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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

Easy CSS editing with Emacs

Editing CSS in Emacs is very easy since the standard CSS mode comes included by default. But developer Julien Danjou created this nice minor mode called rainbow-mode which will display the color of the code as the background of the code’s text. It is very useful to immediately see the colors right there in the […]

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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

Identica-mode 1.2 with OAuth support released

The time has come to set up a new stable release for Emacs Identica-mode microblogging client. It’s been almost a year since last release, but many people have been following the project’s progress through the git repository updates. Download Download the identica-mode 1.2 The two most relevant features of this release is first, support for […]

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Events GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source personal

Will be speaking at FSLVallarta 2011

This year I’ll be giving two talks at the Festival del Software Libre in Puerto Vallarta. This time I got invited on two topics, I’ll give my talk about DRM and for the first time I’ll be talking about Free Network Services (FNS), a topic I’ve been interested since my problems with google services and […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

The importance of Web frameworks in startup development teams

In a start-up environment, things happen so fast that there’s very little time to polish your tools. Code gets done undocumented, development team members come and go with different programming styles and tools, and the chaos just builds up as the business goes. At some point, you can’t finish or maintain something because one team […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source personal

New media reading habits on tablets and ebook readers

With the latest releases of ebook readers and tablet devices (iPad, xoom, galaxy tab, etc) reading habits are changing from paper based to digital in a faster pace than before. I’ve been using my Samsung Galaxy Tab for reading a lot more. I enjoy more reading my social media updates (Twitter, Google+, Facebook) on this […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source personal

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review

I got the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition at Google I/O in May. Its now mid September and I’ve been wanting to give it some use before giving an opinion about it and review it. ### The technical aspects ### – Big display of 10.1 inches. – Its got a fast processor, applications and […]