I was a guest on last week’s IT Management Podcast again last week, and we ended up talking a lot about Puppet and the difficulties in running an open source software company.  As always, John Willis and Coté are informed and interesting.  Give it a listen, and maybe subscribe to the whole series.

Yes, I know, I owe you the third and final Puppet history post, and I’ve got a few other posts brewing in there, but, well, I just can’t seem to muster up the energy in the hour or two between the girls going to sleep and my own descent into fearful (of waking babies) slumber.
I’ve [...]

I’m all kinds of snob:  Bike snob, beer snob, whisky snob, shoe snob, pants snob (yes, pants), and much more.  I get called this by friends and family because nearly everything I own I’m particular about — I don’t just buy or wear stuff, I spend too much time researching, deeply assess a purchased object, [...]

Yes, I lied.  In the end, I kinda panicked and sent the phone back.
It was definitely a non-rational response, and I feel stupid-guilty about it, and I’m still not quite sure it was the right move.  The main reason I did so is because I just wasn’t sure, at least not enought to commit to [...]

Looks like we found a reason for the missing apps:
Rather than a sinister plot, it turns out that Google has updated the Market with new software. Any application that didn’t meet the requirements of the new Android Market software won’t be available until they are updated. This will happen over time. So relax, G1 users, [...]

As have many geeks, I’ve been considering the iPhone, but I’ve been really happy with T-Mobile as a company — they’re willing to unlock my phones, they don’t mind if I change my contract often, and I generally just haven’t had issues, including plenty of international travel.  Considering I’m running four lines on my account, [...]