Month: April 2003

Getting results

Dave has started work on the keynote for OSCOM 3:

I accepted the keynote offer because I wanted to see if we could get some work done. I’d like to open a discussion about that. Should we find a common module that we could implement across all CMSes, whether they be commercial or open source? I know I’d love to see a Yahoo-like OPML browser in all CMS’s. We already have one in Manila and in Radio.

Getting work done is the spirit we want, too. Maybe practical interop with twingle could be something to build on? Add OPML to the mix, and you got a powerful feature set.

phd or not?

i got a second call for papers in less than a week today. open source is all the rage in academic circles it seems. which brings me back to the question whether i should pursue a phd. i certainly holds some appeal, but there are downsides too.
upsides

worldwide recognition
chart new territory
help to shape a new paradigm
job safety (for a while)

downsides

submission to the academic process
commitment to an endless quest
low pay

i guess i know only one thing for sure: i wouldn’t want to become a full-time assistant. i would prefer to do my phd externally. also, university of zurich holds less appeal than other places like harvard, MIT or berkeley.
i should do some more thinking on the subject, for sure. like collecting a list of interesting places to do a doctorate.

Rock on

Wouldn’t you know it. After months of electro and k-pop, I decided I had enough and picked a rock / pop channel. Nothing to write home about except that it has an eerie new quality for uninitiated listeners like myself.