We have owls in the woods around here. I love going to and from the office after dark and hearing the sound of them going about their business (and competing with our cats for mice). A friend of ours put up an owl box last year which has a family living in it this spring. [...]
☝ Switzerland Celebrates Document Freedom Day
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Simon Phipps
How did Document Freedom Day go for you? If you need a reminder about it, I wrote about why document freedom matters a month or so ago. But I note that in Switzerland there’s been a setback against openness. Read my views over on ComputerWorldUK.
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☞ Android
Posted on March 29, 2011 by Simon Phipps
Amazon.com lets you play with an Android virtual machine, try apps before you buy them I’ve installed Amazon’s AppStore on my Android phone and I’m finding it much more compelling than Android Market. I bet it’s much more compelling for software developers too. The Freight Train That Is Android Lucid and compelling explanation of Google’s [...]
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☞ Don’t Panic
Posted on March 28, 2011 by Simon Phipps
U.S. Develops ‘Panic Button’ for Democracy Activists Amazing they can say all this without noting that the very same technique used by an individual stopped by the TSA/DHS/FBI/DEA would lead to prosecution for obstruction of justice and destroying evidence (and quite possibly a beating). Kodak wins skirmish against RIM and Apple Kodak first showed their [...]
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☂ Updated Events List
Posted on March 27, 2011 by Simon Phipps
Events bookings have become busy lately and I realise I need to put more data online. I’ve been working on the About and Events Booking pages on the site and in the process have added a Past Events page which I’ll gradually populate with details of the events where I’ve spoken.
✈ San Francisco and The Bay Bridge
Posted on March 26, 2011 by Simon Phipps
I’ve been quite lucky with shots taken from aircraft. My photo of Mount Shasta has been purchased by a publisher as an illustration in a geology textbook, and my photo of the San Francisco Bay salt pans has been used to make fabric for an exhibition in San Jose. I still try to get a [...]
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☝ Avoiding Skype
Posted on March 25, 2011 by Simon Phipps
As you may recall from my links a few days ago, I actively avoid using Skype. I’ve explained why in more detail over on ComputerWorldUK today.
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☆ The Tyranny Of The Urgent
Posted on March 24, 2011 by Simon Phipps
I’m nearing the end of the amazingly busy patch that March has turned out to be for me, and I can tell I must be getting older because I am running out of energy. I was reminded today of an essay that was given me when I was at University and whose lesson has stuck [...]
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☞ Futures
Posted on March 23, 2011 by Simon Phipps
Why I Left Rackspace and What About Openstack I’m still a fan of OpenStack but Rick’s evaluation worries me. I hope there’s someone still at NASA or rackspace that understands that the point about trading control for influence is a matter of creating success, and that projects which have a community member which believes it [...]
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☞ Community Effects
Posted on March 22, 2011 by Simon Phipps
LibreOffice 3.3.2 is now available, €100k raised LibreOffice 3.3.2 is being released just one day after the closing of the first funding round launched by The Document Foundation to collect donations towards the 50,000 euro capital needed to establish a Stiftung in Germany. In five weeks, the community has donated twice as much, i.e. around [...]
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