[ad_1] If you’re interested in improving your GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) skills and you’ll be attending SCaLE 14x this month, you’ll want to check out Akkana Peck’s talk, Stupid GIMP tricks (and smart ones, too). Peck knows a thing or two about GIMP—she’s the author of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional. In her…

[ad_1] ScyllaDB is designed to be a resilient NoSQL database and is currently in beta testing. It is designed from the ground up to take advantage of multiple core systems and to provide very high performance. Don Marti, techical marketing manager for ScyllaDB, co-founded the Linux consulting firm Electric Lichen. He is a strategic advisor…

[ad_1] Like many others in my generation, I started out using computers with names like Apple II and Commodore 64 before moving on to Windows. I can still remember the Windows 3.1 that sat in my parents’ house for years in high school. I then left computers alone for a while and decided to work…

[ad_1] If you manage a business which deals with physical goods, supply chain management is an important part of your business process. Whether you’re running a tiny Etsy store with just a few customers, or a Fortune 500 manufacturer or retailer with thousands of products and millions of customers worldwide, it’s important for you to…

[ad_1] This article was co-written by Josh Berkus. At SCaLE 14x, we will give a talk focused on helping speakers provide a more positive experience for their audiences. But there are many different facets of conference organizing that could use improvements, each facet with its own audience. In this article, I will focus on just…

[ad_1] Back in the old days of computer-based film editing, computers were, famously, less powerful than the mobile phone in your pocket, and yet people were able to edit higher-than-HD-resolution film for international film releases. How was this possible? Before answering that, a brief and simplified technical lesson: Most films today are either all or…

[ad_1] At a recent meeting, I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Curt Carver, CIO at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, speak on the priorities (and challenges) for today’s CIOs. Themes from his talk were familiar, but important: CIOs must help the business grow, gain competitive advantage, and remain secure. He also emphasized many…

[ad_1] If you’re a programmer, you’ll find GNU/Linux systems quite powerful and robust. When it comes to areas like visual arts, video, business, or gaming, you’ll find some tools with promising potential, but lots of bugs, quirks, and challenges. You can accomplish whatever you need in most cases, but the setup and learning curve may…

[ad_1] We recently closed out a great year for the open web, with a number of important developments in 2015. Important open web changes and innovation included: Public beta of Let’s Encrypt Certificate Authority (encryption everywhere for free) Netflix opened up HTML5 content viewing to Firefox on Windows Mozilla gave away grants to support a…

[ad_1] Learning is an endless journey, not a fixed destination. And sometimes, learning can be a tough climb up a challenging mountain. It helps to have a sherpa, a mentor, to praise us when we reach new heights and provide a caring push when we are stuck in the mud. Mentoring is common in the…