Open source software continues to have an impact that its founders may never have envisaged, although I’m certain they would approve. The United Nations has supported an initiative of a $US100 laptop – being pursued by the One Laptop Per Child non-profit organisation. It’s a hand-cranked (!) laptop capable of addressing most student’s requirements. It …
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A couple of weeks ago, Rocketboom (an online video show) produced a show designed to demystify the idea of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). It’s how you track blogs and alert readers of your blog when a new post has been entered (‘zackly like this one). So for that online, 3-minute video introduction of Really Simple …
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During the presentation in PNG – a nation not blessed with the infrastructure for vlogs, but it should be – vlogs, blogs and wikis were discussed. A future post is required on these, but two vlogs I sometimes watch are (note – since these vlogs are not mine, and they capture a bit of life …
My presentation slides from the CPA PNG conference, as promised in my previous post, have now been loaded up here on my blog (they’re available in PDF). Also the text of the speech is available here as a PDF as well (although it does lack my impromptu embellishments). I very much enjoyed the opportunity to …
It has been a long time between posts – this seems to be the downfall of most bloggers. Some time ago I was asked by CPA Australia to present on the topic ‘Management Information Reporting, including the IT Aspects’ at the annual CPA Australia/CPA PNG joint conference in Port Moresby. I accepted despite the trepidation …