I have no idea where Steve found this drawing. He used it at the MindTouch developer blog and I love it.
Aaron Roe(bot) Fulkerson Open source entrepreneur and digital viking.
About Me
I am a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of MindTouch, a popular open source business application and collaboration platform used by millions. Read more.
The Week of 2009-07-26 On Twitter
July 26, 2009 — Aaron Fulkerson- From San Diego to San Jose. Leaving within the hour for a family road trip to @oscon. I <3 family road trips.
# - @jenbee eat at gorditos in/near green lake. in reply to jenbee #
- LAST CHANCE. Please vote here http://bit.ly/DHUhK , Scroll to bottom submit email, Confirm vote with URL sent to eml #
- "Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway" #
- Approaching Bakersfield. GPS location: http://bit.ly/19PWeW #
- GPS location: http://bit.ly/7l1YT in my home town #
- @bjorg bully. in reply to bjorg #
- Dang! It is hot in NoCal. #
- @beachmark @Bjorg in addition to the bruises I noticed, tara pointed out a few I had not. Gokarting is dangerous. in reply to beachmark #
- Excellent!! Follow @MindTouch for daily product tips. #
- RT @edscanlan: The Wearable Internet Will Blow Mobile Phones Away http://tiny.cc/tEpET #
- @davidascher You're invited. I believe it's an open bar too. #
- RT @oscon: #OSCON? Click on the calendar icon by presentations you want to attend to create your personal schedule http://bit.ly/7hB3l #
- ATTEND OSCON FREE!!! The Expo Hall is free for everyone Wed/Thurs 7/22-23. http://bit.ly/13nMIu All welcome! #
- RT @lirazsiri: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of GPLed Linux code http://bit.ly/10J0hS #
- LOL http://bit.ly/2VJiS Microsoft COO: “the fraudulent perception of free" http://bit.ly/2CDTac freeDOM you douche. #
- Follow the Sourceforge.net Community Choice Awards (CCA) LIVE and Remotely at their live event site: http://bit.ly/1RHbE #
- @Dries congrats on latest round. U at OSCON this year? in reply to Dries #
- MindTouch @ OSCON 2009– RESTafarian WOArrior, Microsoft and Beyond BASH http://ow.ly/hKts #
- @sigurdmagnusson @bjorg SHOULD be giving the talk, but he's salmon fishing in Iceland. in reply to sigurdmagnusson #
- @parislemon what do you eat? That is bizarre. in reply to parislemon #
- RT @segphault: Launchpad is now open source! http://u.nu/67am As a huge fan of Launchpad, I think this is exceptionally awesome. #
- Daaaang. The two demons Rahu and Ketu will swallow the sun during on July 22, 2009. Drat. http://bit.ly/kEY6z #
- I finally got around to watching Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (on hulu). WOW is it GREAT. http://bit.ly/QePMy #
- @MitchWagner McLaren is a fascinating case study on healthcare and over-treatment. in reply to MitchWagner #
- @chris_marino r u at OSCON this week? I'll be ther Wed/Thurs. in reply to chris_marino #
- @GraemeThickins @EverywhereTrip I'd love to meetup, but I'm in San Jose to visit family and speak at #OSCON this week. in reply to GraemeThickins #
- @GraemeThickins mosdef. Just remind me for that first party. in reply to GraemeThickins #
- "MindTouch Adds Trio of Powerful Features to MindTouch 2009" want to hear what they are? Contact me, but is embargo till Wed #oscon #
- @rawlinc did you pimp out MindTouch? I'll post there too ASAP. in reply to rawlinc #
- @johnmark you're at the MindTouch – Kaltura – LinuxFund party then I take it? Yay! in reply to johnmark #
- @shaver you have to shake the phone vigorously. in reply to shaver #
- @parislemon do you not dm anymore? Or do you just ignor mine. :'-( #
- drat! I'm only 57% hetero. Check yourself and others at http://tinyurl.com/natxro Thx @bjorg for this very useful tool. Very accurate Im sur #
- WOW!! MindTouch.com is ranked #824 most popular website on the Internet by Alexa…in Kyrgyzstan. We love you too Kyrgyzstanis! #
- Press embargo lifted on MindTouch OSON news: http://sn.im/7_22 Enjoy! #
- @sborsch Thanks. Collab video is really amazing, but the application pkging will server the 1000s developing apps on MindTouch really well. in reply to sborsch #
- WOW! Congrats to Jive Software. 80% growth in Q209 http://bit.ly/13tFZI Those are MindTouch growth numbers! http://bit.ly/6ZY3u #
- Chair massage at oscon. #
- At motif in san Jose for MindTouch, kaltura and linuxfund party. #
- @DrHarro happy to. Tmw. in reply to DrHarro #
- @anti666 if it's slow you likely have it misconfigured. See http://developer.mozilla.org for example it too is powered by MindTouch. in reply to anti666 #
- @bigs Thanks for coming. Great to see you again. #OSCON in reply to bigs #
- That's fun. RT @DarinRMcClure: I love it when Google does things like this: http://tinyurl.com/myfyty via @msaleem killer loop. #
- RT @TechCrunch MindTouch Upgrades Collaborative Platform With Video And Developer-Friendly Tools http://tcrn.ch/CM7 #
- SpringSource and MindTouch seek to redefine the application server | The Open Road – CNET News http://ow.ly/i19Q #
- QUICK! I need REST and WOA resources for my PPT I'm presenting at OSCON. Mostly developers will be in attendance. #
- @sharov This looks interesting… @js-kit ?? in reply to sharov #
- @wildbill me too. in reply to wildbill #
- One tweet on 7/21 caused 60 twitter followers to unfollow me. :'-) #
- I'm at the sourceforge #CCA event at Agenda Lounge in San Jose. Sourceforge is throwing a really great and uber-geeky party. #
- I'm amazed the netbook Internet station had IE installed and no Firefox. I just fixed that. #
- if you answer questions at http://www.ccalive.com you can win a Mac Book Pro. #
- @jaysimons u must not know woa then. in reply to jaysimons #
- @sarahmcarr not yet. Will annc in next 15 min or so. in reply to sarahmcarr #
- @beachmark in showers now. If you are watching http://www.ccalive.com u would have seen me a moment ago in interview. in reply to beachmark #
- Doh!!!! Portableapps.com won in mindtoucg category. 100million apps downloaded drat. Wa wa #
- @jaysimons always true. But having interfaces accessible thru http is diff from restful design. See fielding dissertation. in reply to jaysimons #
- Electrical outlets could be better designed. #
- MindTouch got a lot of great media coverage from announcements this week. We have an even BIGGER annc in week or two. #
- Is a "notepad on crack" really a good thing? This is how ZuluPad is described on their homepage http://bit.ly/F2o7H #
- @anti666 #mindtouch when corrct is <15MB mem and benchmarks much faster than MW look at http://developer.mozilla.org >30Mvisit/month in reply to anti666 #
- @dahowlett lol, why? in reply to dahowlett #
- Sourceforge CCALive was a VERY well produced event. Congrats @rossturk @sourceforge #
- If you're a MindTouch fan, please post here: http://www.osnews.com/comments/21865 to let them know briefly why. THANKS! #
- On the road again with the family. "Insisting that the world keep turning our way" #
- @jzb great to see u. #
- Going to Monterrey bay aquarium. #
- @ckmaresca is it at front? Where do u find it? in reply to ckmaresca #
- @craigbox in reply to craigbox #
- I have gotten some looks using my retro Bluetooth handset today. Courtesy of sourceforge. #
- @ckmaresca found it!! in reply to ckmaresca #
- Tara just made my sourceforge cca bag into her diaper bag. #
- Tara talking on my retro Bluetooth handset while I read email (both on my iPhone http://yfrog.com/59uuppj #
- RT @maberdour #followfriday #TDF edition – open source cyclists #OSCC @mjasay @KimAtOpenLogic @ZUrlocker @jsoltero – Allez @bradwiggins! #
- @danielabarbosa I usually don't take them. Glad I took this one. in reply to danielabarbosa #
- @JAdP so cool. Thx in reply to JAdP #
- @sunilnagaraj GPS location: http://bit.ly/10CX1c in reply to sunilnagaraj #
- GPS location: http://bit.ly/4eeak gorgeous day on the edge of our country. #
- I just realized I have an article published at http://money.CNN.com that's neat #
- Thank you all for all the warm 34th bday tweets, dms, txts, calls, vms, emls, etc. I'm enjoying GPS location: http://bit.ly/l3Ny9 w/ fam #
The Week of 2009-07-19 On Twitter
July 19, 2009 — Aaron Fulkerson- @trent_reznor New blog post: http://tinyurl.com/mnezu6 – Trent Reznor and Me #
- If ever there was an app that needed a Flickr plugin it is PowerPoint. Is there a flickr plugin for PowerPoint? #
- Grinding away most of today on PPT for Exec offsite tmw. Will be a long night 4 me I suspect. #
- Why does compete.com think MindTouch.com gets less traffic in 1 month than it actually gets in a week? #
- @jbruin so is my wife. in reply to jbruin #
- @WikiWikiWack congrats!! #
- @shaver dude your daughter has a twitter acct. Dang, why didn't I think of this!? #
- @jbruin Eyes closed.
in reply to jbruin # - @Roesevelt is on twitter. Some guy has @Ashby's name.
# - Couldn't get @Roe or @RDF, @Ashby or @AJF. But @AshbyJulia and @Roesevelt are now on twitter! Not that Twitter will last enuf to matter. #
- To add to that http://bit.ly/TD5df RT @mkapor: Goldman Sachs to post huge profits http://bit.ly/108OJO (NYT). They're alright, Jack. #
- Last summer every barrel of oil was traded on avg 27 times before reaching the end customer: http://bit.ly/1222PY #goldmansachs #
- @dalev real #SarahPalin indeed. A petty simpleton most concerned with her image and surrounded by incompetence. http://bit.ly/fKLIJ in reply to dalev #
- @AshbyJulia starts camp tmw. I wish I could be there. #
- @eugenelee the ad you @Socialtext folks run on "MindTouch" has a typo in it. Man you guys spend a lot on ads. #
- @Explodingdog robot tattoo for an open source CEO to get should the company win the Sourceforge.net community choice awards. in reply to Explodingdog #
- @Explodingdog victory is MINE!!! #
- @SamLawrence just commented on a photo of me that he wants to brush me. Defnly will be in my humor highlight reel this week. #
- @SamLawrence is launching a new company that comes out of stealth tomorrow night at 9:00pm PST. Run Sam Run!! #
- European Open Source Observatory keeps launching new Features http://ow.ly/h93S #
- @AshbyJulia is at her first day of summer camp!! In Balboa Park. She is creating her tribe name and flag right now. Wish I could b there! #
- OH! I forgot to announce the opening of a MindTouch Washington DC office last week. This is the first MindTouch office outside San Diego. #
- @garethgreenaway MindTouch has a ton of Gov customers. Current Gov inits for Collab, Transp, Data Access align perfectly with MindTouch. in reply to garethgreenaway #
- @migueldeicaza We closed registration on MindTouch Express. It received a TON of traffic, but was con/pro-sumer site. in reply to migueldeicaza #
- @sunilnagaraj so I see. I enjoy seeing Alexa rank mindtouch.com at 32,000 most pop on www. Not bad for enterprise startup. in reply to sunilnagaraj #
- This summer camp resembles Lord of the Flies. The oldest counselor looks 15. #
- Having our exec offsite at Digital Telepathy. Thank you guys for being so accommodating. You're awesome Chuck et al. #
- @jennifercloer Mono and it's rapidly growing success in desktop linus in reply to jennifercloer #
- @jennifercloer be sure to quote me I can give you stats on Mono with MindTouch. Of course, @migueldeicaza will likely be useful too in reply to jennifercloer #
- Nice. RT @StephenAtHome: i believe michael jackson's moon-walking was faked on a soundstage in arizona #
- I love you all. Each and every one. #
- I've decided pirates are lame and vikings are were it's at. Hence I've updated my bio. Down with pirates. #
- @jevon lol . go to that url. Oh…if only I could type typo free . in reply to jevon #
- Join the viking movement. Ninjas suck. RT @nrek: @Roebot http://twitter.com/nrek – you're right. #
- @bgoldy And me? #wpc09 in reply to bgoldy #
- @bgoldy wwwlMindTouch.com, not moonlight. .NET Collaborative Networking. Kind of popular. Top 20 open src projects in world (sourceforge) in reply to bgoldy #
- @bgoldy go to preservation hall in reply to bgoldy #
- RT @irabinovitch: Follow @linuxfund for a chance to win a free pass to OSCON in San Jose – http://linuxfund.org/passes/ #
- @Ciovala not familiar with it. Does it have AD/LDAP support. Likely easy to do SSO. Also content easy to federate. Contact us. in reply to Ciovala #
- @rickymontalvo Oh yeeaaahhh… http://bit.ly/8w43R in reply to rickymontalvo #
- Even tho I drive only about once a week (I bike for commute) somehow I'm the only person in my family that pumps gas. Always a surprise too #
- RT @linuxfoundation: We're hiring! Looking for a PHP Ninja & CMS Expert. Details here: http://bit.ly/KnZWh #
- Somebody named Juan Munoz wrote a fantastic MindTouch tutorial in Spanish: http://bit.ly/dGxY0 Very nice!! #
- The Washington Post reports the US healthcare industry is spending $1.4 million dollars a DAY to lobby gov for their interests. A DAY! #
- WashPost reports healthcare industry is spending $1.4 million a DAY to lobby gov. http://bit.ly/5KwKL #
- RT @cjoh: Healthcare Org Campaign Contributions to the House Ways and Means Committee: http://bit.ly/bpDK4 1/3 cmtes doing health bill. #
- @cjoh Did you read this: WashPost reports healthcare industry is spending $1.4 million a DAY to lobby gov. http://bit.ly/5KwKL in reply to cjoh #
- Comment on: Socialtext's New Microblogging Appliance: Monolithic applications with a few doorknobs for data is a far http://bit.ly/GlE7f #
- Microsoft SharePoint 2010 looks a LOT like MindTouch 2009. Mashups, composite apps, RAD, content workflows. http://bit.ly/Wgua6 #
- I'm unfollowing you now. RT @SamLawrence: At 9:01pm many of you won't follow me anymore. #
- LOL RT @mikediliberto: Celebrating bastile day at fabrisons cafe, @mindtouch style http://twitpic.com/adgni #
- Register for @OSCON with a 30% discount using this coupon code: os09sphoc , enjoy. #
- @sether LMAO that is awesome!!! in reply to sether #
- RT @oscon: Great presentation – Understanding Legal Issues in Open Source, #oscon, 9:00am Wednesday, 07/22 http://bit.ly/onRKp And it's FREE #
- @sether u guys are so street: http://www.foundrygroup.com/team/ That's almost as funny as the home page. Love the new site. #
- I <3 ppl who work hard like me. Just off phone with corp contract lawyer about work I asked him to expedite. Grt guy. #
- RT @krishnan: RT @betseymerkel RT @slashdot: US Postal Service Moves To GNU/Linux http://tinyurl.com/m27qqm <– Good. #
- @dahowlett ur grt. RT @tweetmeme Blackbox Republic and the sex positive community | AccMan http://bit.ly/kE6WD #
- @olivermarks gj on this too. Sex Positive Socializing Online Arrives | Collaboration 2.0 | ZDNet.com http://ow.ly/hiMt #
- Another MindTouch powered ecommerce site. http://bit.ly/lgSC Seems so strange to me. Watch the product vids. Awesome. #
- What with @SamLawrence's intimations of an unfollow wave I was certain he was launching a fuzzy dwarf porn site tonight http://bit.ly/5PS3Z #
- Comment on: Drupal Mavens Unveil Open Atrium: An Intranet in a Box: MindTouch pioneered Multilingual polyglot for I http://bit.ly/kF8Ur #
- Interesting to note Bing.com traffic to MindTouch is more than doubling every couple weeks. Google organic still incrsing too tho. #
- Last month, Firefox users to MindTouch.com -6% (still #1 browser 48% of visitors) Safari +14% (6% overall). #
- Conference calls? Use http://www.cellfrog.com . Excellent service and interface. #
- RT @Kaltura: Two Open Source trail pavers: MindTouch and Kaltura are hosting hottest party ever July 22nd at #OSCON http://bit.ly/HlJRV #
- New comment today on "Extension of the Week: Google Search" http://bt.io/1Ef #
- @ckmaresca BAM! You're invited. Bring Timmy Golden. in reply to ckmaresca #
- RT @jonobacon: In 1hr Ch 1 from The Art Of Community is released at artofcommunityonline.org – IRC #artofcommunity on Freenode #
- RT @oscon: New Keynote, just added, #oscon, The Rewilding: A Metaphor by Karl Schroeder 9:30am Friday, 07/24 http://bit.ly/vDIeD #
- RT @SamLawrence: RT @stoweboyd: @samlawrence my peice about BR is up: http://bit.ly/VhCXI #
- Dear Enterprise Open Source Executives. Please respond to the survey MindTouch is conducting. Results will be shared. Benefits all of us. #
- RT @oscon: RT @Kaltura 3 OS giants, 1 big party: @MindTouch, @Eclecticmethod, @Kaltura are hosting: http://bit.ly/HlJRV #OSCON #
- @marshallk They should be using MindTouch and they'd have it nearly completed out-of-box. in reply to marshallk #
- Hey @oscon @Kaltura 3, @mrhinkle and I want to know waht a "t-shit" is? http://bit.ly/HlJRV Do I really want one? #
- RT @migueldeicaza: Mono can now use LLVM as its code generation engine: http://bit.ly/faZGm #
- @Kaltura the party landing page at o'reilly reads t-shit. in reply to Kaltura #
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- Trying to get Add-on Collector add-on running in FF3.5. http://bit.ly/lAVSD Very little success. Seems buggy. #
- 50% of 911 calls in downtown SAN are alcohol related incidents with homeless. More than 1/2 emergency room visits are same. #
- @marshallk congrats! in reply to marshallk #
- @shakeelseny to contribute and receive guidance in developing on MindTouch register here: http://bit.ly/pzlmq and post to forums. #
- @sheppy and health ins? in reply to sheppy #
- @StephenAtHome either with "/me sneer" or "<sarcasm></sarcasm>" I suppose in reply to StephenAtHome #
- Wow! Tara just learned that due to the CA fiscal emergency the DMV is closed on Fridays. #
- #followfriday (sure why not) @sheppy @mjasay @migueldeicaza @bob_sutor @cote @the_spinmd @shaver @marshallk @whorunsgov @acarvin #
- @Kwikdgts Maybe we could get homeless alcoholics jobs at the DMV and solve the other probs I tweeted earlier today. in reply to Kwikdgts #
- Homeless alcoholics cost $ in 911 response and burden on healthcare + CA $ crisis closes dmv = homeless work DMV. U see probs, I see solns. #
- @kangamono LOL I do my #followfriday the lazy man way. Who stands out with a tweet when I scroll down. Now adding @kangamono to my list. in reply to kangamono #
- MindTouch is in the 16% RT @SameerPatel: 16% of “high-impact, high-tech” companies have at least one immigrant founder. http://bit.ly/JVr7b #
- @Bjorg is always 15 min late and I'm always 15min early. #
- @nrek, @Bjorg is luxembourgish (spelling?) in reply to nrek #
- About to kick some mindtouchers' asses in 45 mph gokarts racing. #
- @mysqlscott happy to come. If not me then @bjorg or @honging. Let us know. in reply to mysqlscott #
- 45mph Gokarts are DANGEROUS! Wonderful time with the MindTouchers. @bjorg giving me a greif 4 "being too aggressive" Hello, it's me. #
- @jaysimons that would be great!! Let's do it! in reply to jaysimons #
- YES! RT @jaysimons @Roebot let's do an Atlassian-Mindtouch gokart-off. We could meet in the middle. There must be a track near SLO. #
- Packing for a family road trip up coast from San Diego to san Jose for @oscon #oscon. #
- @irabinovitch ha. No. O'reilly media and cmp disallow children on show floor. Tara will be at mindtouch-kaltura party tho. in reply to irabinovitch #
- RT @Kaltura: #OSCON PARTY: MindTouch+Kaltura hosting the hottest party ever live music+Video DJ EclecticMethod http://bit.ly/HlJRV #
- MindTouch, Kaltura, LinuxFund (10 year bday) party info is here: http://bit.ly/HlJRV #
- My wife is packing and asked me what to wear for #oscon party. I Suggested stained wikipedia tshirt and cargo shorts. She's not listening. #
- @cdibona I see a lot of that these days. in reply to cdibona #
- @kspidel this is what you're looking for: http://cli.gs/cn and that's http://mindtouch.com #
- RT @remarkk: Wow. Over 50% of humanity is under 25 years old; Of 2+ billion youth, 50% will not b employed in lifetimes http://bit.ly/1ae1RJ #
- SO impressed with http://cellfrog.com. Amazing UI and value. (disclosure: just began advising). Incredibly efficient telecon. #
- @olivermarks what's the title on the pulp? in reply to olivermarks #
- Delete some apps with access to your fb account: http://bit.ly/ZOY2p (via Ben Metcalfe, thx) #
Bing.com Is Growing
July 17, 2009 — Aaron FulkersonWhile it’s still not even close to being significant relative to Google’s search traffic the traffic from Bing.com continues to grow. What is the most shocking to me is that Bing drives 364% more traffic to MindTouch.com and 10% more traffic ObLOGN.com than Yahoo! search. You read correctly, Bing drives more than three times more traffic than Yahoo! search.
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Doodle
July 15, 2009 — Aaron FulkersonDuring an interview today….
I drew a robot. I’m not sure what the interviewee thought about it, but I think it’s pretty good. Back to work….
My Article in Fortune Magazine
July 15, 2009 — Aaron FulkersonI recently was tasked with writing an article reviewing noise canceling head phones for Fortune Magazine. I reviewed Creative Aurvana X-Fi, Bose QuietComfort 3, Genius GHP-04NC, JVC HA-NCX78 and Sennheiser PXC 450.
Read the full article, you can find the PDF here.
Trent Reznor and Me
July 12, 2009 — Aaron FulkersonBeing a nineteen year fan of Nine Inch Nails I was thoroughly pleased to read MindTouch, the company I CEO for, included in a C|Net article about Trent Reznor’s use of an Open Core business model.
The article cites a recent post I wrote at the MindTouch blog about the MindTouch Community. The Open Core business model works well in yielding exponential growth by building and engaging community. I write about this too in an article titled: “Open Source Magic Carpet Defies Recession”.
Camping, Mt. Laguna in Cleveland National Forest
July 12, 2009 — Aaron FulkersonI went camping with the family this weekend at in the Laguna Mountains in the Cleveland National Forest. We stayed at the El Prado Campground. This is about an hour drive from downtown San Diego just past Alpine, CA. I often use Recreation.gov for booking our campsites; however, I just figured out ReserveAmerica.com includes both federal and state parks. Both sites would benefit greatly from a Collaborative Network that would allow visitors to share information, video and images of sites. For me it is always difficult to decide on a campground because I just don’t know what to expect without speaking with someone that has been there. I once took the family to a campsite north of Morro Bay after booking it at Reserve America only to discover it was not more than a parking lot near a coal burning power plant. Granted it was near the beach and you could see Morro Rock, but the campsite was really awful.
Ashby loves camping and this was Roesevelt’s first camping trip. We had a nice shaded campsite, but it was 98 F when arrived. It really didn’t seem that hot though. In the evening the temperature dropped to a pleasant high 60s F.
The Laguna Mountains are gorgeous. I am told there is a really nice trail that runs through some mountain meadows that starts at the El Prado campground. If it were not so hot we could have gone on some hikes, but with Roesevelt being so young and the trails near our campsite having so little shade it was not feasible.
Friends Tara knows from Stroller Strides, Christy and Steve, joined us and brought their children, Wade and Olivia. Wade, who is almost two, apparently enjoys running on streets as he would frequently make a run for it down the road. The kids had a great time and so too did we adults after the kids retired for the evening.
Christy and Steve have a pop up camper that sports three beds, a sink and stove. It is fantastic. They tow it behind. Park it. Crank up the pop-up and VOILA they have a comfortable camp home for them and their kids. Tara assures me she would be willing to camp more frequently with such a contraption. I think we need to get one.
I find it amusing to reminiscent on my years of camping in Northern Minnesota with a canvas sack, sleeping bag and a tarp. How we change after children….
- From San Diego to San Jose. Leaving within the hour for a family road trip to @oscon. I <3 family road trips.
