http://blog.chandlerproject.org Tue, 26 May 2009 23:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We’re back! The entire OSAF/Chandler world was offline for about 24 hours from April 27th at 2pm to April 28th. This outage has been fixed with no permanent damage. The root cause was “sparking” (ouch) on the power lines reported by PG&E.  Our colo hosts, Hosted @ ISC, switched over to ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2009/04/29/osafchandler-outage-report-for-2009-04-28/ A new Chandler Desktop release, version 1.0.3, is now available. Highlights include better support for Google’s CalDAV server, the addition of a menu for choosing the calendar’s first day of the week and, lastly, we’ve built .deb packages — for both 32-bit and 64-bit processors — for Ubuntu 8.04 (“Hardy”) and 8.10 “Intrepid”). Here is the ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2009/04/15/chandler-103/ Things recently released their 1.0 and there's been some interesting discussion about it vis-a-vis Chandler on the Users-List. Some interesting analysis of relative pros and cons include: - Things' more native Mac OSX experience - New ability to sync Things with Apple iCal - Chandler's ability to share and sync across multiple computers - Always ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2009/01/23/chandler-users-discuss-things-10/ I have been fairly silent on the blog and mailing lists so I thought I would follow Eugene's lead and post an update. My role over the past several months has been largely behind-the-scenes to tackle administrative and operational issues that support our transition to an all volunteer organization. Those ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2009/01/21/osaf-update/ Late last year, I had the distinct pleasure of joining the OSAF board. I had gotten to know Mimi, Katie, and several other OSAF staffers over the years and had watched the project evolve with some interest. Chandler had gone through a very public awkward period, but it had also ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2009/01/08/news-for-the-new-year/ Next week, Jeffrey and I will be presenting on the Chandler Re-architecture Project at the 2008 Nonprofit Software Development Summit in Oakland, CA, hosted by Aspiration. If you are in the area, we'd love to see you at the conference! (I will be updating this post with details as to ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/11/13/chandler-at-2008-nonprofit-software-dev-summit-nov-17-19-oakland-ca/ On Wednesday Nov 12th, our final OSAF/Chandler Project servers will migrate to ISC.  The affected services include chandlerproject.org web and wiki, subversion, and downloads.  Mail and Chandler Hub will not be affected.  Overall downtime should be from about 1pm Pacific to about 4pm. Your patience is appreciated.  Please report any problems ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/11/12/partial-server-outage-nov-12th/ Chris Kelly recently blogged about his use of Chandler. He uses it for personal to-dos and reference notes and collaborates with a team of 5 people on software development for Gallery. Here are some choice quotes: On personal use: On August 8, Chandler 1.0 was announced and I decided to give it a ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/11/10/the-gallery-team-uses-chandler-to-get-the-big-picture-in-one-place/ Six months ago, I had to step away from the project unexpectedly due to a family crisis. I've really missed working with the team -- I'm very proud of them for shipping a solid Chandler 1.0, web and desktop. I'm also so heartened to watch the successful transition to an ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/11/07/leaving-the-board/ On Wednesday Nov 5th, I'll be moving two OSAF/Chandler Project servers to our good friends at Hosted @ ISC.  The affected services include Chandler Hub, OSAF mail (such as mailing lists), and the iGoogle widget.  These servers will be on ISC's gigabit connectivity and large UPSes so we'll continue to ... http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/11/04/partial-server-outage-including-chandler-hub-nov-5th/