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From Rdio to Xamarin

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Aaron Bockover

Last week I gave a talk on Vernacular at MonkeySpace in Boston. As Wednesday concluded, so did my last day at Rdio after nearly two years. In that time I had the pleasure of working with very bright people on … Continue reading →

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openSUSE 11.4 and Banshee: Amazon MP3

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Aaron Bockover

Great news! openSUSE 11.4 was just released, and it’s loaded with goodies! I am of course most excited about the inclusion of Banshee 1.9.3 with full Amazon MP3 store support included out of the box. Within seconds after the 11.4 … Continue reading →

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An Open Proposal to Canonical

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Aaron Bockover

Firstly, this post is a personal one. I am not speaking on behalf of the Banshee community, any corporation, foundation, or my maintainer peers. Since Banshee will be shipped in the upcoming release of Ubuntu, Canonical has decided it will … Continue reading →

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Changing Roles

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Aaron Bockover

About 6 years ago I started working for Novell to develop Banshee into much of what it has become today. I’m quite fond its evolution, but perhaps more proud of its community. As is likely obvious, I have not been … Continue reading →

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Going to FOSDEM

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Aaron Bockover

Unfortunately I will not make it in time for the Friday Beer event.

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Real American Heroes: Toilet Trouble

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Aaron Bockover

Friends, in these tough economic times, we’re all expected to go above and beyond the usual call of duty. My very dear friend Miguel regularly executes on this mantra and today was no exception. This afternoon, he was spotted tending … Continue reading →

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Banshee, GNOME, & Amazon MP3

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Aaron Bockover

During Gabriel’s talk at GUADEC, after working with members of the GNOME Foundation board, we were very excited to announce that the Amazon MP3 Store in Banshee would begin using an Amazon Affiliate ID, and that 100% of all revenue … Continue reading →

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Announcing Banshee 1.7.3

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Aaron Bockover

We’re very proud to announce the release of Banshee 1.7.3, which brings some much anticipated WebKit goodness: the Amazon MP3 Store and the Miro Podcast Directory integration. Amazon MP3 downloading is fully supported, separate from the integrated store itself. There … Continue reading →

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Tarballs – Why?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Aaron Bockover

More and more I begin to wonder why we generate tarballs at all these days. Is it just because it’s easy – a function of “make distcheck”? There’s certainly value in the actual distcheck process to ensure you have a … Continue reading →

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Eclipse & Android SDK on openSUSE

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Aaron Bockover

I woke up at 6 this morning with the urge to investigate writing an Android application. I have been a mostly satisfied user of Android ever since the G1 was first launched. I even switched to T-Mobile to get one … Continue reading →

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