Category: All Things Open
Posts on Open Source, Open Content, Open Hardware, Open Innovation, Open Business… the list goes on.
Everyday Internet Miracles
Imagine for a minute that you’ve just bought a new stove. The old stove just wasn’t doing all you needed so you’ve bought a new German-engineered stove. It’s Saturday morning and you’ve managed to get the stove in place, it...
Chiclete Com Banana
On Wednesday this week I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of hours chatting with Gilberto Gil. I am still pinching myself. When I was 17, I was an exchange student for a year in Brazil. It was there...
Fellowship 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, the end of my fellowship at the Shuttleworth Foundation also draws closer. It officially winds up at the end of February next year. From then on most of my waking hours will be spent...
So You Think You Can Innovate
In an admission that will do nothing to increase my non-existent tough-guy street cred, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoy watching the television series So You Think You Can Dance. My wife and I watched season 7 of...
Open Access, Africa, and Yochai Benkler
Since the announcement of the EASSy undersea cable in 2005, Open Access has been a term of significant debate in the development of undersea cable initiatives and in the general strategic development of communication infrastructure in Africa. Yet, it is...