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Open Talent Era

Welcome to the open talent economy—a collaborative, transparent, technology-enabled, rapid-cycle way of doing business. What the open source model did for software, the open talent economy is doing for work. From Deloitte, The Open Talent Economy. People and work in a borderless workplace.

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3 life lessons software metrics can teach us (and make good resolutions)

Happy new year everybody! In case you are looking for a couple of good resolutions to add to your 2016 list, here’s a bunch of geeky ones coming from software engineering research field 🙂 1. Keep your diff low Diff (short for difficulty) is one of the Halstead complexity measures. It is used to measure the […]

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How to completely remove kubuntu desktop from your Ubuntu 14.04

Say you wanna try (for fun) to experience the Kubuntu desktop environment while you run Ubuntu 14.04. Now say that after you play a while you decide you wanna go back to your familiar Ubuntu interface and you wanna get read of the Kubuntu desktop you have installed. If you are not lucky (I usually […]

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How to make ClickShare work with Ubuntu

Last time I had to do a presentation was during ODI’s Train the Trainer program. One of the options we were given in order to connect to the projector was ClickShare. If you don’t know what ClickShare is, watch this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R-AbOkN_98 In order to use ClickShare you have to plug it to your machine. It […]

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[Updated] A Windows 10 update tale!

So this is how it started… I was already aware that Windows 10 will be freely given to previous Microsoft Windows users (even pirates!) but I felt it was not such a big deal. All the machines worth spending time to keep up to date are pretty much doing it themselves and for free since […]

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How to successfully install Microsoft Office to Ubuntu

If you are a Linux enthusiast you are probably already find the title of the post strange and / or insulting. At this point I am going to have to ask you to take a deep breath and consider this… LIFE IS NOT FAIR! WHY SHOULD DIGITAL LIFE BE? Sometimes we are forced to use […]

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Matt Mullenweg talks about coding in open source, business and productivity

(via: fourhourworkweek.com)

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Everything you need to know about WordPress 4.0, the Benny Goodman edition

Just updated to WordPress 4.0 and everything went smooth. I love the video mashup with the latest changes. It’s probably the best way to communicate the most important features to a WordPress fan 🙂 As you probably know, WordPress versions get their names from famous Jazz musicians and 4.0 is dedicated to one of my […]

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The Zero Theorem: top 3 favorite quotes

Bronze Metal – Nothing adds up. – No. You’ve got it backwards, Qohen. Everything adds up to nothing, that’s the point. – What’s the point? – Exactly. What’s the point of anything?   Silver Metal I’m sorry to interrupt, but I couldn’t help but notice this young lady’s pathological attempt to project upon you her daddy issues of abandonment… […]

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Η ηλεκτρονική παρακολούθηση, τα προσωπικά δεδομένα και… εγώ (;)

Σε λίγες ημέρες πρόκειται να συμμετάσχω σε συνέδριο με τίτλο “Whatever happened to Privacy? A Mobilize! Event“. Μεταξύ άλλων βασικές ενότητες της συνάντησης αποτελούν: Ηλεκτρονική παρακολούθηση πολιτών από την κυβέρνηση Προσωπικά δεδομένα και καταπάτησή τους Ελευθερία έκφρασης και λόγου στο διαδίκτυο Προσπαθώ να κάνω σχετική αποδελτίωση των ομάδων, φορέων, κινήσεων και δράσεων, τυπικών ή άτυπων, […]