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Over the past few months, friends and family have been very curious about how my new job is going, and it’s been hard to stop for a moment and go into detail about it. I’ve been simply nodding and saying “It’s fine”. This is an attempt at summarizing all the activity that happened in the [...]
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Microsoft just announced their Cloud Computing platform, named Microsoft Azure at PDC. Haven’t looked much into the details yet, but one thing jumped out right away when I looked at the ‘what is Azure’ page: the Python logo is in there. It should be no surprise for those following closely the evolution of IronPython and [...]
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Man, some Linux Users (or lusers as some like to call them) really like pain and suffering. These days, user-friendly distributions like Ubuntu make it easy for even a novice to get a desktop installation up and running smoothly. However, try to get an unusual piece of hardware working, or use a less stable distribution [...]
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People Management: Presentation
Here’s my presentation on “People Management in a Collaborative Remote Work Context”. Sorry, Portuguese-only. Update: You can also read the paper: Gestão de Pessoas no Contexto do Trabalho Colaborativo à Distância (yes, Portuguese-only too).
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Life on 64
Been working on some cool projects recently, but nothing that can go public just yet. I’m certain that the Plone community will enjoy it though. Besides that, I’ve recently discovered, after listening to Steve Gibson’s Security Now! podcast netcast that my development machine is actually 64-bit capable. I had bought this machine back in May. [...]
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Times are changing (Or?)
A very interesting announcement from Microsoft today. I’ve been following some of their moves lately and have a gut feeling that Microsoft is preparing some kind of ‘take over’ plan. My opinion is that they are doing a silent revolution. Instead of going head to head with Linux and Apple they are making small steps [...]
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GNOME-BR Looking for Translators
The GNOME-BR project is seeking help in finishing the translation of GNOME 2.16. Worth of note is that the Brazilian Portuguese translation is one of the most complete translations, just like in Plone. :) ./volunteers –all > gnome-br-list.
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