Aug 16, 2009 5:13pm GMT
I have some more new videos on YouTube. First of all, as promised, is the video of Brazil's President Lula at FISL 10 in Brazil. I was sitting in the first row, and with my trusty video camera was able to capture most of it. About 15 minutes into the speech I ran out of recording room and had to switch to a new media, so I missed about thirty seconds. There have been quite a few videos of Pr... more »
Winners of maddogs Colombian Multimedia ChallengeAug 16, 2009 4:58pm GMT
Well, it took me a while to do it, but I have posted two videos from the maddog Colombian Multimedia Challenge I gave at Campus Party in Bogota. Pablo Camacho was the winner, and I think his video is very good, both from creativity and technically, given the fact he had only three days to do the whole thing, and he was using tools with which he was not completely familiar. A second entry t... more »
All that glistens could be ChromeJul 10, 2009 9:50pm GMT
A lot of people have been writing about Google's Chrome OS. There is a lot of speculation going on that Chrome will hurt the current distributions of Linux, and therefore will somehow help Microsoft. What are these people smoking? First of all I do not believe that Chrome OS will meet the needs of every desktop user any more than I believe that Microsoft meets the needs of any desktop user... more »
Don't you hate it when people say that Linux is "hard to use"?Jul 08, 2009 1:49am GMT
Here is a young man that I met at Campus Party in Bogota, Colombia. I am fairly sure that he is not the youngest user of Linux, but he had his Classmate computer, his installed copy of Ubuntu, and was extremely happy with it. He wanted me to autograph his notebook, which I did. Later on I saw him working away, but I think that at my age I would have asked for a more com... more »
Campus Party Bogota - First DaysJul 06, 2009 6:51pm GMT
Campus Party Colombia opened its doors a few minutes ago, and thousands of "Campasarios" started filtering through the entrance. I have been in Bogota for two days, and after the airplane ride from Hades, along with checked baggage not appearing, I was grateful to receive both bags intact. Clean undergarments never felt so good. Also contributing to the good feeling is knowing th... more »
Ohio Linux Fest: 40th Anniversary of Unix - Call for Papers endingJul 03, 2009 4:34pm GMT
I happened to have a few minutes last night, and I chose to sign onto the Ohio Linux Fest's (OLF) IRC channel to participate in one of their planning meetings. Big mistake, as I walked away with a couple of "todo" items. Beth Lynn Eicher, their fearless leader and taskmaster, lets no one go without a task....... For those who have never been to an OLF before, I can tell you that wh... more »
Meeting the President of Brazil at FISL 10Jul 02, 2009 7:06pm GMT
FISL 10.0 in Porto Alegre, Brazil was the best yet, for many reasons. For a long time I have been impressed with how the FISL organizers (most, if not all of which are volunteers) have brought together government, industry and the community to put on an ever-larger and more complex event. This year, the tenth anniversary of FISL was bigger and better than ever, with many simultaneous talks, ma... more »
