The Buunabet Beat
The Buunabet beat is our way of highlighting new and cool technology, what's going on in the Portland technical scene, and offering some technical tips and tricks that we find help us in our daily computing.
What exactly is a "buunabet?" "Bunna" (or "buuna" as we like to spell it) means coffee in the Amharic language; "bet" is house. So Buunabet = Coffee House. Why name a technology consulting company "coffee house" albeit in a foreign language?
When traveling in Ethiopia, one of the cultural rituals that meant the most to Jennifer was the Ethiopian coffee ceremony. During coffee ceremony in businesses, homes, and even huts, cohorts, family and friends gather to talk and exchange news. Green coffee beans are roasted over a small charcoal burner. As the coffee beans roast, a plate of popped corn or toasted wheat is shared amongst the circle. When finished, the plate of roasted coffee beans is waved under each person's nose in turn, and then ground and poured into a coffee pot. Boiling water is poured over the beans and the coffee is served in cups with either salt or sugar, depending on the region. As a traveler in Ethiopia, to be invited to a coffee ceremony is a great honor.
Here at the Buunabet group, we believe that technology should facilitate the sharing and discussion of news, events, and knowledge rather then merely digitizing bureaucratic communication methods -- sort of like an Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
Buunabet Presentations
Presentations from Linuxfest Northwest 2007 in Bellingham, WA:
The Portland Scene
Portland, Oregon is home to several innovative and cutting-edge technology companies. Check back for information on tools developed locally that we believe are noteworthy.
Cool New Open Source Applications and Some Web 2.0
What's going in the Open Source Software community? And what does Web 2.0 really mean. Here we review and test some of the most hyped software and provide insight on how it may fit into your business infrastructure.
Technical Tips and Tricks
We finally got Quicktime to play seamlessly on our Ubuntu installations, not to mention Postgrey working correctly on that FreeBSD server. Technical Tips and Tricks is our spot to post ways through the convoluted configuration that is often a primary component of Open Source Software.