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Take a deep breath, there is a huge fist fight brewing in government back rooms.. Seems as if there may have been some deals going on to convince the world that we should trust a corporate company for an International standard. The author of this article wisely notes:
"It is already spinning “open standard” to mean “closed format heavily protected ( Read more... )

Some interesting thoughts and a healthy debate on the Linux Australia conference 2007 website about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. I wish I could go along in January, Donna is very encouraging but it seems as if I may have to give it a miss. Anyway, I tossed in my 2 cents worth here...

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Indigenous Australians are the custodians of important cultural understandings. On many occasions I read that they are gifted with a sacred artistic skill. The Dust Echos website published on the ABC is an opportunity to respectfully share their culture. It was fun to try out some of the games and activities published on this website. I rather ( Read more... )

The pencil story was first mentioned to me by Lindy McKeown at the 2005 QSITE conference and I have been very fortunate to make good use of it at other workshops ( Read more... )