Archive for July 11th, 2009

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

cost of streaming video on the web

I am still trying to work out how companies manage to  stream video economically. This trace route mashup up that I found on programmableweb.com is great though

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Saturday, July 11th, 2009

3 types of people doing developing open source

 
3 types of people doing developing open source

young techi who works for a company - he doesnt have to worry about how to make money from open source - He is kewl ‘cos he is doing open source
hardcore techi who in his spare time contributes to a open source project - he does it because […]

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Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Cloud computing gaming conference by skillsmatter.com

     I went to the cloud computing / gaming conference yesterday
1) the organisers where shocked by the turn out - 150 attendees -  they where only expecting 50
2) lots of gambling / spreadbetting people there
3) Most / all products talked about where focused to the high throughput requirements of gaming platforms. Most of them are […]

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Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Preparing for OSCON

   7 days to go until I fly to California for OSCON. Apart for learning lots, I hope to make some good business contacts there.
I have printed 3 tshirts - I have the slogan “VideoAds open sourced…” printed high on the back of the tshirt - I used this service - I really like the […]

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