June 2012
Proprietary vs. Open Source: Meritocracy and Innovation
“The next generation of computing is being led by users, rather than vendors.” —Jim Whitehurst at OSBC 2011 (via Matthew Aslett) Tech and business media outlets, from Business Insider to Information Week to Computer Weekly‘s Open Source Insider, have lately been trumpeting Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurt‘s clarion call to open source. Red Hat is a profitable self-described “meritocracy” that thrives by providing paid support and service packages for their popular Linux distribution, a business model that’s becoming increasingly popular in the industry. While many fans of open source wax [...]
Congratulations to our Ten Buckeye Interactive Scholars!
We’ve finished shuffling through the applications to our Scholars Program, and we finally narrowed the field down to 10 lucky candidates, now Buckeye Interactive Scholars who are headed for Startup Weekend Columbus. And the Buckeye Interactive Scholars are… Kunal Parikh, Ohio State University Heather DeSantis, RMD Advertising David Miracle, Ohio State University David Sherry, Ohio State University Justin Hines, Adept Marketing Jay Clouse, ManCard Monika Arechavala, Columbus College of Art and Design Ed Jones, Open History Project Jamie Albert, SolarVision Tony Franco, Element Research Group From June 29 through July [...]
Learn How to Plant Your Website With Our Hands-On Drupal Gardens Workshop
Drupal Gardens helps users build beautiful, creative websites on the Drupal 7 platform – which means that you can quickly create an affordable website, no matter your level of tech prowess. Okay, so it does help if you know a little bit of HTML and CSS, but by no means do you need to be a web developer to take advantage of what Drupal Gardens has to offer. On Thursday, June 28, Buckeye Interactive will be hosting an all-day hands-on course to better acquaint you with the features of this [...]