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Episode 14 - Wii, Accessibility, Gnome Shell and Java Script

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 21:11

Episode 14 - Open Tech Exchange - Wii, Accessibility, GNome Shell and Javascript

 

In this episode we chat about game consoles and which one is best for a "light" game player.

 

Darlene gives us some insight into accessibility in Gnome and Mark discusses his experience with Gnome Shell and whether Javascript will be the language that allows ordinary users to develop applications. Interesting javascript links

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Episode 13 - Crisis Camp, NoSQL and Windows 7 Impressions

Wed, 02/17/2010 - 09:14

Episode 13 - Crisis Camp Calgary, Windows 7 Impressions and NoSQL

In this episode of Open Tech Exchange, Darlene and I discuss

  • the success of Crisis Camp Calgary http://www.crisiscommons.org/
  • my impression of working with Windows 7 for 20 minutes,
  • Is Canonical and Ubuntu moving to the right,
  • And why NoSQL won't take over the world 

 

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Episode 12 - mdadm, Drupal, Crisis Commons

Sat, 02/06/2010 - 06:55

Episode 12 - 31 Jan 2010

In this, somewhat rambling episode, we discuss:

  • mdadm woes with the SS4000e Nas,
  • drupal module development and "mandatory" optional modules
  • chromium - the google browser, now in Ubuntu repositories,
  • crisis commons - Crisis Commons and the  planning of Crisis Camp Calgary, and
  • apple ipad and the sun oracle deal.
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Episode 11 - Video Cards, Video Editing in Linux and Mobicents

Mon, 02/01/2010 - 22:05

11 Episode of Open Tech Exchange - 24 Jan 2010

In this episode of OTE  we chat about video cards and drivers in Linux, as well as video editing applications. We also briefly chat about the open source voip platform Mobicents.

Sites of interest for the video editing applications:

The home page for the mobicents project can be found at http://www.mobicents.org/

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Linux on the Intel NAS SS4000E and FLOSS in Education

Mon, 01/25/2010 - 21:47
In this episode Mark briefly describes his experience installing Linux on an embedded device, the Intel NAS SS4000e, and Darlene shares her insights on the challenges for tech and floss in education.
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Interview with Luis Lopez - about Ubuntu and FLOSS in Colombia

Tue, 12/22/2009 - 10:31
In this podcast Darlene and Mark chat to Luis Lopez, an independent IT consultant, former Canonical sales engineer and prominent member of the Ubuntu Colombia about Ubuntu and FLOSS in Colombia
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Interview with Marc Lepage IICD Uganda Country Manager

Thu, 12/10/2009 - 22:46
In this episode of Open Tech Exchange Darlene and Mark chat to Marc Lepage  Uganda Country Manager from the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD),  a non-profit foundation that specialises in information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool for development.


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Stuff - Catching Up

Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:39
Our latest OTE podcast. In this podcast Darlene and I discuss things that have been happening and new things that we have learnt.
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