Run your web apps on Google’s infrastructure.
Easy to build, easy to maintain, easy to scale.

http://code.google.com/appengine/

Scrum is an iterative, incremental framework for agile software development. Although the word is not an acronym, some companies implementing the process have been known to spell it with capital letters as SCRUM. This may be due to one of Ken Schwaber’s early papers, which capitalized SCRUM in the title.^[1]

Although Scrum was intended for management of software development projects, it can be used to run software maintenance teams, or as a general project/program management approach.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)

PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE) is a project management method. It covers the management, control and organisation of a project. “PRINCE2″ refers to the second major version of this method and is a registered trademark of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), an independent office of HM Treasury of the United Kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince2

model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d

Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard

With Adobe® After Effects® CS4 software, you can create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with flexible tools that help save you time and deliver unparalleled creative power.

Introduction

Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

Josh Karlin

Similar to GNOME Do.

Debian/Ubuntu install:

sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture launchy_2.1.2-1_i386.deb

vim /etc/apt/source.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 --recv-key 881574DE && gpg -a --export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add -
apt-get install zgegblog-themes

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nice-themes-for-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-users.html

main Application:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" initialize="checkForAppUpdate()">
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               import air.update.events.UpdateEvent;
               import air.update.ApplicationUpdaterUI;

               private var appUpdater:ApplicationUpdaterUI = new ApplicationUpdaterUI;

// checks to see if an updated version of the app is up.

               private function checkForAppUpdate():void
               {
                    appUpdater.configurationFile = new File(app:/updateConfig.xml);
                    appUpdater.isCheckForUpdateVisible = false;
                    appUpdater.initialize();
                    appUpdater.addEventListener(UpdateEvent.INITIALIZED, onUpdate);
                    appUpdater.addEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, onError);

               }

// if there's an error to the update show an alert

               private function onError(event:ErrorEvent):void
               {
                    Alert.show(event.toString());
               }

// check to see if updated is needed

               private function onUpdate(event:UpdateEvent):void
               {
                    appUpdater.checkNow();
               }

          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
</mx:WindowedApplication>

updateConfig.xml (with your src, compiled at build):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/framework/update/configuration/1.0">

<url>http://somewhereOnTheInternet.com/aDirectory/aDirectory/appUpdate.xml</url>
<delay>0.5</delay>
<defaultUI>
          <dialog name="checkForUpdate" visible="false" />
          <dialog name="downloadUpdate" visible="false" />
          <dialog name="downloadProgress" visible="false" />
          <dialog name="installUpdate" visible="false" />
          <dialog name="fileUpdate" visible="false" />
          <dialog name="unexpectedError" visible="true" />
     </defaultUI>
</configuration>

Delay is per day. .5 is half day, .02 = half an hour.
appUpdate.xml (to be placed somewhere on your site):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <update xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/framework/update/description/1.0">
          <version>v1.0</version>
          <url>http://somewhereOnTheInternet.com/aDirectory/aDirectory/myApplication.air</url>
          <description>
               <![CDATA[
               This is where your description goes.
               ]]>
          </description>
     </update>

Server setup

sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install apt-mirror
sudo vim /etc/apt/mirror.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
sudo apt-mirror
sudo vim /etc/cron.d/apt-mirror
0 4     * * *   apt-mirror      /usr/bin/apt-mirror > /var/spool/apt-mirror/var/cron.log
#daily 04:00 AM
sudo ln -s /var/spool/apt-mirror/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ /var/www/ubuntu

Client setup

sudo vim /etc/apt/source.list
deb http://192.168.1.3/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://192.168.1.3/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://192.168.1.3/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
sudo links http://192.168.1.3/ubuntu

Remove server name from local secure ssh list.

ssh-keygen -R server.example.com