The real question is: Is Plone even still relevant?

There's a couple links in the Pubs section that are recent (May and June 2010), but I'm not really certain those pubs add anything new to the content. I'm now beyond disappointed in Slashdot: breaking news posted hours after it stop being relevant; other news stories sometimes showing up a week later after the furor has passed, and everyone's forgotten about it and moved on; and now, news that is 3+ years old. Wow. Why am I here?

I'll add my vote to Nuts and Volts - fun and fantastic mag.

What the unholy fuck is this?

I think /. has officially jumped the shark. It's bad enough the "News" gets posted hours and days after it stopped being relevant, but now I'm required to wade through this gibberish? I thought I was having an acid flashback. The suspense was killing me, so I succumbed to the temptation and actually RTMFA (well, skimmed TFA because it was long and rambling and I stopped caring after the first paragraph, especially when I realized, with great disappointment, I was not having an acid flashback). I'm sure Malamud is a very lovely man (and apparently at least a borderline kook), but really? Why the fuck do I care? Did this really "Matter" enough to get promoted to a front page article? And what thesaurus lists "biographical drivel" as a synonym for "News?"

On the plus side, the discussion thus far has been quite entertaining.

This is a nervous breakdown waiting to happen.

Listen to the folks telling you to slow down and prioritize. Have a friendly talk with your boss about a promotion to go with the new responsibilities. Ask for help (even if you do not need it) from your boss prioritizing your responsibilities so you can get the most important things done in your 40 hours... this discussion will accomplish several things: your boss will understand exactly what and how much you have on your plate, you make it clear working more than 40 hours long-term is not desirable, hopefully some of your shit tasks get delegated elsewhere, and finally, you get some important satisfaction knowing you are making an effort to get control of the situation. Frankly, it sounds like you are on a sinking ship. If so, make a plan to get off the boat voluntarily.

If the situation does not improve, this is headed a very ugly direction. Stress can destroy your health, and burnout can last for years (perhaps a lifetime). I don't have words to describe how painful and destructive stress and burnout really are. Just take my word for it: Don't go there.

I take notes on my tablet. It's searchable, emailable, shareable, archivable, etceterable. If I'm gonna waste trees, I'd rather do it building paper airplanes.

I am increasingly shocked how long it takes news to make it to Slashdot... sometimes it's days after the event. I've been frustrated to have posts for fresh news rejected, just to have the same story finally show up a couple days later when it's no longer really news. I just don't bother any more.

Slashdot is teetering on the verge of irrelevancy (or perhaps it's already fallen, but the eds haven't posted that article yet). "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." Slashdot articles aren't "News." The information is old, stale, and discussed to death by the time it hits Slashdot. There is a point where the news is so old, the quality of the article simply no longer matters; Slashdot past that point long ago. The only reason I keep coming back is for the discussion. Digg and their ilk might be fast, but Slashdot article write-ups and commenters are far more interesting, intelligent, insightful (most of the time)... I don't have to put up with pages and pages of repetitive fucking ascii art jokes.

It's slashdot... you should only be ashamed if you didn't recognize the reference immediately.

Yeah... one of my friends, who usually finds entertaining stuff, "like" the prom dress page. He's intelligent and computer savvy. I'm probably intelligent and even more computer savvy, but the combo of my friend posting that title got me. The real "stupid shit" that folks are clicking is the giant "click here to continue" on the page. That's where common sense says "time to hits the googles if ya really wanna know."

I second this recommendation. Encouraging him into learning map/level design is also good start. Once he gets hooked into that community, he'll naturally strive to take it to the next level and outdo his friends. One technique of getting kids interested is to create your own project and show it off, to get them to ask "hey, how did you do that?"... it always works out better if they invite you to be their mentor. Don't always be one step ahead of him, get him to teach you (i.e., encourage him when he discovers a new trick or technique on his own)... from a gaming perspective, it's kinda like earning an Achievement.

The suspense is killing me!!!!

I'm a Photoshop user who is also pro-GIMP - I don't use it much, but I do evangelize the GIMP, Inkscape, and many other FOSS/FAIB software. I personally don't use a lot of these tools because I need more advanced tools, but I recognize both their usefulness for casual users and the benefit they serve as gateway drugs to the FOSS world.

I had an orgasm or two when I saw the PS video when it came out. I had another when I discovered the GIMP has a similar plug-in.

Well. I spent maybe an hour getting and installing Resynth, grabbing my own screenshots from the PS video, rounding up my own example photos, trying to duplicate the effect, trying to find some fucking documentation, trying to figure out exactly how the damned thing works, working out some error or another, waiting patiently for a process to complete, waiting impatiently for a process to complete, getting pissed I couldn't duplicate the results... Orgasm thwarted, I gave up without unlocking its secrets and haven't touched it since. At least I didn't have to bullshit Resynth with that "it's okay, it happens to everyone" line.

GIMP fanboys insulting PS users does not win GIMP or OSS any points. This kind of behavior tends to put people off. And kinda makes you sound like a dork. Try welcoming instead of attacking.

Huh. People actually use MATLAB outside of academia? All the scientists I know who do hardcore math use FORTRAN or IDL.

Also, Jason Chen pointed out:

"The point was to help him KEEP his job. Apple already knew he lost it, now everyone knows. Public scrutiny helps pull back the veil"

I have to hope they asked Gray before releasing his name since the ding to his reputation may be worse than losing his dream job. Yes, maybe if Apple was already going to fire him, they'd have already done so a month after losing the thing. However, the Giz hitting the fan might have changed the situation.

Or, it was a purposeful leak, and he's got a little bonus coming in his next check.

1. Develop beautiful, functioning prototype for hot next gen gadget.
2. Drop said prototype in a bar in the middle of tech heaven.
3. Wait for tech media outlet to predictably get hold of prototype.
4. ???
5. Profit!!!

I'm not sure I understand the point of this article or what we're to discuss. This post and TFA seem to be half-finished thoughts with no conclusion. The OP appears to take credit for an idea that was hardly new in 2006 (or even 1996)... we've just been waiting for the technology to progress, miniaturize, ubiquitize to the point of feasibility. The OP's pointing out that he (like many people before, during, and after his 2006 article) was writing and thinking about the ideas around a "life recorder" seems to be the only point he's trying to make. Is he trying to claim he made a unique prediction? Is he trying to make a legal claim? Is he asking us to worship him as an all-seeing clairvoyant deity? Is he looking for a pat on the back? Is he trying to explain why he's going to beat up Rob Enderle? Is he trying to recycle some old content and make it relevant? Why are we here?