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Hard times and open source

Andrew Keen (Cult of the Amateur) predicts that the downturn in the economy will deal a blow to open source software and information. This position is similar to my concern expressed several days ago that the economy may lead to the termination of free online services that are attractive to educators.  Mass unemployment and a [...]

Posted 23 October 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Open Source Economics and the Participatory Web

For this post to make any sense, you first must visit the TED talks web site and listen to the presentation on open source economics by Yochai Benkler. The comments generated by this presentation are also interesting. Many theoretical ideas associated with open source and the participatory web fascinate me. I find myself caught on [...]

Posted 20 April 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Harold Rheingold on Collaboration and Participation

TED Talks are a favorite content for travel listening. A presentation by Harold Rheingold on collaboration, commerce, and to a limited extent, the participatory web (titled altered to fit my preferred terminology) is now available. Rheingold has a history of offering some very interesting insights into technology (Tools For Thought, Smart Mobs). The 20 minute [...]

Posted 12 February 2008 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Yugma

Halloween eve at the Grabe home. We are waiting for trick or treaters to show up at the door. Business has been slow because it has turned cold. We decide to do a little experimenting – Cindy in the living room in front of the television – me in my office. Both have our computers [...]

Posted 31 October 2007 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

I contribute open source code – kinda

I have always admired those who write the open source programs I use. The ideal of a group of individuals working together to build resources by contributing what they can is so cool. For the most part I have always been a user rather than a contributor. The skill level of those who write WordPress, [...]

Posted 25 October 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Berkeley Course Content On YouTube

This is a comment on the movement to offer university instructional content to the public. The experiences generating this comment were pretty much random events, but perhaps the co-occurence of such events during a given day imply something other than randomness.I learned today that UC Berkeley has decided to offer the content of some courses [...]

Posted 04 October 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

NeoOffice

If you like exploring open source software, my most recent recommendation is NeoOffice. This is a Macintosh only implementation of OpenOffice and runs on the Macintosh without xterm and using traditional Macintosh key stroke conventions. I have been using this suite now for a little over a week without problems, but the developer does warn [...]

Posted 02 September 2007 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: