The Technology Tribe
That says it all - Caligari TrueSpace 7.6 - the newest release of their 3D modeling and rendering tools was released for free. Get Caligari TrueSpace for free.
TrueSpace is a Windows only 3D modeling and rendering package that’s been available for over 20 years. Recently, the company was acquired by Microsoft for their Live Earth project. This runs parallel to Google’s acquisition of of SketchUp! a few years ago. (more…)
I am glad to see that there are better and better articles appearing on wikipedia - especially this description of nominative use - the defense against trademark infringement. This is extremely relevant in a world where companies trademark their product names then tell the world you can’t use that name in statements of compatibility. If there’s simply no other way to express compatibility then according to nominative use, you can use it in very specific way. (more…)
Yet another slam against Javascript - this time in Dan Morrill’s blog vs Javascript 2. Dan names AIR, Silverlight, and JavaFX as successors to Javascript because of his prediction that the browser based application of today is destined to be replaced by open standards apps of some other kind. (more…)
A new reason has come up to be swearing at MySQL rather than swearing by MySQL.
The MySQL Performance Blog reports that MySQL Community Edition has not been upgraded since November 2007, whereas it previously received twice-a-year updates. This product is the free and open source version of MySQL (The M in LAMP) that was MySQL’s source of success.
What is bothersome is that the MySQL Community Server page lists version 6.0, however if you follow that link, you are directed back to the 5.0.x version and also directed to their per server/per year license, which has an enticing per server/per year license starting at $595 but quickly stepping up to $4999 per year.
I’ve had a few folks point out to me that this is a better price than Valentina, until they figure out that Valentina initial pricing is for two years of updates, not one, bringing the price down to about the same or below MySQL pricing. That is intentional.
It is about time: a WYSIWYG Wordpress template generator. This is an amazing piece of work - it even supports widgets. Now all we need is a generator for Joomla, Drupal and ZenCart.
I gave a short tour of Mirye Runtime Revolution at BarCamp Seattle 2008 on Sunday, under the title Programming for Non-Programmers. The previous day - Saturday - there was a presentation on various Rich Internet Application builders. Since every attendee could pick up a free copy of Revolution Media Edition, I covered mostly the features of Runtime Revolution that I wish I had known more about when I first touched it. (more…)
BarCamp Seattle 2008 started around 11:30 AM with 30 minute sessions. I sat in on an excellent “gaming the organization” session discussing how to integrate fun, game oriented elements into the work place as a means to motivate or reward employees. You can follow this on the wiki or on Twitter.
Nathan Gold and Claudio Sennhauser are together again at the Demo Coach. Nathan Gold was a tremendous force behind the success of U3, the secure mobile storage platform that was eventually acquired by San Disk. Nathan did a spectacular job preparing U3 for its first appearance at Demo - if you are going to show at Demo, Nathan and Claudio are the folks you should be talking to in order to put your best foot forward.
Paradigma Software and Mirye are sponsors for BarCamp Seattle 2008.
Mirye Software Publishing will be providing Campers with free copies of Runtime Revolution Media Edition. You have to participate in the event to get one of these. They will also get a free copy of Valentina Community Server.
I will be blogging this event, which will be held at the Adobe Conference Center, 801 N 34th St., Seattle. Some important links to know if you are planning on attending.
RSVP with Mirye. Let other Rev and Valentina users know you are going.
RSVP the Event and Get Your Badge.
Get listed on Facebook
BarCamp Seattle Twitter. Watch this brighten up during the event.
If you are a customer trying to reach the Runtime Revolution website, read the news on the Mirye Software Community Site for information about why the site is currently down. It should be back in within the next few days. Mirye Software is not impacted by this.