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Episode 0x30: GNOME Press Comments

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Karen and Bradley discuss recent coverage of GNOME by the technology

press, and more generally issues and concerns with the technology
press.

Show Notes:
Segment 0 (00:44)
  • Bradley couldn't find support for his claim about in the
    • can, and Karen may be right.(01:15)
  • Bradley mentioned that the GNOME Foundation negative press recently
    • is akin to what Harry
    Reid did by stating rumors regarding Romney's taxes. (05:03)
  • Karen mentioned the Debunking
    • Handbook that Germán
    Póo-Caamaño mentioned to her. (06:30)
  • Bradley mentioned the quote I do not think
    • [that word] means what you think it means from The
    Princess Bride. (13:30)
  • Karen mentioned the GNOME 15 year Anniversary
    • Site. (17:22)
  • Bradley mentioned Dave
    • Neary's GNOME census, and quoted numbers from the census. (21:30)
  • Bradley discussed Eazel, a company co-founded
    • by Andy
    Hertzfeld. (23:03)
  • Karen mentioned GNOME's Outreach Program for Women,
    • in which Conservancy participates. (25:34)
  • Karen mentioned an
    • article that came out on the same day as this audcast. (30:30)
  • Bradley mentioned that some research by evolutionary biologists
    • suggests language
    may have developed for gossip (38:48). Bradley couldn't find
    evidence easily online for the 80% is gossip claim on the audcase, but
    did find an article talking about 65%
    of human communication is gossip.
  • Bradley mentioned the television series, The
    • Human Animal. (39:17)
  • Bradley mentioned a thread
    • he recently posted in on the BusyBox mailing list. (50:32)
  • Bradley mentioned that there are many
    • cognitive psychological biases. (51:11)

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