Software Development
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A bold strategy for Australia’s digital future
This letter has been sent to leaders around the country in an effort to stoke interest in an Australian Linux project, and sparking interest in FOSS support nationally. Dear data…
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Open Source: The peaceful revolution
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has gone from being a futurist movement to a fundamental part of business and technology. Unix-like operating systems such as Linux are installed on…
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A matter of privacy and security
Google provides free services in exchange for access to our data, which it uses for ads that fund the service. Over the years since that model was implemented we’ve seen…
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Balancing compliance, ethics and value in digital
Complex ideas are a bit like the ABOVE island resort — a series of smaller nodes branching off the main node. Since 1999 we’ve experienced a tech revolution in business, government and wider…
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Creating good tools for a brave new world
I’m building a 2D/3D hybrid graphic design tool called Manifold. In this article I’m going to discuss the approach I’m taking in order to fit it into the workflow that…
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My angel is the manifold
Naming is the most important decision in a new open source project. It needs to convey a meaning, be ubiquitous, unique, low GI, etc. I’m coming up to the 5th…