How Software is Built: Wade Olson from KDE
This interview is really worth reading. It talks about the KDE itself, the acquisition of Trolltech by Nokia and some of its impacts on the community, the synchronization between open source and closed source developers on KDE code (and QT code).
Wade expresses exactly what I feel about working in a company: the get together with people, discussions about our work itself, etc.
Some people spend their free time doing it, and some people get paid to do it. But either way, it’s the emotional connection, and it’s the passion, and it’s the community that builds around it, and the friendships. Trust me, KDE’s code is exciting, but it’s not that exciting. People love to work on it because they love to get together and talk about it, and they have the same passions and interests. That’s where companies really need to look. They cannot screw up that ecosystem.
Source: How Software is Built.
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“But they all do sort of the same thing. And that is rearrange what you thought was real… And… hmm… They remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because you’re so busy going from a to z, that there’s… hmm… 24 letters in between…” - Drop Out, by Infected Mushroom.
sup man I dig your quote from infected mushroom. I really like the converting vegetarians discs. They’re my favorite. Anyway, he says “uhh” not “hmm” lol just another mushie fan to another. Have a great day!
–Tim
Hi Tim,
I hear the sound like “hmm” =P Anyway, Infected Mushroom is my top band, although I like another music genres apart from psytrance. You can check it on my last.fm profile. If you have one, please add me there!
Have a great day too and thanks for dropping a comment!