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the synergy of humanity and technology
So, I’ve been running a little experiment – pretty much handling all or as much of my communication as possible via Google+, including what would have been going up here. How has it worked? Better than I expected, in many ways, and yet, I still need this place as a home base. The busy nature [...]
(Or, why you might want to learn more about Linux.) Can something that is free truly change the world? Yes it can, and it is happening right now, all around us. Linux is a free operating system that can be installed on just about any computer – free to download, free to use, free to [...]
Ubuntu is a southern African humanist philosophy focusing on people’s allegiances and relations with each other. Archbishop Desmond Tutu said: “Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can’t exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can’t be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality – [...]
…or, “Writing in the Age of Distraction, Revisited”. I was revisiting some of my writing habits, and I thought I would share this. A 20-minute writing habit (or exercise, or brainstorming, or whatever) is often all it takes. Twenty minutes every day can and do make all the difference. Cory Doctorow’s article in Locus Magazine [...]
“Hello world! Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!” No one ever leaves the Hello world! post intact, or edits it – so I thought I would. I used to blog at 6 Weeks, but don’t bother searching, as it redirects here now. I learned a great [...]
