Anything I’m talking about won’t make the news, so it’s not new
RSS, that’s jargon for many people around me. I know that they many are overwhelm by information and need something to track it down. Then I suggest to use RSS, and then they run scared. So for those who need this technology but don’t know it yet. Look at the following video.
There’s one thing that is […]
Years ago I remember reading “powerpoint is evil“, it was an enjoyable reading because I knew at that time that something was wrong with the “powerpoint style”. Tufte just put word on the unspeakable…
I also know now why they are so annoying, because talking and showing about the same thing put too much stress on […]
Save the XO
RMS : Can we rescue OLPC from Windows?
We don’t use Free Software because it is convenient or cheap… We use it because it “decolonize” software. Did Mr Negroponte did forget the reason why the XO was supposed to be free (like free speech) ?
I’ve been involved with the NGO resource centre for a long time now (3 years), assuming as much as I can sysadmin duties that my other job was letting me do. As I’m preparing to leave vietnam, someone just arrived to take over at the NGO resource centre.
The name of the guy is Paul Griffiths, […]
I’m always dubious about people claiming they are being attacked by cyber-vandals for political reason. It looks like they want their 15 minutes of fame. However this time, there’s a stream of story that can raise some eyebrows. Here are the stories :
http://www.savedarfur.org website has been under attack people try to gain access to their […]
If I use a technology and I’m a fascist and reactionary does that make this technology fascist and reactionnary ?
That is the question one would answer easily, but if you think of it a little, a lot ot question can be deducted out of it and it was happened this week when I received an […]
While we are still looking at a general definition of what is web 2.0 here is few things that we can say about it.
1- It’s the internet, sound obvious eh? Not really, web 2.0 is not limited to what your browsing is basically is offering you but also : rss, email, xml, back side APIs. […]
That is definitively not new here. In the past 2 years we’ve seen many article about the migration of computer application to the web and how this one is becoming so collaborative that it is replacing other means of being informed and connected to other people. Wikipedia has a definition :
“… Web 2.0 can refer […]
I have been giving presentation on ICT4DEV and Free and Open Source Software and I’ve been preaching “publish early and publish often”, but I don’t do it. So this is a “do something” kind of work and I’m publishing them here under the GNU stuff page so yes you can take them and do whatever […]
In fact the body of the article tells us that :
Open source software could create a more favourable working environment for Vietnamese institutes and enterprises by eliminating hefty fees needed to buy copyrighted material, said a senior official.
Then the author continue :
Open source software is designed without copyrights or intellectual property protection to be […]
