Tag: open source

  • Unfashionably still an Atom editor fan

    Unfashionably still an Atom editor fan

    I’ve loved the idea of the Atom editor since I saw the initial announcement video three years ago: I used it on and off as a text editor since it was released. Sure, it was sluggish, but I didn’t think too much of it. I used Atom for a text-based productivity system a couple years…

  • Creating good through open source

    I really like videos like this: Open source as a way of doing things has such amazing potential to make our world so much better. Watching videos like this tend to prompt me to revisit my calendar and try find regular blocks of time I can dedicate to my dusty coding projects.

  • An alternative to Israel’s expensive Microsoft licensing dilemma

    An alternative to Israel’s expensive Microsoft licensing dilemma

    Interesting article on OnMSFT: Israel, scared off by Microsoft subscription deals, won’t renew Office licensing agreements: Under the current deal with Microsoft, Israel pays about $27 million a year for Office on the desktop, Windows, and server software being used across the government. The ministry issued a bold statement, saying “This will also encourage government…

  • Open source WordPress app on all platforms is good news for the open Web

    Open source WordPress app on all platforms is good news for the open Web

    An open source WordPress app on all platforms is good news for the open Web in a time when there seem to be more high walls around platforms.

  • A very common Markdown spat

    I came across Hilton Lipshitz’s post titled “Standard Markdown” in my feeds that interested me. As you probably know, I use MultiMarkdown routinely and it has changed how I work. MultiMarkdown, of course, owes its origins to John Gruber’s original Markdown project and expands on the original syntax. I followed the link to the Standard Markdown link in…