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GTK, ASU, FSO? TMTLA!
With the new Openmoko Framework initiative (as posted in previous installments of this column) facing its first milestone release (nothing but solid phone calls, so don't be disappointed. If you have no Openmoko device, check out the video in the same directory), we are now facing three different major software stacks for the Neo family (there are special-purpose variants, but I won't go into details here). As there is quite a chance that developers might be confused about that, I want to use this chance to sketch the big picture and answer some of the questions around the future of...
Momentum
Momentum is something really strange! It's hardly predictable and you have to run to catch it before it goes away -- but when it's there, things are progressing like there's no tomorrow :-) There's a whole lot of momentum present in some of the projects I care about: OpenEmbedded OpenEmbedded will abandon monotone and move to git as its primary SCM. This will increase the wide-spread adoption of OE and attract new people. We will have more (shortlived) branches and merges will be easier. We will also revamp the commit policies a bit to introduce more stability to both the...
State Machines -- Resistance is Futile
::: {.img-shadow} {width="200"} ::: So I'm rewriting the call handling in the Open Phone Daemon for the second time now. Cowardly, twice I tried to get away without implementing a full state machine, but it always came back to me. Telecommunication stuff is all about state machines, and honestly... they are your friend, not your enemy. Yet another reason to see that my third semester in university with all the finite state machines was not superflous :D
Chemistry
I seem incapable of working together with some people. I tried hard, but it just doesn't work. Everytime we discuss anything my blood pressure is raising and we run into arguments. I'm sick of that. Perhaps it's just me -- I'm afraid the older I get, the less patient I get. Then again, it could be just a matter of chemistry -- some pairs function, some not. Might be nature.
Froscon Submission Deadline in 10 days
I just realized it's only 10 days until the Froscon call for papers has its deadline. You should better get started submitting a paper -- I will do the same. Looking forward to seeing you at one of germany's nicest OSS conferences!
Openmoko Framework Initiative
I have not been posting about my work for Openmoko for quite a while. There are multiple reasons for that, ask me privately if you want to know... Today though, I want to post about a high-priority project inside Openmoko, Inc. -- the new framework and middleware initiative which me and some guys will be working on. I have been talking privatly about this to people on conferences, but now it's going to be an official project. It's something we attempted to do when we started back in 2006, but for some reason, we did it the wrong way. We...
Bossa Conference Video
The guys from INdT posted the Bossa Conference promotional video for next year's installment: Yours truly can be found a couple of times... so -- how many appearances do I have in this video? :D
Last day in Brazil
Sitting in the business center of the Beach Class Suites hotel trying to fix some strange bugs in ecore-native. In a couple of hours I'm leaving to the airport, travelling back to Frankfurt, Germany. This week in Brazil has been an amazing experience, especially the friendly guys at the INdT. There's a spirit of freedom and creativity hanging over the whole installation and it's not surprising at all that the results just rock. One of the key elements of successful software products is the communication between designers and developers -- and they got this one completely right. The Mamona team...
From Switzerland to Brazil
::: {.img-shadow} {width="200"} ::: As I have mentioned previously, I'm really trying to cut down the number of conferences I go to this year. However, both the OpenExpo in Bern (from which I returned last friday) and the Bossa Conference in Brazil (which I'm there since saturday) are too important to skip. OpenExpo went very well, I had some good talks with people regarding further platform development. I had a talk where I outlined three major factors of OpenMoko (Freedom, Experiments, Innovation) and the forthcoming middleware initiative. If you manage to understand german, have a look at the video. :::...