Lococast.net Episode 17 - Extreme Blabbermouth Edition

Lococast.net Episode 17 - Extreme Blabbermouth Edition

• Intro
  
  
  • Skype bought by Microsoft?
  
  
  
  


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  Events

  
  
  
  
  • Penguicon Recap
  
  
  • PyOhio (call for talks now on! Sponsorship available!)
  
  
  • Loco Takes over MUG - looking for short talk ideas
  
  
  
  


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  Feedback, send it people [email protected]

  
  


• Natty is out and people are responding, loads of stories:


• Craig and his newfound unity love


• Ubuntu studio moving to XFCE vs Unity: link


• Is quality an issue? How can we help? Alpha vs Beta testing link


• Ubuntu power users project:
  
  
  • http://www.mikesplanet.net/2011/05/ubuntu-power-users-getting-the-most-from-ubuntu/
  
  
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerUsers
  
  
  
  


• Rick kicks Ubuntu to the curb/server (How's Arch?)


• UDS happened


• Documentation cleanup , too much old bad info, delete 5 wiki pages link


• Amazon Lending, Kindle books outselling paper books on amazon? thoughts?


• Bookie! (http://bmark.us)


• Miscellany
  
  
  • Confirmed: Microsoft Says It Will Open Source VB 6 link
  
  
  
  


• Books
  
  
  • Craig
    
    
    • Challenges for Game Designers
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Rick:
    
    
    • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
    
    
    • Node: Up and Running: Scalable Server-Side Code with JavaScript
    
    
    • Snow Crash. (audio book)
    
    
    • The Wisdom of Crowds (audio book)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Music in this Episode

• Mercurial Girl by Five Star Fall from Automatic Ordinary


• Thannheimer by The Dino Haak Collective from Filmscore


• Infralove by Diablo Swing Orchestra from The Butcher's Ballroom


• Oh, god. by Cloudkicker from Beacons


• Uh Oh