"...From workers controlled factories in Latin America, to food localisation, to the free software on your computer, alternatives exist and we have to help them grow..."
Read more »Another Green World: Derek Wall Keynote Speech, Liverpool 07
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Think Global, Act Local
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"...My main point was: I really enjoyed being involved in global and European political processes and activities like the World Summit on the Information Society or European Digital Rights for the last four years, but it is such a difference between having to rely on email lists most of the time and working with real people most of the time."
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaks about One Web Day.
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"Berners-Lee is a strong advocate for Net Neutrality and here he speaks very eloquently about the net freedoms we currently enjoy and must work to preserve and never take for granted..."
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Data retention - Big Demonstration in Berlin/ Germany on Saturady
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"...The current plans regarding the collection of information about citizens’ communication, movements and use of media constitute the greatest threat yet to our right to an independent and private life..."
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Sixteen and counting: sharing science on the Web
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"On August 6, 1991, a post to a Usenet newsgroup started a revolution. Today, the world is tantalizingly close to realizing the vision hinted at in that post to alt.hypertext sixteen years ago..."
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Social graph portability with a simple rel=”me”
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"Brad Fitzpatrick’s Thoughts on the Social Graph few weeks ago ignited a spark in the blogosphere. The quest for a simple, neutral protocol for portability of your data (and relationships) and identity management is nothing new.
Read more »Why I switched back from Rails to Assembler
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"I’ve been doing Ruby on Rails for more than 2 years now. Over a year ago, I went Java and .Net free, throwing myself head first into Ruby and Rails.
Read more »Our First Official Meeting in a Room of Our Own
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"We’ll be discussing the latest and greatest happenings in the world of free culture, creative commons, and free software..."
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The state of Linux
http://blog-of-gentoo.blogspot.com –
There's no point in bashing other operating systems. Linux holds its place. It will get even better. But competition is good for us. It keeps us all in shape and prepared. It makes us go over the edge. It makes us think. (An interesting take on where free software is at)
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Why “open source” misses the point of software freedom
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" The idea of open source is that allowing users to change and redistribute the software will make it more powerful and reliable. But this is not guaranteed. Developers of proprietary software are not necessarily incompetent. Sometimes they produce a program which is powerful and reliable, even though it does not respect the users’ freedom.
Read more »The Free Software Definition
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"We maintain this free software definition to show clearly what must be true about a particular software program for it to be considered free software..."
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Opinions seem to change once you’re hired by a large company
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"...with some people (this applies to a minority) who start working for large companies and web browser manufacturers you can suddenly experience them doing a 180 degree turn with their opinions..."
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OLPC Peru/Arahuay
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"OLPC Peru/Arahuay. A fascinating case study of the introduction of the XO to a school in Peru. It’s really exciting to see the project starting to make an impact."
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Peru/Arahuay
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UNESCO prepares guides on computer recycling
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"UNESCO gathered a group of partners to produce two guides to encourage the development of sustainable computer recycling plants."
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