--- title: links for 2006-09-11 date: 2006-09-11T06:22:20Z modified: 2006-09-11T06:22:20Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/09/10/links-for-2006-09-11/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1051 categories: - Links timestamp: 2006-09-11T06:22:20Z tags: - Links --- - [Clock – Online Alarm Clock – onlineclock.net](http://onlineclock.net/) i can definitely see myself using this (tags: [via:Simon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:Simon) [2006](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/2006) [online](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/online) [application](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/application) [alarm](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/alarm) [clock](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/clock)) - [Angelic Penguins: SLED Menu For Ubuntu (Uslab) Now In Repo](http://angelicpenguins.blogspot.com/2006/07/sled-menu-for-ubuntu-uslab-now-in-repo_14.html) tried this, but couldn’t adjust to it; maybe another time (tags: [SLED](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/SLED) [Ubuntu](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Ubuntu) [GNOME](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/GNOME) [menu](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/menu) [usability](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/usability) [howto](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/howto) [GUI](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/GUI)) - [» Google Spreadsheets 1.1.5g released | Googling Google | ZDNet.com](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/index.php?p=319) Google Spreadsheets adds ODF support; while there will still undoubtedly be many who mistakenly (IMO) compare this offering to Excel, the fact is that Writely/Spreadly have the potential to be the most widely available ODF application set (tags: [ODF](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/ODF) [Google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Google) [spreadsheet](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/spreadsheet)) - [The Business of Software – Windows vs MacOSX sales numbers](http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.385725.0) some interesting metrics relating to the question of cross-platform application development and support (tags: [cross-platform](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/cross-platform) [metrics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/metrics) [OS-X](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/OS-X) [Windows](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Windows) [via:Alex](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/via:Alex)) - [mjg59: I resigned from Debian today.It wasn’t a](http://mjg59.livejournal.com/66647.html) i’ll try and write something up on this soon, but i agree w/ Donnie’s comment: this is happening elsewhere, and is becoming more prevalent. i also, frankly, think it’s to be expected. the key is goals, i think. (tags: [Debian](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Debian) [Linux](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Linux) [politics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/politics) [Ubuntu](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Ubuntu) [Garrett](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Garrett) [culture](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/culture) [flame](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/flame) [wars](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wars) [democracy](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/democracy)) - [Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Conflicting goals create tension in communities](http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/56) i’ll need to write this up to, but Mark is as usual very diplomatic and respectful; i fully agree that a lot of the difficulty here is about goals, which is why i’ve been confused when i’ve heard Debian folks talk about being more like Ubuntu (tags: [Debian](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Debian) [community](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/community) [design](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/design) [Linux](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Linux) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [Shuttleworth](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Shuttleworth) [Ubuntu](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Ubuntu) [culture](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/culture) [goals](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/goals) [direction](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/direction)) - [ongoing · JRuby Love](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/09/07/JRuby-guys) cote’s already mentioned this for us, but i should have something to say about it as well; either way, *love* the Q&A format 😉 (tags: [Bray](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Bray) [JRuby](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/JRuby) [Java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Java) [Ruby](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Ruby) [dynamic](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/dynamic) [JVM](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/JVM) [hiring](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hiring) [Sun](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Sun) [scripting](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/scripting)) - [Peter Yared’s Musings: Web 2.0 is Dead, Long Live Web 2.0](http://peteryared.blogspot.com/2006/08/web-20-is-dead-long-live-web-20.html) “What “Web 2.0″ has changed is people’s expectations regarding user experience.” don’t agree w/ all of Peter’s claims here, but this is a great point: my Mom might not use “Web 2.0” sites like Digg and so on, but she does use Google Maps (tags: [Google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Google) [Maps](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Maps) [Web2.0](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Web2.0) [Yared](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Yared) [user](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/user) [experience](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/experience))