Richard Stallman explains why:
If the users don’t control the program, the program controls the users.
Tag: Software
Dosa remixed [article]
JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth) is the Chief Scientist at Salesforce, but that doesn’t detract him from speaking his mind on things he is passionate about. I love how he is able to weave a story around the past & the present while helping to shape the future. He does that splendidly while writing about two things he is passionate about – food & software – in this blog article titled “On Habanero Dosas, platforms & makers” .
Stolen bike recovery [Article]
Stolen bike recovery, software-style! As the authors wondered, “Bike theft hurts a lot of people, but it’s not like anyone is going to devote actual resources to stopping it. So, at Priceonomics, we thought we’d take a crack at trying to reduce bike theft. Could we use software to help people fight back against bike thieves?”
Definitions [Article]
Joel Spolsky, a software professional, has a way with words. For my not-so-computer-friendly readers, here’s his simple explanation of the difference between Systems Software & Application Software.
Where’d You Get That Cool Shirt? This Software Knows
In case you hadn’t already noticed, everyone wants to sell you something. (No, not me, at least, not yet! ;). In the ads race, a company has developed software that can automatically identify SPECIFIC products in visual media, & then serve up relevant advertisements. As this article says, “As one example, the software matched the sunglasses worn by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in an image accompanying a news article about the movie stars to similar pairs available on Amazon. A reader online who hovered a cursor over the object would see the tagged link for the product.”