Archive for December, 2003



Open Source and the Developing World

The discussion of open source and the developing world tends to revolve around the reducing software license fees.
A much more important aspect of open source for the developing world is the ability for it to efficiently tap the world’s programming talent.
As Heather Ford notes in her Blog entry entitled The politics of codemaking, successful open […]

Electronic Paper at PARC Forum and Ambient Devices

I ran across these two technologies: Electronic Paper and Ambient Devices. I like to squirrel these types of technology in my IDEO-like toolbox. They are cool, but I can?t think of how I would use them at the moment.
Next Tuesday, PARC is holding a Special PARC Forum entitled Gyricon LLC and the world of […]