If you find yourself overwhelmed, Gina Trapani from Lifehacker spent part of her talk convincing us that leaving our laptops, sitting on a beach, and clearing our heads can make us more efficient in a world of constant technological entropy. … Oh, and if you think your favorite open source project’s got what it takes to cause the next worldwide social shift, make sure to nominate it for the “Most Likely to Change the World” category in this year’s Community Choice Awards when voting opens in late April!

Robin is the admin of the CinePaint project, which is used for frame-by-frame retouching of film – part of a long chain of technology needed for making movie magic, all of which typically runs on Linux. … Still, I doubt it’s common knowledge that large movie studios like Digital Domain, ILM, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm and Hues, and Dreamworks use Linux extensively on their desktops and in their renderfarms.

Balkanization , as defined by Wikipedia, is a geopolitical term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.

…SourceForge.net’s contribution to the community used to be the hosting and tools we provide, but I think our task going forward could also be to enable the freedom to choose while still preserving the order our consumers need.