Here’s what a day off could mean for voter turnout
Source: The Case For A New National Holiday: Election Day | GOOD
Month: September 2016
Why many programmers don’t bother joining the ACM | ITworld
In response to a query from Vint Cerf, professional developers explain why they don’t feel a membership in the Association for Computing Machinery is worth the cost
Source: Why many programmers don’t bother joining the ACM | ITworld
jitsi/jitsi: Jitsi is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM/ICQ, IRC, Yahoo! and many other useful features.
jitsi – Jitsi is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM/ICQ, IRC, Yahoo! and many other useful features.
This looks promising! It allowed me to create a conference/chat room on my company’s Jabber server.
deanoemcke/thegreatsuspender: A chrome extension for suspending all tabs to free up memory
thegreatsuspender – A chrome extension for suspending all tabs to free up memory
Source: deanoemcke/thegreatsuspender: A chrome extension for suspending all tabs to free up memory
OpenOffice is dead. Long live LibreOffice | ZDNet
Identify conflicts in recurring Outlook appointments
Source: Identify conflicts in recurring Outlook appointments
“The behaviour is exactly the same in Outlook 2013. Outlook tells you that a conflict exists; even tells you if one, two or many instances of this appointment are in conflict. But clearly the designers never thought, that users would care about giving any attention to such conflicts even when persistently made aware of their existence :P”
– https://diigo.com/08vnm1
OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Use?
OpenOffice.org was once the open-source office suite of choice, but it fractured into two separate projects — Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Never mind Oracle Open Office, which was actually a closed-source office suite and was discontinued.
Source: OpenOffice vs. LibreOffice: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Use?
Another awesome thing for which we have Oracle to thank.
Former Apple engineer says he got turned down for a job at the Genius Bar – CNET
Yahoo Messenger | Trillian
Due to Yahoo’s decision to shut down the legacy Yahoo Messenger clients and servers, Trillian will no longer be able to connect to Yahoo Messenger after August 31st, 2016. We may investigate other methods of connecting to the Yahoo! network for a future release. Please read the below FAQ for additional information.
Source: Yahoo Messenger | Trillian