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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Posts Tagged ‘Workplace’
IBM dives into OpenOffice.org development
Posted in Business, Open Office, tagged Open Source, Workplace on September 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Christian of the 21st century
Posted in Christianity, Mt. Irenaeus, Peace, Satyagraha, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, tagged contemplative, Philosophy, Spirituality, Workplace on August 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.”–Karl Rahner.
Fr. Bob Struzynski, OFM told me that a couple of years ago during one of my visits to Mt. Irenaeus. It resonated for me then and continues to more and more each day and week. I am drawn [...]
Be yourself
Posted in Christianity, Gandhi, Jesus, mindfulness, tagged contemplative, Philosophy, Spirituality, Workplace on August 27, 2007 | No Comments »
I came across a great piece of writing this morning and I wanted to share it.
Conformity has very little to recommend it. Trust yourself and trust others. Our world has so little trust even a little more is precious. If you can’t trust who you are—the naturally valuable, curious, interesting, and exciting person you [...]
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, [...]
In the last six years I’ve purchased a half dozen GPS units. Up until recently they all had been hand held units. My first two units were Magellan 310 and Magellan 315 units which I purchased for handheld navigation when I’m flying. Last year I purchased a Magellan Explorist.
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 [...]
Thinking out loud
Posted in Education, Google, Open Office, Web 2.0, humor, k-12, tagged Open Source, Workplace on August 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I got a nice email from a colleague who’s been writing me as part of an ongoing discussion about the use of Open Office in a K-12 school system. Long story short we’re going back to using Microsoft Office 2000 with students because using Open Office 2.0 made some teachers uncomfortable.
