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It's just under two weeks until Software Freedom Day is celebrated - and I'm so excited by this year's event! It's promising to be the best Melbourne event ever - with Senator Kate Lundy confirmed to speak on Government 2.0 and Rami Olwan of Creative…
While doing research for my MBA (Computing), I stumbled across the below article on weight bias in employment, and found it fascinating. In summary, the research showed that obese people, in particularly fat women, experience significant discrimination in workplace settings, and from society in general…
While doing some investigation for the upcoming Software Freedom Day event to be held at the State Library of Victoria on 18th September, an interesting trend emerged. As I browsed the plethora of free and open source software (FOSS) tools available in different disciplines, it…
Linux Users of Victoria (LUV) holds a beginners' session every month, aimed at people who are interested in Linux, but who might need some additional guidance or direction to get going. I was honoured to be asked to present at this month's session, providing an…
Having only a 100GB hard disk on my Acer 4070 Travelmate laptop, I made the decision to buy an external hard drive - and chose the a 1.5TB Seagate expansion drive - one that looks like this; Of course I didn't check the box or…
One of the reasons behind the Finding Ada campaign is to promote the wealth of female talent in science, engineering, technology and computing. In previous years, I've heard the laments of many would-be bloggers; "but I don't know any women in technology or computing!". In…
It's Mum's birthday soon, and rather than the stock standards plants, perfume or pampering products we decided that the perfect pressie would be a digital photo frame. Rather than buy from a large retailer, I'd heard good things about Kogan's other products and decided to…
My last post outlined plans for the next StixCamp... unfortunately, due to a number of reasons, we've had to postpone this event - to give us time to plan, find sponsors and generally bring together an awesome BarCamp. Stay tuned for more information!
The inaugural StixCamp was held at Newstead, central Victoria in March 2009. Based on the success of this event, it will be run again over the ANZAC day long weekend, 24-26th April, with thanks to our hosts Ron and Julia from Welshmens Reef Vineyard. The…
Highlights from my recent trip to Great Britain