my blackberry phone :-)The next step is already decided: install Debian here!
And for those wanting pictures... Well, I'm sure that either me or Paula will be uploading some of those in the near future :-)
Posted in Mind Booster Noori on August 23rd, 2008 15:05
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Posted in Centopeia on August 23rd, 2008 05:00
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Wines for the European Wine Blogging Conference
A quick note to mention the great wines that I’ll be taking to Rioja for the EWBC2008 as representatives of Portuguese wine making.
The great Redoma Reserva 2004, a marvelous magnum of Batuta 2004 and the inevitable Niepoort Vintage 2005 from Niepoort Wines.
The different Cavalo Maluco 05, the sangiovese Anima L5 and the Herdade do Portocarro 2004 from Herdade do Portocarro.
It’s going to be a fantastic wine tasting for the lucky EWBC participants.
Posted in blog.delaranja.com on August 22nd, 2008 23:40
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Faceyourmanga or not
This afternoon when I looked around in Twitter it seemed most of my friends had their avatars replaced with a manga version, after some digging around I found out the culprit is Faceyourmanga.
You can create an avatar for yourself and customize it with plenty of options (clothes, faces, masks, whatever pleases you the most).
What’s so amazing is how quickly it spread on services like Twitter.
Meanwhile it seems there’s already an stopyourfacemanga.
Posted in re:inventar on August 22nd, 2008 14:41
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Barcamp Portugal 2008
This is probably of no interest to the majority of this blog’s audience, so I apologize in advance for cluttering your news feed, but I did want to let the portuguese readers know that we’re now 2 weeks away from Barcamp Portugal 2008! I can’t believe it’s now been 3 years since I was in the Bay Area for the first Barcamp and decided we should play our role in organizing a portuguese edition as well. Now two editions of Barcamp Portugal (2006 and 2007) later, and a third being on the way, we couldn’t be happier about how things are going.
If you are portuguese, or are in or around Portugal on the 6th and 7th of September (that’s in 2 weeks), join us! We have a bunch of surprises lined up for this year’s edition, and things will get hacky and crafty at night - keep an eye out! For more information, go check out the official Barcamp Portugal webpage at barcamppt.org. See you in two weeks!
PS: If you *are* portuguese, there’s more information about the event on my portuguese blog.
Posted in WeBreakStuff on August 21st, 2008 16:57
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Adegga “Tempranillo” release
Just before going off for a couple more days of vacations I’ve put live the Tempranillo release of adegga. This release includes new profile pages for wineries and members, a new activity log and a more direct way to add a rating or write a note on a wine.
Here’s a example of one of the new producer profiles:
This was the last release before the two major changes that have been on the works. There’s a redesign being worked on and a surprise feature!
A side note on release names. As you probably noticed, from now on code releases will be named after grapes names. Tempranillo is the first one because it’s the main grape used in Rioja where the 3 of us will be driving to in a couple of days to join the European Wine Blogging Conference.
Posted in blog.delaranja.com on August 21st, 2008 05:29
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