The year 2008 was a great year for ODF. The ODF Alliance has published their 2008 Annual Report [PDF] which is well-worth reading, especially for its coverage of ODF adoption. The date has long passed since I last could keep up with all the news stories related to ODF, so it is good to read […]
Archives for January 2009
Monopoly Freedom Day
Each year the Tax Foundation, a 70-year old nonpartisan tax research group based in Washington, D.C., issues a press release on Tax Freedom Day, the day in the year where the average American worker has earned enough to pay their taxes for the year. In 2008 Tax Freedom Day was April 23rd. Of course, this […]
Inaugural address words
A word cloud made using Wordle, of the texts of all inaugural addresses, from that of April 30th, 1789 until today’s. The 500 most-used words are displayed (leaving out ‘the’, ‘a’, ‘is’, etc.) with font size proportionate to frequency of use. Some of the least-used words in inaugural addresses, the hapax legomena of inaugural addresses, […]
ODF 1.0 Errata 01
Back in March 2007 JTC1/SC34 issued the following statement: Liaison Statement from JTC1/SC34 to OASIS ODF TC Defects have been identified in ISO/IEC 26300 and defect reports will be submitted to the OASIS ODF TC. SC 34 requests that the OASIS ODF TC respond to these defect reports in a timely fashion and publish errata […]
Ten Resolutions for 2009
Here are my obligatory New Year’s Resolutions. These are my personal ones, what I’m doing for myself. I’ll also have a set of professional resolutions, what we at IBM call “Personal Business Commitments” or PBC’s. I still need to develop those for 2009. Exercise at least 30-minutes every day. Unlike every other January when I […]