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somerandomdude: RT @sgourley: Open Source intel used in WWII to track the price of oranges to determine if RR bridges had been bombed http://is.gd/7nV6d

Posted on 30 January, 2010 at 7:00pm with Comments Off

RT @sgourley: Open Source intel used in WWII to track the price of oranges to determine if RR bridges had been bombed is.gd/7nV6d

A Call For Open Sourcing Our Fonts

Posted on 26 February, 2009 at 2:09am with 3 comments

With embedded fonts being supported by all modern browsers in one form or another (be it EOT or @font-face), it is only a matter of time until font embedding becomes commonplace on sites catering to current generation browsers. There is a large collection of blog articles discussing the obvious ramifications of embedding commercially-licensed fonts, the inevitable rise in piracy and the equally inevitable decrease in type foundry profits. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this subject and how it relates to recent copyright debacles conflicts. I would like to be optimistic that a proactive approach towards embedding licensed fonts is attainable and will be accepted by many of the major foundries. However, I do not think it will be happening anytime soon. Therefore, I think the more plausible solution for the immediate future, is to push for an embeddable, open source font collection. Read the rest of this post…

Open Mint

Posted on 21 February, 2007 at 10:01am with no comments

Lately, I have been devoting significant time into a daily blogging schedule. This has definitely taken an increased amount of discipline, but the results have been staggering. The increase in writing has led to a decrease in participation in discussions on the site – something I am going to try to reverse in the future. I much rather post slightly less and participate more if it really comes down to it.

This whole blog thing started that out as a bit of an experiment has become a daily fixture. Some people go hiking, others shop, I blog. One of the things I am going to move towards is increased sharing of information and allow more engagement from readers. I thought it would be interesting for some of you to be able to have access to the site’s traffic statistics. As many of you well know, I am absolutely fascinated with web statistics and the patterns/trends they can show. Traffic statistics seems to be this both coveted and highly secret object – I thought it would be interesting to open it up for everyone to see. If you are a web publisher/blogger and you do in fact have your statistics open, please drop a comment and let me know. If would be interesting to see how many folks have open up their numbers and who they are.

In the next six months, my goal is to increase this site’s traffic by another 30%. This may seem a bit arbitrary, but if this traffic increase continues, I think some interesting possibilities could begin to open up. I think it would be interesting to allow readers to see for themselves if this goal is achieved and to follow its progress.

My goal is to make this site as open and transparent as possible. This is obviously a very small and relatively inconsequential piece of that puzzle, but nonetheless an interesting one. So, please, go ahead and look under the hood. Be my guest.

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