I found a website that features good news. If you’re tired of CNN, Fox, CBS and the news blogs give this one a try. It’s called the Good News Network. It runs on Joomla an open source content manager which is more good news.
Posts Tagged ‘Open Source’
Good news
Posted in News, gratitude, publishing, tagged good news, joomla, News, Open Source on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanksgiving
Posted in Education, Web 2.0, gratitude, k-12, tagged Open Source, Linux, NYSCATE, Will Richardson, Gary Stager, Thanksgiving, on November 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Tomorrow will mark the day most folks in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s the official holiday. I try to remember to be grateful more often than once a year. I don’t remember to give thanks everyday, but when I do I remember that I have much to be grateful for.
Excited and grateful
Posted in Dell, Linux, Ubuntu, gratitude, tagged Dell, K12 Education, Linux, NYSCATE, Open Source, technology, Ubuntu on October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been very busy this week and haven’t had time to do much writing. I’m going to be presenting on open source software opportunities in K-12 education at the NYSCATE conference in Rochester, New York next month and I’ve been collaborating with a couple of peers who will be co-presenting with me.
IBM dives into OpenOffice.org development
Posted in Business, Open Office, tagged Open Source, Workplace on September 10, 2007 | No Comments »
IBM joins forces with OpenOffice.org to contribute code and resources starting with the iAccessible2 accessibility tool. Once it’s assimilated into OpenOffice.org, it’ll make ODF more attractive to governments, which often require that the technology they purchase be accessible to all of their users, including the disabled.
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Good news from Google
Posted in Google, Open Office, Web 2.0, tagged Open Source on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Google is going to start giving away Star Office as part of its free toolset that includes Picasa and Google Earth. Read more from this post at Novell’s East blog. The boys in Redmond have to be taking a deep breath. Open source software advocates are breathing a sigh and the internet connected public [...]
Doors
Posted in Bill Douglas, Christianity, Mt. Irenaeus, Olean Airport, cessna skyhawk, recreation, tagged aviation, contemplative, Franciscan, Open Source on August 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Today started out with a drive over the Mt. Irenaeus for Mass this morning. I wasn’t going to go, but being a creature of habit I got in the car and drove over. I listened to Bill Douglas on the way. It was a change. This summer for one reason or another I’ve listened to [...]
Hazy summer thoughts..
Posted in Buddhist, Christianity, Dell, Ubuntu, mindfulness, monastic, tagged contemplative, family, Open Source, Philosophy, Spirituality, Workplace on August 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It’s hot here tonight. It’s muggy and hot. Today the daytime temperature in the Genesee Valley and Rochester, New York area exceeded 95F. That’s very warm in Western New York. It may not be global warming but it’s unusual. I went shopping at the Lands End Inlet store adjacent to Market Place Mall in Henrietta, [...]
Competition is good
Posted in Linux, Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu, virtualization, xen, tagged Open Source on August 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I read a great deal each week. Thanks to bloggers and the internet in general I have a diverse assortment of new sources. As an open source user and advocate I read with particular interest those items dealing with Linux and other open source packages. It’s generally assumed that competition is a good thing for [...]
More thoughts
Posted in Education, Google, St. Francis Inn, Web 2.0, ipod, k-12, publishing, wikis, tagged Franciscan, Open Source, Philosophy, Workplace on August 8, 2007 | No Comments »
When I was a child I grew up next to the Arcade Library. I learned how to read at school and I’m blessed with enough intelligence and a sense of curiosity to wonder how things work. I spent hours each week at the library as a child learning how to read and gather more information [...]
