June 2009

How I think Wikipedia works

June 30, 2009

I have a mental model of how Wikipedia works and behaves. This may not reflect reality, but it is how I, as an end-user, expect Wikipedia to behave. I think these are reasonable expectations regarding things like standards of proof and balance and that if the real Wikipedia differs substantially from these expectations, then we [...]

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ODF Plugfest

June 26, 2009

Although the term may be alien to some, “plugfests” have been around for around 20 years. A plugfest is when implementors of the same interface get together and test the interoperability of their products. In the beginning this was done with wired standards, USB, etc. (thus ‘plug’). Over the years the term was applied to [...]

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ODF TC timeline

June 23, 2009

I used a variation of this chart at the recent ODF Plugfest in the Netherlands. But the aspect ratio of a presentation slide doesn’t suit this type of chart well, so here is a fuller version of what I showed there. Those who are not familiar with standards development are sometimes amazed at how long [...]

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ODF Lies and Whispers

June 9, 2009

There is an interesting disinformation campaign being waged against ODF. You won’t see this FUD splattered across the front pages of blogs or press releases. It is the kind of stuff that is spread by email and whispers, and you or I rarely will see it in the light of day. But occasionally some of [...]

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