Ever wonder what the world of computing would be like if the IBM PC was originally created in an atmosphere of open-source?...
Following along with our fun adventure of the One Laptop Per Child initiative is a video of the first working model, courtesy of RedHat. Take a look! More videos for those who want to investigate the OLPC initiative. I'm currently trying to track down the interactive music applications that Barry Vercoe and Simon Schampijer reportedly presented in San Diego on...
The technical quality of most vlogs and podcasts today are... in a word... yucky. It's tiring reading about the advances in multimedia on the web only to find, time and time again, pathetic production values in podcasts and vlogs (Scoble POV.) Apparently authors care little about their message since most are riddled with distortion, clipping and uneven volume levels...
Following on the heals of my blog "We Don't Need No Stinkin' OS", is a project to do just that: eliminate the OS. SqueakNOS is an aggressive project, to say the least. What makes someone think they can bypass years of operating system R&D?...
Last week I reported pictures surfacing of the $100 laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project. eWeek.com recently reported the first working model made by PC Manufacturer Quanta....
The One Laptop Per Child program has posted pictures of the first working laptop model. Interesting!...
Fervent Software releases a major upgrade for Rosegarden - a main component of the powerful Linux music workstation Studio To Go (the world's roundest and flattest portable studio.)
Although web technology has evolved over the years, for the most part, it has remained silent. Will faster and cheaper bandwidth or the partnerships of Internet giants and entertainment conglomerates bring us an audible web? Do surfers even want sound-enhanced websites? Do You? Let your voice be heard!
The arcade has drifted off into history. In its slumber, much of the face-to-face socializing has faded as well. Is this important to today's video games? Atari founder Nolan Bushnell thinks so... what I learned at Atari U.
Let's face it, artists don't care about operating systems - they simply want a transparent instrument to create art and a vehicle to freely express ideas. How should computer systems function for the creation of art?
