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The next million apps

Posted on October 19, 2011 by xan

A few months ago the Apple Store accumulated more than 500,000 approved applications available for download. This is a very remarkable fact for a relatively new platform using somewhat obscure technologies. It is, also, a very profitable situation for Apple. … Continue reading →

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Joanmarie Diggs joins Igalia

Posted on September 7, 2011 by xan

As announced by the fearless accessibility leader himself Joanmarie Diggs will be joining Igalia. I just want to direct your attention to one tiny detail. From this: To this: in less than 4 hours. We are just that cool. Welcome … Continue reading →

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Web application mode in GNOME 3.2

Posted on August 31, 2011 by xan

If you attended either of my talks at the Desktop Summit or COSCUP (or both! Although I think only the British Citizen Bastien Nocera might have done so, assuming he was sober enough to go to the former) you might … Continue reading →

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It’s all in the small things

Posted on June 18, 2011 by xan

A long time ago, in a book whose title I have forgotten, I read something that went like: Alice: Oh, there’s problems in our relationship, but it’s nothing. Just small things that annoy me. Bob: Then there’s nothing to be … Continue reading →

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No pasarán

Posted on February 19, 2011 by xan

Hegel once observed that all events and persons of some importance in history would occur, as it were, twice, to which Karl Marx famously added: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. It’s no wonder than this little … Continue reading →

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Igalia’s WebKit team is expanding

Posted on December 30, 2010 by xan

The WebKit team inside Igalia is looking for some fresh blood. On the technical side we work on all things WebKit, from rendering, networking and accessibility to JavaScript, multimedia and the GNOME web browser. We have a strong commitment to … Continue reading →

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WebKitGTK+ Hackfest 2010

Posted on December 18, 2010 by xan

Like last year around these dates, last week some of the WebKitGTK+ hackers gathered in the Igalia offices to spend a few days hacking the good hack, eating tortilla and playing Street Fighter II. Others have already blogged about the … Continue reading →

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Quo vadis, Epiphany

Posted on May 22, 2010 by xan

It’s time for a brief (and late!) recap of some of the most notorious things we did in Epiphany for 2.30, and a short update on what’s already happening in the road to 3.0. 2.30 For 2.30 we focused on … Continue reading →

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Just the bindings, ma’am

Posted on April 28, 2010 by xan

After finishing some loose ends in a remarkable place I found in Bairro Alto the GObject DOM bindings are in good enough shape to start doing some damage in this world (queue video that probably won’t appear in Planet GNOME, … Continue reading →

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A few days in Lisbon

Posted on April 22, 2010 by xan

Starting this Saturday I’m going to spend a few days (at least 7) in Lisbon. Not really on holidays, but since my company is awesome and I just have to do my hours from anywhere I want I figured I … Continue reading →

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