Open Tech Exchange

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A blog by mxc

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Blogs for the Open Tech Exchange Podcast

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A Serious Man

Well this weekend I linked up to the local Jozi WUG (Wireless User Group). Now Google doesn't know absolutely everything I do online :) Take that marketers! Anyway it was a great project. A lot of fun. What a great weekend, WUG, soccer world cup finals and beer! read more

Are you geek enough to work with Linux?

Let me preface this blog post by telling you straight up.....I am not a developer! However I am the bridge between a development team and organizations who chosen to use open source software. I find myself in a difficult position. My friends & family definitely see me as a geek,

Episode 21 - Interview with ThePenguinTrail.org Organisers Veera

Episode 21 - Interview with ThePenguinTrail.org Organisers Veera Uusoksa and Armi Korhonen - Episode 21 - Interview with ThePenguinTrail.org Organisers Veera Uusoksa and Armi Korhonen read more

Episode 20 - Interview with Alastair Otter Tectonic.co.za Editor

 Well episode 20 is out! We had a great interview with intrepid Alastair Otter, editor and founder of Tectonic, the online news source for the open source community in South Africa. read more

Who needs to save a penny & pirate the Humble Indie Bundle???

Mark and I talked about the Humble Indie Bundle in our latest podcast and Mark had posted about his recent download of the bundle. Hard to believe that 25% of the downloads from the site are actually pirated, because people don't want to pay the 1 cent to obtain the

Episode 18 is Out

 Just a quick blog post to let people know episode 18 is out. There is more info in the show notes. As per usual I opine on the evils of the world and wonder why we can't live together as one happy penguin colony? read more

Women Who Tech in Open Source

This past October, I blogged about sexism in Open Source and there was mixed reactions to the post.  It was triggered by comments from some influential members of the community.   One of the journalists which I referenced in my post, Bruce Byfield, was a presenter on the topic recently

The Calamari Project - A Squid Log Analyser/Data Mining Applicati

 Well some of you may be wondering why there has been a month or more delay in getting the latest episode (17) of OTE out. It is totally my fault that it has taken this long as I got side tracked in a "side" project I started. Project Calamari ,a

Mark Shuttleworth's keynote regarding upcoming developments with

Interesting to hear the direction that Ubuntu is heading with 10.10 Maverick.  The focus seems to be on the notebook uptake, with a proposed dual boot option for OEM's. End users can choose the Ubuntu option when they want fast access to the net for example.   Mark gives a

The Humble Indie Bundle Experiment

 Some independent game companies got together to try and experiment with selling a DRM free, game bundle direct to the public with the need for a middle man. The humble indie bundle is an awesome social experiment in new ways of distributing games and self-regulation. As part of the experiment they allow

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