Jan 04, 2010 4:35pm GMT
Tux lights them off! Today Cesar Brod, a friend of mine from Brazil, sent me a picture of some fireworks he saw on New Year's Day that had a picture of our favorite penguin on them. It was timely, since it was a year ago today that I wrote another blog entry about Tux and "Penguin Awareness Day" (January 20th) and "World Penguin Day" (April 25th), so today I though... more »
End of the year, a decade and an era.Jan 01, 2010 1:54am GMT
In 1999 I was working for Digital Equipment Corporation's Unix group as a technical marketing manager, making a "six-figure salary". I had met Linus Torvalds in May of 1994, and had recognized Linux and Free Software as something whose time had come. While most of the world in 1994 thought of Free Software only for technical people, educators and hobbyists, I felt that Free Software... more »
Mean Time To RepairDec 21, 2009 12:34am GMT
The other day I read an article on the web that said that "Firefox, Adobe top buggiest-software list" and which stated that Firefox had reported the most "vulnerabilities" of all the "application programs". The article admitted that the #2 and #3 "application programs" ("Adobe" and "Microsoft") reported were "closed source"... more »
FrogsDec 09, 2009 2:11pm GMT
I am at the 8th International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium hosted by the Federal University of Santa Caterina (December 9th, 10th and 11th) and I have just finished listening to a very interesting talk by Professor Antonio Alfredo Ferreiro Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais) on "frogs". Actually his talk was not *really* about "frogs"... more »
The whereabouts of maddogNov 24, 2009 1:40am GMT
A short additional "Blog" entry depicting the conferences and events I will be in the next few weeks:November 26-27: SoliSC - Santa Caterina, Brazil November 28-29: Open Beach - Florianopolis, Brazil December 4: Conisli - Sao Paulo, Brazil December 5: LPI Exam at 4Linux in Sao Paulo, Brazil December 9-11: I2TS Conference - Santa Caterina, Brazil I hope to see you at one o... more »
Anniversary of LPI Certification in Brazil and remembering Rocket ScienceNov 24, 2009 12:47am GMT
Seven years ago, in early December, I helped to proctor the first Linux Professional Institute (LPI) test in Brazil, which had been hosted by 4Linux in Sao Paulo. At that time I gave out a "Linux License Plate" made by Compaq (nee Digital) Computer Corporation and a clock made from a CD-ROM signed by Linus Torvalds. This year I have been invited back on December 5th to proctor anot... more »
Project Cauã: A large-scale project to reduce waste, improve computing, help solve digital inclusion and create jobsNov 23, 2009 12:25am GMT
Five years ago I started shifting my discussions regarding Free Software to try and address the question of "How do I make money with Free Software?" Four years ago issues around usability of closed-source software in today's modern world began to creep into my talks, leading to the question of how much time is wasted on a world-wide level by software that does not do what you want a... more »
