April 10th, 2009
Over the past few months a group of technology enthusiasts have been working hard on creating a hackerspace for Dublin. The group, initially consisting of local 2600 members has grown to include other interested technology enthusiasts. They are planning to have a bootup space opened by May with expe [ ... ]
Tags: 2600, electronic freedom, free software, hackerspace, irish times, open source
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April 8th, 2009
Check out my page here which has video and slides from a talk I gave with some colleagues discussing how to use Free Software in business. Click here. [ ... ]
Tags: commerce, free software, open source, talk
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July 1st, 2008
The good people at Openmoko are drumming up interest for the 2nd revision of their mobile phone called the FreeRunner. They’ve set up a wiki page for group purchases where people from different regions can club together in groups of 10 for a discounted price. If you want to be included post a [ ... ]
Tags: electronic freedom, free software, gadgets, hacking, open source
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February 4th, 2008
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Tags: free software, open source, Stephen Fry
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January 21st, 2008
Belfast is hosting the Inaugural all-Island Conference on Free and Open Source Software this February 1st. The event will feature a key note from Bruce Perens, author of the Open Source Definition, as well as addresses by senior representatives from large public and private sector organisations such [ ... ]
Tags: Belfast, free software, open source
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January 18th, 2008
Had a thoroughly enjoyable time in Rome at the Qualipso conference over the past 2 days. Thanks to Roberto Galoppini for the heads up via his blog. Qualipso is a global consortium established to bridge business and public administrations to the Open Source world. It was established in 2006 and has m [ ... ]
Tags: commerce, conference, free software, IT service management, open source, talks
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January 16th, 2008
I’m attending the Qualipso Conference for the next few days. Interesting to see the EU massive starting to put some mass in Open Source and Free Software. Hopefully there’s a lot more to come! [ ... ]
Tags: commerce, conference, free software, open source, talks
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January 16th, 2008
Hopefully this will be the exception to the rule… I’ve finally made the changes to the dissertation that I didn’t have time for by the submission deadline. This is a true Version 2.0 as a lot of glaring errors were corrected and “features” were added in including more g [ ... ]
Tags: commerce, dissertation, free software, IT service management, open source, organisation structures
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November 29th, 2007
Here’s a link to my “completed” dissertation. Its the culmination of several years of interest in Open Source and Small Businesses and aims to add to research into the competitiveness of small and micro enterprises through collaboration and integration of small and micro enterprise [ ... ]
Tags: dissertation, free software, IT service management, open source, organisation structures
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