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Monthly Archives: December 2006

Linux (part 2) - not for the faint-hearted

December 30, 2006 – 7:42 am

Previously I have contended that Linux could be challenging for the novice home user, mainly due to the difficulties that can be encountered on installation and setup. However, here I am posting from my ‘new’ Linux environment and really enjoying it. There is no doubt that everything seems to run much faster […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, social networking, Linux | Comments (4)

Is Linux ready for the unsupported masses?

December 22, 2006 – 7:25 am

Linux on the desktop in enterprises/large organisations seems to have been reported on quite a bit lately. Organisations with access to good technical support are well positioned to take on such challenges but what about your average small office/home arrangement where no-one in that environment would consider themselves an expert user?
At home I have […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, domain name, Linux | Comments (2)

Person of the year - you, me, all of us

December 18, 2006 – 6:58 am

Congratulations to all across the globe who contribute content and engage in conversations using the Web. Time Magazine has voted us all ‘Person of the Year‘.
What an acknowledgment from a traditional media company. To some extent social networking services are being gobbled up by traditional media giants anyway (eg myspace) but this does seem […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, Web 2.0, social networking | Comments (2)

Whatever happened to 1.0?

December 6, 2006 – 8:27 am

From twopointouch, the next big thing ‘according to Tim O’Reilly’ is Who 2.0. Now, while there is some really interesting discussion here on Identity, what’s the deal with all things 2.0? In a previous article I suggested that Web 2.0 among other things, is a great marketing term but I probably should have […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau | Comments (4)

Should this patent be allowed?

December 1, 2006 – 7:44 am

A really interesting article on blogs.zdnet this morning reveals a patent application by Apple for podcast navigation. To me it simply amounts to a simple hierarchical navigation structure, the underlying process for which has been around at least as long as IT applications have had menu structures. It appears all you need to […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, podcast, patent, Apple | Comments (3)