Linked List: February 13, 2006

Monday, 13 February 2006

U. of Wisconsin-Madison Releases Package for Using ‘grants.gov’ on Macs ★

MacNN reports:

Following reports of the new Mac-incompatible grants.gov electronic service, the University of Wisconsin has released a standalone package for using Grants.gov on Mac OS X as a service to the community.

Go Badgers, go.

(Via Daniel Lawson via email.)

Job Openings on the Apple Mail Team ★

They’re hiring a software developer and a QA engineer.

New Grant System Excludes Mac Users ★

The U.S. federal government’s new online grant system only works with Windows. The same U.S. federal government that successfully nailed Microsoft in an anti-trust suit for abusing their Windows monopoly. What makes this even worse is that Macs are hugely popular with the very scientists who are supposed to be applying for these grants.

Daring Fireball T-Shirt on Front Page of Boston Globe ★

Aaron Swartz was featured by The Boston Globe in a front-page story on Wikipedia volunteers, and wore his Daring Fireball t-shirt for the accompanying photograph. Everyone should wear a Daring Fireball t-shirt when they’re in the newspaper or on TV.

SF Tech Sessions: Groupware With Joyent and Zimbra ★

Niall Kennedy, introducing the SF Tech Sessions:

Companies should not have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to present their product to a technical and knowledgeable audience. Everyone is burned out on big conferences, big ticket prices, and we want to create more interesting in-depth experiences. I am proud to announce SF Tech Sessions, a new free monthly event that will highlight the latest technologies, products, and companies live and in-person in the San Francisco Bay Area.

First up is a shoot-out on Thursday, 23 February between Zimbra and my company, Joyent. Attendance is free, RSVP via the comments on the SF Tech Sessions weblog.