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Visualizing Technical Debt

Posted on May 12th by Shae Davidson.
Mark Hissink Muller's Complexity Map creates a tree map that helps Java and J2EE/JEE developers keep unintended complexity to a minimum--effectively monitoring what Ward Cunningham described as "technical debt."  The visualization allows ...
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Rights Software

Posted on February 11th by Shae Davidson.
The Martus software package gives human rights organizations a secure tool for managing information, particularly data related to the identity of victims or witnesses of abuses.  The software allows reformers to ...
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Annoucement: GraphGear 1.2 Available

Posted on February 8th by Matthew Hockenberry.
How does the work move forward? Sometimes this is a strange question. Working on a lot of things, however, inevitably implies that some things get left behind in the wayside. Graph Gear ...

Science and the “Protected Commons”

Posted on December 13th by Shae Davidson.
Australian non-profit CAMBIA promotes research and technological collaboration in the life sciences as a means of nurturing innovation and making current research more widely available to developing communities.  The group's
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Making the World A Better Place One Geek at a Time

Posted on October 26th by Shae Davidson.
Geekcorps pairs socially-conscious technology experts with communities to promote development and inter-connectivity.  The group tackles these issues on three broad fronts:  information technology, business development, and education. To meet the broadest range of ...
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The Recycled Canvas Theme is now available! (v0.9)

Posted on March 27th by Matthew Hockenberry.
If you are interested in becoming an experimenter, just download the theme+plugin and go ahead and get in touch with us. We'll give you access to our code repository and bug tracking ...
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[mashups] Lots of coal, but the engine is full.

Posted on March 26th by Matthew Hockenberry.
Read/WriteWeb points out that mapping continues to be the dominate API used for mashups, and wonders if mashups have lost their luster: There are few surprises in this information. Google Maps is ...
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Barcamp Boston

Posted on March 15th by Matthew Hockenberry.
Barcamp Boston is this weekend (all day saturday and until 5:30 on sunday). I'll try to stop by for some of the time - it is conveniently adjacent. The only competition is ...

Deep Diving with IBM

Posted on March 9th by Matthew Hockenberry.
On wednesday I went down to New York City to participate in part of IBM's Global Innovation Outlook 3.0 for a deep diving brainstorm and discussion session on media and content. ...

Be kind to the web, please recycle your research.

Posted on March 5th by Matthew Hockenberry.
As we near the target deadline for releasing our prototype recycled research project, it makes sense to talk a little bit about what we mean. Here is an overview of the project, ...

Sugar? One lump or two?

Posted on March 2nd by Matthew Hockenberry.
A lot of people talk about wanting to try sugar out every time it hits the news. David Armano expresses his interest in trying out the os. Don't just be a ...