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- 2010 October
- 11 » Clash of the encyclopedias - SHARISM conference[0]
I'm speaking at a 'SHARISM' conference on 22 October in Shanghai, on the topic "Clash of the Encyclopedias: Is Competition Good for Sharing?".
- 05 » WikiGuida - Wikimedia Commons[1]
An excellent and colourful video from Wikimedia Italia, explaining the Wikimedia Commons project.
- 2010 July
- 15 » A(nother) happy Wikimania[0]
My fourth Wikimania in Gdansk, Poland, had no trouble keeping the standard of the previous 3.
- 2010 May
- 17 » Closing a door[2]
Last week I resigned as Wikimedia Australia president.
- 2010 April
- 27 » NLA Innovative Ideas Forum audio/video now available[0]
Downloads of audio and video are now available, including audio of my talk, "Is Wikipedia a one-off? Is mass collaboration all it's cracked up to be?"
- 19 » Is mass collaboration all it's cracked up to be?[3]
An annotated transcript of a talk I gave at the National Library of Australia's Innovative Ideas Forum, called "Is Wikipedia a one-off? Is mass collaboration all it's cracked up to be?"
- 18 » Bug 23223: Developers (and WMF Staff) need way out of Europe [0]
I thought I saw this on Planet Wikimedia, but it must have only been on identi.ca. Bug 23223 is a good read for those involved/interested in wmcon, the chapters, board and developers meeting just past in Berlin, Germany. As we all know, the Wikiepdias is srs biznis!
- 2010 March
- 10 » Coming up in April - ACEC & the NLA's Innovative Ideas Forum[0]
In April I'm giving two presentations - a Wikipedia editing workshop at the Australian Computers in Education Conference, and a talk on mass collaboration at the National Library of Australia's Innovative Ideas Forum.
- 2010 January
- 25 » Charles Matthews: Backing Limited Perspectives[0]
Charles Matthews' take on recent "consternation and recriminiation" resulting from mass-deletion of unreferenced BLPs on English Wikipedia.
- 2009 December
- 07 » Information philanthropy[0]
Some interesting tidbits from the Government 2.0 Taskforce draft report: "Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0".
- 06 » GeoScience Australia goes CC-BY[0]
GeoScience Australia follows the Australian Bureau of Statistics and makes CC-BY their default license.
- 2009 November
- 13 » Wiki[mp]edia data sources & the MediaWiki API[1]
Slides from a presentation I gave at an event called "MelHack", about creating mashups from government data sources.
- 06 » [guest] AntWeb goes CC-BY-SA[1]
AntWeb was convinced to change their license from CC-BY-NC to CC-BY-SA. They then uploaded over 30,000 of their own images to Wikimedia Commons. woot!
- 2009 September
- 22 » Why the reporting on Wikipedia is so bad[2]
Is confused reporting on Wikipedia due to cynical traditional media journalists, or merely a lack of understanding?
- 14 » Thinking about chapters and WIGs[1]
A features-based attempt to define WIGs (Wikimedia Interest Groups), such as chapters.
- 12 » The Onion's vox-pop on Wikipedia contributors[1]
A vox-pop from The Onion on the "only 13% of Wikipedia contributors are women" stat.
- 03 » Wikimania, day 3[5]
- 01 » Wikimania, day 2[3]
- 2009 August
- 27 » Wikimania report, day 1[0]
Report from Day 1 of Wikimania in Buenos Aires, Argentina, including Richard Stallman's keynote and interesting sessions.
- 19 » Following the strategic planning process[0]
10 or more proposals are being made a day for the new strategic planning process. But it's OK, because we have feeds!
- 17 » Taking a WikiExpedition[1]
Road-tripping, Wikimedia Polska-style.
- 11 » Decentralising Wikimedia[5]
A spot of future-gazing.
- 07 » GLAM-WIKI, snippets from day two[0]
Links to news and blog posts; my slides from day one.
- 06 » GLAM-WIKI, day one[0]
- 02 » The low-hanging GLAM fruit[1]
A commitment to provenance could be a simple and easy show of respect on the part of Wikimedians, towards cultural institutions (GLAM).
- 2009 July
- 26 » The community is spiky[0]
- 21 » Charles Matthews: Evolution, not Revolution?[0]
Guest post by Charles Matthews about project governance on English Wikipedia.
- 19 » GLAM-WIKI bursaries & GLAM Challenge[0]
WMAU is offering travel bursaries for Australian & NZ editors to attend GLAM-WIKI; and also running a editors' "GLAM Challenge".
- 19 » LCA2010 CfP closes this Friday[2]
LCA2010 CFP closes this Friday.
- 10 » 200![0]
201st post! Cue self congratulation.
- 10 » WMF board election - who cares?[5]
3 seats to the WMF Board will be elected by the community soon. The Call for candidates is currently open. Some context for what the Board is and does.
- 09 » Scripting is easy, maintenance is hard[3]
In which I teach myself: authoring code is finite. Maintenance is forever.
- 2009 June
- 23 » ☍ Links for 2009-06-23[1]
- 21 » Wikisource at a law conference and other ☍ links for 2009-06-20[0]
Wikisource is presented to a law/computing conference as a kind of open access repository; plus other miscellaneous links.
- 19 » Charles Matthews: What did we learn from "Matthew Hoffman"?[4]
A guest post by Charles Matthews on the Matthew Hoffmann ArbCom case.
- 16 » Tech conference CFP season[2]
OSDC's CFP has about two weeks left, and LCA's call for miniconfs is open now for a month.
- 15 » Lifting the copyfraud veil from the public domain[0]
"Cornell University Library Removes All Restrictions on Use of Public Domain Reproductions", spurred on by a donation of 70k books to the Internet Archive.
- 14 » ☍ Links for 2009-06-13[0]
- 10 » GLAM-WIKI - August 6-7, Canberra[0]
Plug for GLAM-WIKI registration.
- 10 » Reflections on PGIP phase 1[9]
My reflections on the first phase of the Philip Greenspun illustration project, a project designed to pay illustrators for creating specific requested images. It has not been what you would call a roaring success.
- 10 » Wikimedia Australia GLAMming it up - August 6-7, Canberra[0]
GLAM-WIKI is a conference Wikimedia Australia is organising to be held August 6-7 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Attendance is free; registrations now open.
- 2009 May
- 18 » Melbourne EDNA workshop this Friday[0]
I'm giving a talk this Friday in Melbourne, as part of the EDNA ICT Workshop series.
- 17 » Digital Economy Future Directions responses now published[1]
- 02 » Wikimedia Commons 2008 Picture of the Year - preliminary results[1]
Top 5 results for the 2008 Picture of the Year competition -- subject to vote verification.
- 2009 April
- 30 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Other animals[0]
- 29 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Birds[0]
- 28 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Arthropods[0]
- 28 » Teaching teachers about Wikipedia[2]
After my Wikipedia talk at ACEC last year, one teacher followed up with organising a Wikipedia editor to speak at her area's teachers professional development day.
- 28 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Plants and fungi[0]
- 27 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Panoramas[0]
- 26 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Nature views[0]
- 25 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Cities, architecture, constructions &c[0]
- 25 » POTY 2008: Finalists for Objects and outer space[0]
- 23 » POTY 2008: Finalists for People and human activities[0]
- 21 » POTY 2008: Finalists for non-photographic art and historic maps[1]
- 21 » 2008 POTY finals voting now open![0]
Yay, the finals of the 2008 POTY competition are open! A graphical summary of the contenders from the "Emblems and diagrams" category.
- 20 » 2009 Unlocking IP conference[2]
I recently attended the 2009 Unlocking IP conference at UNSW. Notes on my favourite sessions and video of my own presentation (called "Copyright in Wikimedia").
- 13 » Vote YES for licensing sanity![4]
Voting has opened on the question of whether or not the Wikimedia projects should use the "exit clause" provided in GFDL 1.3 to move to the CC-BY-SA license.
- 13 » Like it or not, admins are community managers[0]
Reposting "The difference between good and bad moderators" by Richard Millington.
- 13 » WikiDashboard live in the wiki wild[1]
One school district's wiki is using WikiDashboard enabled by default -- probably the first wiki to do so.
- 2009 March
- 25 » Edits in unexpected places[8]
Where did my six edits to the German Wikipedia come from? And why do they look so English?
- 14 » Wikipedia forces the release of a Norwegian encyclopedia[0]
The Norwegian "national lexicon", Store Norske Leksikon, is being released for free online.
- 11 » "Backstage Pass" event at the Powerhouse Musem this Friday - there's still places![0]
This Friday is Wikimedia Australia's first "Backstage Pass" event with the Powerhouse Museum. If you live in Sydney, it's not too late to take part!
- 09 » ☍ Links for 2009-03-09[1]
NZ panel on govt data reuse, Java-based software for accessing Wiktionary (sadly not Free), universal language icon, PediaPress bookmarklet for MediaWiki 'books' from anywhere, a Monobook skin for the PmWiki engine.
- 05 » Happy 4M, Wikimedia Commons[0]
Wikimedia Commons hits four million uploaded files, around 8 months after hitting 3M.
- 2009 February
- 16 » Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 voting now open[0]
501 Featured Pictures from 2008 at Wikimedia Commons need your attention!
- 11 » What is your favourite non-Wikimedia wiki?[14]
The Geek Feminism Wiki and Appropedia were close contenders, but my favourite non-Wikimedia wiki has to be LyricWiki.
- 03 » Free MediaWiki hosting offered by Dreamhost Apps[0]
Dreamhost now offering free hosted web apps, including MediaWiki (but there's no SSH/FTP access, so limited customisability). Some screenshots of their web admin panel.
- 2009 January
- 29 » Wikiversity, interested? - How to make a wiki editable slideshow[6]
An idea for a MediaWiki extension to make slideshows as easily editable as wiki pages. Would it be suitable for Wikiversity?
- 28 » Media handling on Wikimedia: Preview the future! (part 2)[6]
Screenshot walkthrough of in-browser video transcoding with Wikimedia Commons, Firefogg extension and Firefox 3.1.
- 28 » Media handling on Wikimedia: Preview the future! (part 1)[0]
Michael Dale is doing awesome media related work for MediaWiki. Part 1 is a neat "add-media wizard" for adding images etc to Wikipedia without need to break away to search Wikimedia Commons first.
- 26 » Free as in Freedom miniconf recap + slides[0]
Free as in Freedom recap, + links to slides.
- 25 » ☍ Links for 2009-01-25[0]
Some great books and resources regarding open access and open education, under Creative Commons licenses. plus other tidbit links.
- 16 » LCA Free as in Freedom miniconf three days away![0]
Free as in Freedom miniconf at linux.conf.au is on in 3 days, yesterday was Wikipedia day, and WMAU held an AGM. fun times!
- 2008 December
- 17 » Innovation and commerce on the French Wikipedia - WikiPosters[7]
The French Wikipedia community implemented its own printing scheme for freely licensed photographs. Awesome initiative that is too rarely seen in Wikimedia.
- 11 » Free as in Freedom miniconf schedule released[0]
The schedule has been finalised and released for my LCA miniconf, "Free as in Freedom". woot!
- 08 » Streisand effect[0]
Wikipedia image/article is blocked in the UK. Mainstream media notices, hence article gains massive attention. Thus is the Streisand effect. It's all a bit too familiar for Australians.
- 04 » Usability testing for Wikimedia... right now![2]
Feedback Army + Wikimedia = instant usability results.
- 2008 November
- 28 » Video: Pia Waugh talking about Open Source Futures[1]
Video of Pia Waugh's keynote at the 2008 Victorian IT Teachers Association conference, on "Open Source Futures".
- 25 » 'Hacking MediaWiki (For Users)' video[7]
Video of my recent talk to the Linux Users Group of Victoria about hacking MediaWiki from the "wiki side".
- 25 » Wikimedia Commons manual on OLPCs[1]
Material from the Wikimedia Commons FLOSS Manual is now available on the 100,000 OLPCs being rolled out.
- 23 » InstantCommons lives -- and why it matters[2]
InstantCommons (using Wikimedia Commons images and media transparently) functionality is now available - kinda.
- 12 » Wikimedia Australia now open for members[0]
Wikimedia Australia now accepting members, yay. And 4 copies of the FLOSS Manuals Inkscape book sold since I wrote about it yesterday.
- 11 » Presenting 'Inkscape' by FLOSS Manuals[1]
The FLOSS Manuals Inkscape book is now available for purchase! Of course, it's still available free on the web to read or edit.
- 10 » Codeswarm video of edits made to Obama's Wikipedia page[0]
Title says it all.
- 08 » Wikimedia Argentina holds its first Wikipedia Academy[1]
Wikimedia Argentina recently held its first Wikipedia Academy. Information about the event and background on the idea of the Wikipedia Academy.
- 07 » Wikimedia chapter reports[0]
Wikimedia Australia's first monthly report is now available (except it kinda covers three months, since it's the first one).
- 06 » ☍ Links for 2008-11-06[4]
The WMF fundraiser begins, and a few other choice links.
- 05 » Why I love MediaWiki[0]
Feeling the LUV for MediaWiki. (Bad pun.)
- 04 » Horses for courses[0]
Lots of new bubbling around, including the FSF's release of GFDL 1.3. On the eve of the US election, Wikipedia's featured article is shared between the articles on Barack Obama and John McCain. Nice touch.
- 03 » How to change Wikipedia (not just one article)[3]
A link to a great paper presented at FSCONS by Lars Aronssen, about his experience in the Swedish Wikipedia implementing large-scale changes and convincing the community of their success.
- 02 » NaBloPoMo[3]
Taking part in NaBloPoMo. This is my post for November 2nd.
- 01 » WikiDashboard now works on live Wikipedia[0]
WikiDashboard now works on live Wikipedia instead of an old dump from April. Yay! Unfortunately the feeds it relies on are still flaky.
- 01 » National Library of Australia catalogue incorporates Wikipedia text into author pages[0]
The National Library of Australia is pulling Wikipedia data into the author pages of its catalogue.
- 01 » Book, book, book, book[1]
Current reading: How Wikipedia Works, Here Comes Everybody, ©ontent, MediaWiki Skins Design.
- 2008 October
- 26 » Video from AussieChix microconf - Wikipedia & the education system[2]
Video and summary notes from my talk "Wikipedia & the education system" given at the AussieChix microconf.
- 23 » LCA Free as in Freedom miniconf speakers get free miniconf day passes[0]
Miniconf speakers can access free miniconf day passes instead of needing to register for the main LCA conference. This is good news if you would like are interested in my Free as in Freedom miniconf but the rest of the conference, not so much. (So submit me something now! :))
- 18 » The Future Melbourne wiki - "the city plan that anyone can edit"[1]
Thoughts on the City of Melbourne's "Future Melbourne" wiki experiment. (They put their 2020 city plan in a wiki and opened it for public editing for a month.)
- 17 » New MediaWiki search features on Wikipedia[8]
Wikipedia's search has a couple of interesting new features - links to specific article sections, and highlighting of search results on sister projects.
- 17 » ☍ Data-scraping Wikipedia with Google Spreadsheets[0]
Use Google Spreadsheets to create a Wikipedia table data + map mashup. Looks like basically no programming required, either.
- 16 » ☍ Causes, books and other links for 2008-10-16[2]
Creative Commons fundraising season, Open Access Day, a new book on MediaWiki, and wiki-related sessions at the Association of Internet Researchers.
- 15 » Charles Matthews on Notability[2]
A guest post by Charles Matthews, long-time Wikipedia editor, arbitrator and author of "How Wikipedia Works", on the notability policy and Wikipedia's "topic policy" approach.
- 12 » The trouble with WP:NOT (What Wikipedia is not)[0]
Follow-on from my previous post ("Wikipedia, the traditional and deeply conservative encyclopedia"), with links to external discussions, thoughts on positive vs negative definitions, and the potential for a fork.
- 10 » Wikipedia, the deeply conservative and traditional encyclopedia[12]
Wikipedia, the product, is not something new or radical - in fact it's a throwback to traditional authority, probably triggered by community unease caused by MSM pressure after the Seigenthaler incident. But readers love Wikipedia because of things it has that don't meet that traditional academic standard of an encyclopedia. And academia itself has limited coverage, which would limit Wikipedia's coverage -- if we continue to let it.
- 06 » 'Free as in Freedom' miniconf Call for Participation (CfP)[0]
The Call for Participation for the Free as in Freedom LCA miniconf. Submissions close November 10.
- 02 » Wikibooks, and books about wiki*, on Amazon[4]
Wikibooks are published on Amazon. Also, which books should be on the essential reading list for those interested in Wikipedia-as-a-phenomenon/free culture and related ideas?
- 02 » "Safe wiki": Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia[0]
A "slidecast" (synchronised audio to slides) of my talk at ACEC, called "'Safe wiki': Teaching responsible use of Wikipedia".
- 01 » Whither free software in education?[4]
I went to the Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC). The seeming lack of information about FLOSS products for education was more than a little scary.
- 2008 September
- 22 » Free as in Freedom LCA miniconf accepted![0]
I am well excited that my miniconf proposal for LCA was accepted. Now I get to organise one day of speakers under the banner of "Free as in Freedom". (LCA is Australia's Linux conference, and one of the biggest worldwide.)
- 22 » Melbourne's Software Freedom Day[5]
Recap of my talk at Melbourne's Software Freedom Day, "How Free Software makes Wikipedia possible", and how I came to use free software.
- 20 » Good things afoot regarding public sector information licensing in Australia[0]
There are lots of promising rumblings at the moment from various parts of Australia regarding the licensing of public sector information (PSI), ie. government data.
- 20 » Book authors and eating one's own dogfood[2]
I went to a talk by Charles Leadbeater about his new book "We-think: The Power of Mass Creativity". It wasn't entirely satisfying.
- 01 » A FLOSS Manual: How to contribute to Wikimedia Commons[10]
Info about the FLOSS Manual I wrote, "How to contribute to Wikimedia Commons", differences between Twiki and MediaWiki, and the difficulty of converting wikis to PDF.
- 2008 August
- 31 » Community-curated works (CCW)[8]
My idea of "community-curated works" as an alternative term to "user-generated content" has caught a little traction, although the word "curated" is not loved by all.
- 31 » OT blog recommendations for Blog Day[1]
Ten interesting non-wiki-related feeds for Blog Day.
- 28 » The prettiest MediaWiki you've ever seen[5]
A brief intro to culturalcartography.net (via the SVG Open conference), which uses a SVG front-end on a MediaWiki back-end to good effect.
- 26 » Write API enabled on Wikimedia sites![2]
The MediaWiki write API has been enabled for Wikimedia sites. Very cool!
- 22 » Google Reader users: a favour...[9]
MediaWiki page history feeds seem rather broken in Google Reader.
- 18 » WP:DYK + identi.ca -> enwpdidyouknow[1]
Wikipedia + MediaWiki API + mwclient + enwp.org service + identica API = new article fun :)
- 13 » Links for 2008-08-13[1]
National Library of Australia historic newspaper digitisation project beta service released; WikiMindMap; vi.sualize.us.
- 11 » The need for community APIs[7]
Free content is only as good as its search ranking. Creating free works is good, but encouraging easy and innovative re-use is just as important.
- 08 » Wikimedia Australia finally exists![3]
Wikimedia Australia is officially incorporated in the state of Victoria. woot.
- 06 » Interview with Sue Gardner[2]
A great podcast interview on Wikipedia Weekly with WMF executive director Sue Gardner.
- 06 » Get Your FreeCon[0]
Jon Philips has proposed a "true" conference for the free culture movement, dubbed "Get Your FreeCon".
- 04 » More reports from Wikimania[0]
Links to four more reports from Wikimania 2008, and a video.
- 03 » Translation in Wikimedia Projects[0]
Some slides from Arria Belli's session on 'Translation in Wikimedia Projects' at Wikimania 2008, plus upcoming wiki/translation-related goings-on.
- 03 » WikiProjects starting to use pageview stats in article assessment[0]
WikiProject Mathematics has incorporated pageview stats into their assessment of their Wikipedia articles.
- 02 » An alternative term for "User-generated content"[4]
What's wrong with the term 'user-generated content'? Only three things -- the words, 'user', 'generated' and 'content'. An alternative for wikis can be 'community-curated works'.
- 02 » A dialogue about Creative Commons licenses[0]
Confusion about Creative Commons abounds, but what's new?
- 2008 July
- 28 » Easiest image/video request ever: nodding[1]
The article on nodding needs your mad creative skills urgently!
- 26 » iCommons iSummit08 starting on Tuesday[2]
My picks of what's interesting at the 2008 iCommons iSummit in Sapporo, Japan.
- 26 » Life in blogland[3]
- 23 » Who had the best time at Wikimania? Maybe my roommate[4]
The story of my roommate Professor El-Sheikh's experience at Wikimania.
- 23 » The coming challenges for Wikimedia Commons[8]
Wikimedia Commons hits 3 million files, but serious challenges lie ahead, including Partnerships, Project relationships, Usability and Scope/censorship.
- 22 » Y Combinator's "Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund": "More open alternatives to Wikipedia"[1]
_"There is room to do to Wikipedia what Wikipedia did to Britannica."_ Now that's a wake-up call if I ever heard one.
- 20 » Wikimedia Commons for Fun & Profit; an interesting job in Sydney[0]
Links to my Wikimania talk; job position at the Dictionary of Sydney.
- 18 » Wikimania feeds[0]
Wikimania media links; slides from my Inkscape SVG workshop with Adam Hyde.
- 17 » Quick update from Wikimania[1]
- 06 » CCau "Building an Australasian Commons" conference notes[2]
Thoughts about what the Wikimedia movement can learn from the Creative Commons movement.
- 03 » Wikimania 2008 schedule is out[0]
Wikimania 2008 schedule is now published.
- 2008 May
- 17 » Wikimania 2007 videocasts now available[0]
Wikimania 2007 video lives! no, really!
- 2008 April
- 21 » Online/offline[0]
It seems alternately disappointing and thankful, but always true, that a "real life" factor leads people to self-discipline, or self-censor.
- 15 » WikiProject so effective, it skews study results[2]
WikiProject Banksia has twice as many featured articles as it does members, and formats references like it's nobody's business.
- 14 » Flickr + Powerhouse Museum -> Tyrell Today[0]
Tyrrell Today Flickr group collects photos of the same landmarks and locations as the Powerhouse Museum's Tyrrell collection over 100 years ago.
- 13 » Links for 2008-04-13[0]
Mailing list excerpts; Queensland newspaper archives from 1903-1955 online; Dutch crowd 'Images for the future' working conference; open data on the web; free learnsvg ebook.
- 12 » Powerhouse Museum takes part in Flickr's "The Commons"[0]
The Powerhouse Museum joins Flickr's "The Commons" project (following the US Library of Congress).
- 12 » "Foundations of Open" Australia 2020 local summit[1]
Notes and links from the Foundations of Open 2020 summit held by Senator Kate Lundy.
- 05 » Links for 2008-04-06[2]
Libre Graphics Meeting fundraising; CC releases draft statement of intent for CC-BY-SA license; Not The Wikipedia Weekly podcast courts drama by interviewing banned users; Wikimania scholarship applications open.
- 04 » [guest] Rethinking the Top Ten[0]
Guest post by Walter Pimenta, about a proposal to revamp the www.wikipedia.org portal by listing different projects based on a different measurement metric.
- 04 » Tipping the weight against NC clauses[10]
Could the Creative Commons license selector form be changed to discourage people from choosing licenses with NC clauses?
- 01 » APIs: Ask, and ye shall receive[1]
Wikimedia Commons needs an API beyond the standard MediaWiki API. Magnus creates stuff practically on demand. Hence, coolness.
- 2008 March
- 30 » Links for 2008-03-30[2]
Freebase database dumps, Semapedia, screencast on Wikimapia, Teemu's talk, Wikimania 2009 = Buenos Aires.
- 28 » Zemanta - Wikimedia Commons for bloggers [5]
Zemanta is a Firefox extension that suggests images for your blog postings, including from Wikimedia Commons.
- 27 » Micromanagement[5]
Observation on the complex relationship between the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia community(ies).
- 26 » Blog memes in translation[1]
A Spanish Wikipedia-adapted version of my essay on Templatology has appeared. Such unbidden prizes are heartening.
- 24 » Some interesting recent Featured Pictures[1]
Four interesting recent Featured Pictures at Wikimedia Commons.
- 18 » Links for 2008-03-18[4]
Not the Wikipedia Weekly talks to Sue Gardner; SUL pilot promised soon; screenshot of the planned new Commons upload form.
- 18 » The Wikipedia of metaphors[3]
Which properties of Wikipedia lend it to comparative understanding?
- 15 » Links for 2008-03-15[2]
WikiSym submissions; German Wikipedia mainpage link stats; AboutUs video FAQ.
- 14 » Where do users go after the main page?[5]
Annotation of main page menu links showing how many views they get each day on average.
- 14 » The responsibility of Wikipedia in the wider world[5]
Reading and editing Wikipedia needs to be as familiar as riding a bicycle. Recent news stories with unlikely claims demonstrate why.
- 10 » Ten possibly provoking thoughts about improving the quality of Swedish Wikipedia[0]
Link to a provocative essay by the chair of Wikimedia Sverige about how to improve the quality of the Swedish Wikipedia.
- 10 » Templatology, an essay[5]
The history of the template feature in MediaWiki, and how its use and attitudes towards it have evolved over the years.
- 07 » Wikimedia Commons goes 3D[3]
Wikimedia Commons' first anaglyph FP. Get out your red-and-cyan cardboard glasses!
- 06 » The myth of the 'big enough' volunteer community[0]
A thought on skills that volunteer communities don't necessarily provide, even when they're big.
- 05 » Vanity wiki stats[1]
A tool called "Wikipedia article traffic statistics" also lets you check the traffic to your Wikipedia userpage. :)
- 04 » Links for 2008-03-04[0]
A Wikiversity course on open education resources; action=edit now available for the MediaWiki API; stickers to proclaim yourself a "public domain donor".
- 03 » Wikipedia: the Missing Manual[3]
Review of John Broughton's "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual".
- 02 » Links for 2008-03-02[0]
Neil Gaiman releases free books online; en.wp database dump actually exists; Wikimedia Serbia session in Creative Commons Salon (Serbia).
- 2008 February
- 26 » The role of administrators[2]
Musings on the typical role/s of administrators in Wikimedia communities, and a short survey on the topic.
- 26 » Why Wikipedia doesn't need protecting from the masses[0]
"It's not as though our existing volunteers are abnormally intelligent, or particularly gifted at writing an encyclopedia; they're just some people who wound up helping."
- 21 » Links for 2008-02-21[0]
* Adam Hyde (FLOSS Manuals) interview * Wikibook 2008 non-technical wishlist * Guardian article on Qld govt plans for CC licensing * "New York City Free Culture Alliance" floated * Sydney selected to host FOSS4G 2009 (geospatial stuff) * Freebase releases Wikipedia-extracted database dumps * Article slams Veropedia and Citizendium as "wasting their time" * Document Freedom Day announced for 26 March * Wikipedia Selection for schools DVD being updated * CC marks CC-BY and C-BY-SA as "approved for Free Cultural Works" * cute Wikinews jacket :)
- 13 » The need for a self-documenting community[7]
Wikipedia has enemies that are hostile jerks. Unfortunately they are more or less the only game in town for decent criticism of Wiki*edia. This is a call to arms to the community to start that critical self-examination, to deprive the hostile jerks of oxygen.
- 13 » The Kaltura brouhaha[3]
WMF makes partnership with Flash-based video-editing start-up. Mailing lists explode with teh dram0rz. My summary of the events early-mid January 2007.
- 13 » A side note on selling Wikipedia[3]
The only thing that would be likely to be achieved with any certainty, when "selling Wikipedia", would be the destruction of the Wikipedia community.
- 13 » Links for 2007-02-13[0]
It's all about releasing data. Queensland govt planned release of public service information under a Creative Commons license; DBpedia 3.0 release; WMF finance report release.
- 06 » Who's behind Wikipedia?[1]
Link to an extended article based on my LCA talk, "Who's behind Wikipedia?".
- 06 » Free software on a free content project[0]
The Wikimedia Foundation has drafted an explicit commitment to free software, yet the community continue to cling to closed source software in a variety of ways. It's time we got our own house in order.
- 04 » Links for 2007-02-04[0]
Wikimedia Commons OggSearch, media rename bot, Wikitravel press, new MediaWiki skin, and recent WMF openness.
- 03 » If you take photos of famous people, release them as free content[0]
Robert Scoble + camera + Davos + CC-BY = super cool.
- 03 » How to use Gmail to manage high-traffic mailing lists[1]
How to use Gmail and Gmane to manage crazy-traffic mailing lists.
- 03 » LCA Open Day[0]
Photos + notes from Wiki[mp]edia's table at the LCA Open Day, plus thoughts on possible future events for Wikimedia Australia.
- 01 » Links for 2008-02-01[0]
News in brief.
- 01 » LCA Friday[0]
Review of LCA's Friday sessions, last day of the main conference.
- 01 » LCA Thursday[0]
Summary of talks attended at LCA Thursday (day 2 of 3).
- 2008 January
- 31 » LCA Wednesday[0]
Talks and conversations from the first day of the main conference at linux.conf.au 2008.
- 30 » Creative Commons Australia: Building an Australiasian commons[0]
CCau is holding an event called "building an australiasian commons" in late June, Brisbane.
- 29 » linux.conf.au LinuxChix miniconf[0]
I spoke at the LCA today, on "Who's Behind Wikipedia?".
- 26 » Commons POTY results[2]
Wikimedia Commons POTY 2007 results.
- 26 » Copyvios flow in, copyvios flow out[0]
A copyvio of a Wikimedia Commons work ends up on the London Tube.
- 26 » WMF is hiring[0]
Position advertised for software developer/IT support.
- 20 » Commons POTY Finals voting begins[0]
The finalists have been decided for COM:POTY/2007, so bring on the voting.
- 18 » Library of Congress & Flickr: that should have been us[8]
The Library of Congress is partnering with Flickr to provide more accessibility to their collections. Why Flickr and not Wikimedia?
- 14 » Links for 14-01-2008[0]
Wikimania 09 bidding, and other misc news and links.
- 10 » Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year competition now open[0]
As the title says. I can't vote, so you definitely should! :)
- 09 » Institutional change[3]
Thoughts about leaks and recent dramas on foundation-l.
- 05 » The free culture movement's moral imperative[0]
A comparison between the free software movement's leadership and moral strength to the free content movement's lack there-of of both.
- 2007 December
- 31 » Of bots and conlangs: the Volapük Wikipedia[12]
Controversy continues over vo.wp, currently the 15th largest Wikipedia, thanks to unprecedented bot-generated articles.
- 31 » Photographers hate Creative Commons?[3]
Some responses to "pro photographers" who hate Creative Commons.
- 29 » Guest blogging[0]
Link to my post on the WMF fundraiser blog.
- 23 » Jimmy Wales talking at Stanford about Wikia Search[0]
Link to Jimmy Wales audio + slides from a talk given in October about Wikia Search.
- 23 » Who's afraid of commercial use?[3]
When it comes to free-content-ish licensing, the prospect of allowing commercial use seems to be a sheep in wolf's clothing. It sounds bad, and one can easily dream up horrible what-if exploitation scenarios, but there's no evidence that those scenarios have any basis in reality.
- 22 » New page: events[2]
woot, Google calendar of free culture and free content events for 2008.
- 20 » Top 10 software extensions Wikimedia Commons needs in 2008[0]
A "top 10 extension wishlist" for Wikimedia Commons for 2008. 0: SUL. 1: Image search. 2:multilingual categories/tagging. 3:rating system. 4-6: svg improvements. 7:gallery preview. 8:InstantCommons. 9:CheckUsage. 10:ImportFreeImages.
- 18 » Free content roundup, 2007-12-18[0]
Misc links and notes.
- 14 » Podcast fame: PGIP; GFDL/CC-BY-SA harmonisation[0]
I appeared on the Wikipedia Weekly podcast, discussing the PGIP and the WMF/FSF/CC plans to harmonise the GFDL and CC-BY-SA licenses.
- 13 » ArbCom and Steward elections in progress[0]
Quick comparison of Arbcom and Steward elections.
- 07 » Interested in the Philip Greenspun illustration project?[2]
Useful links for those searchers who want to know about the GIP.
- 2007 November
- 28 » i has a serius biznis: lolwiki[1]
Lolcats take over Wikimedia. That's my hopeful assessment.
- 21 » WikiNorthia[0]
WikiNorthia, a local government-sponsored project to document loca "social history" in northern Melbourne.
- 20 » Fundraisers a-go-go; a new license on the block[1]
Snippets on Fundraisers a-go-go; Affero GPL; Mako's "Free Culture Advanced"; Amazon's Kindle ebook thingy; cool Flash app GunnMap.
- 18 » Wikisource in action[0]
A translation of the recent French court case involving WMF is now available at English Wikisource.
- 17 » Links for 17-11-2007[0]
Misc links.
- 13 » Breaking news: German Wikipedia rids the world of sexism![1]
German Wikipedia deletes the equivalent of Category:Sexism.
- 12 » Playing within the rules: Free content communities and copyright[2]
Why the mantra of the free content movement must be "Assume unfree content", and the limitations of the free-content-movement/Creative Commons approach to wrong copyright laws.
- 03 » Introduction to TiddlyWiki, via Slideshare[0]
TiddlyWiki fangirlism.
- 03 » Philip Greenspun illustration project and misc. notes[0]
Brief notes on recent announcements, and a discussion of the recently announced Philip Greenspun illustration project which I am coordinating for the Wikimedia Foundation.
- 2007 October
- 29 » Reminder: ISEA 2008 Call for papers[0]
International Symposium of Electronic Arts 2008 (ISEA2008) is happening in Singapore, July 2008. One of the five themes is "wiki wiki". Paper submissions close November 14th.
- 28 » What's hard about Wikipedia?[1]
WikiEducator recently won a $100k grant to teach "MediaWiki editing skills" in developing countries. But is that enough to understand what Wikipedia is really about and how it works?
- 23 » CaFeConf 2007; unacademic knowledge[1]
Patricio Lorente's presentation at CaFeConf 2007; the fate of "unacademic knowledge" against the hunt for reliable sources.
- 23 » Bits & bobs/is shared vision more important than a specific license?[0]
Interesting conferences; Wikimedia Sweden takes form; is a shared spirit and vision more important than a shared license when it comes to free/open content/culture/education/etc?
- 18 » OTRS & the permissions problem[0]
A description of how the Wikimedia OTRS queue is used to process records of free license permission given, and a discussion of its shortcomings.
- 12 » WikiHR - wiki developers for hire[1]
http://wikihr.net/ has started up, a wiki for connecting wiki developers with potential jobs and other work.
- 11 » Freebase, Wikipedia and the right to fork[1]
Comparisons between Freebase and Wikipedia. Does free content imply "the right to fork" as free software does?
- 07 » Video: Wikis in plain English[0]
An interesting video to explain how a wiki works to people who don't get it.
- 2007 September
- 24 » News and notes from Creative Commons land[0]
Comments on the recent lawsuit against Virgin and Creative Commons for misuse of a photo from Flickr; a heated discussion on the cc-community mailing list about what "NC" (non-commercial) really means; quick notes on iCommons iHeritage event.
- 20 » PacLing 2007[0]
PacLing papers are released under CC-BY license; discussion of a Thai-Thai Sign Language machine translation system.
- 08 » Content reuse, a nice deja vu[0]
What you write for Wikipedia may find you again when you least expect it.
- 03 » Spotlight on Wikimedia Commons[0]
Link to an article I wrote recently that introduces Wikimedia Commons to people who've never heard of it before: "Wikimedia Foundation wiki":http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Spotlight_on_Wikimedia_Commons .
- 02 » Leaders, stand up[0]
The "working Board" days are almost over. What layers are needed in between a seven-member Board and a volunteer editing community of potentially millions?
- 2007 August
- 28 » The Wikimedia projects: history and deliberation[0]
Why are the WMF projects the ones that they are? How do they relate to the Mission statement? Will they all survive? Will new ones ever be adopted? And why do any of these questions matter?
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Thank you to all the members who worked so hard to contribute, compile, and organize these abbreviations. In the world of Chiari, Syringomyelia, Ehlers-Danlos, Tethered Cord, POTS, and the multitude of other issues we live with, abbreviations fly through the site. Getting to know them may help members both type and read messages more quickly and save time.
abx = antibiotics
B12 DEF = Vitamin B12 deficiency/pernicious anemia
BI = Basilar impression or basilar invagination
http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/p ... hiari2.asp
b/t = "break through" (pain)
CCI = craniocervical instability
CCF = cranio cervical fusion
CM = Chiari Malformation
CPS = Central Pain Syndrome http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cent ... l_pain.htm
CSF = cerebral spinal fluid
CST = Cranial Sacral Therapy
CTO = cervical thoracic orthosis (a vest that goes with an Aspen collar)
DDD = Degenerative Disc Disease
http://www.spine-health.com/topics/cd/d ... gen01.html
Dr. M = Dr. Arnold Menezes at University of Iowa
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/n ... nezes.html
Dr. M = Dr. Thomas Milhorat at TCI (founder)
Dr. B = Dr. Paolo Bolognese at TCI
Dr. B = Dr. Ulrich Batzdorf
http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu/institut ... el_id=7831
Dr. F = Dr. David Frim in Chicago
Dr. G = Dr. Barth Green in Miami
Dr. E = Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, Seattle
http://depts.washington.edu/neurosur/fa ... bogen.html
dx = diagnosis, diagnosed
EDS = Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
ER = Emergency Room
Fibro = fibromyalgia (see also FMS)
FM = foramen magnum
FMS = fibromyalgia syndrome
frx (or fx) = fracture
HA = headache
I/C = insurance company
ICP = intracranial pressure
http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/paed- ... ssure.html
ICT = Invasive craniocervical traction
IICP = increased intracranial pressure
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency ... 000793.htm
LP = lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
LPS = lumbar peritoneal shunt
LOC = loss of consciousness
MVA = motor vehicle accident
NIH = The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
NL = neurologist
http://www.neurotraumaregistry.com/Inde ... istdef.htm
NS or NSG = neurosurgeon
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art ... lekey=4556
OMD = Oriental Medical Doctor
OTC = over the counter (medication)
OTC = Occult Tethered Cord (see also TCS)
OTFT = Occult Tight Filum Terminale
PCP = Primary Care Physician
PFD = posterior fossa decompression
http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/p ... hiari2.asp
PRN = Pro re nata, a medical term for "As the situation arises." Used by
doctors/nurses with medication, to mean, "As needed."
PST = pre surgerical testing
pt = patient
PT = physical therapy
PTC = pseudotumor cerebri
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/pseu ... erebri.htm
PTP = primary treating physician
PTS or PTSM = post-traumatic syringomyelia
Rx = prescribed or prescription
SB = spina bifida
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spin ... bifida.htm
SFT = Section Filum Terminale (see OTFT or TCS)
SM = syringomyelia
SSDI = Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI = Supplemental Security Income
sx = symptoms
TCI = The Chiari Institute in Great Neck, NY
TCS = Tethered Cord Syndrome
TENS = Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator
http://arthritis.about.com/od/assistive ... nsunit.htm
TFS = Tight Filum Syndrome
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract
TMJ = Temporomandibular joint
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/temporom ... cle_em.htm
TOS = Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
http://www.vascularweb.org/patients/Nor ... drome.html
tx = treatment
VPS = ventriculoperitoneal shunt
b/c = because
BTDT = been there done that
btw = by the way
DH = dear husband
DW = dear wife
DD = dear son (you get the idea...)
HTH = hope this helps
IMHO = in my honest opinion
IMO = in my opinion
JIC - Just in case
JK = just kidding
KWIM = Know what I mean?
LMBO = laughing my butt off
LOL = laugh out loud
NCC = No Chiari Content
PMP = peeing my pants (from laughing)
ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing
OT = Off Topic
ttyl = talk to you later
TY = thank you
YW = you're welcome
PM = "private message" used on the message board by clicking on the PM symbol at the bottom of the messaging window.

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text: New Pioneer Brand Alfalfa Products Now Available for Western Regions December 5, 2012 02:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email DES MOINES, Iowa – Two new versatile alfalfa varieties from DuPont Pioneer, bred to thrive in high-stress environments or high-yielding irrigated production areas, will be available in western states for 2013. Tested extensively by Pioneer researchers in university trials and on farms, Pioneer brand alfalfa varieties 55Q27 and 55VR05 have been selected for disease resistance, adaptability to different cutting systems, winter weathering abilities, versatility and high-yield potential. "We recognize that a successful alfalfa variety needs to yield under various conditions, and these new products help growers obtain high yields while meeting individual agronomic needs," says Daniel Berning, DuPont Pioneer technical services manager, Lincoln, Neb. Adapted for three- to four-cut and four- to five-cut systems, both products provide high-quality forage and maximum tonnage along with strong agronomic packages. Both the 55Q27 and 55VR05 alfalfa varieties are rated a five for dormancy, which allows the alfalfa plants to grow season-long and improve late-harvest yield potential. Each variety also shows resistance to key diseases, including verticillium wilt, bacterial wilt, Fusarium wilt and phytophthora root rot. 55Q27 is a conventional, broadly adapted variety with specific resistance to the pea aphid and spotted aphid. 55VR05, a medium multi-foliate variety, contains the Genuity Roundup Ready trait for additional weed control flexibility. This new variety carries a rating of high resistance for stem nematode. It is also winter-hardy and well-suited to western irrigated areas. "Our extensive breeding research efforts behind these products should provide growers peace of mind that they have selected the right product for the right acre," Berning says. 55VR05 and 55Q27 will be available nationally in 2014. Contact your local Pioneer sales representative to learn more about Pioneer alfalfa varieties. Back to news


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Liberty News
Beach area added to Liberty's Ivy Lake
Crews were busy removing mounds of dirt from a hillside on Liberty University's Ivy Lake this week to create a new 6,000-square-foot beach.
The area will be covered in white sand and should be completed in about three weeks.
LU Auxiliary Services is also building a 40-foot dock addition and there are plans to build a shelter to store the boats piloted by the university's men's and women's crew teams.
Ivy Lake, located about 25 minutes from Liberty's campus in Forest, Va., spans 112 acres. It is available for a variety of activities for Liberty University students, faculty and staff, including fishing, canoeing and picnicking. LU's Biology department also uses the lake for research and other projects.
Liberty received Ivy Lake as a gift last year from Lynchburg-area residents Tom DeWitt (an LU alumnus), Terry Dobyns and Richard Chaffin. The donation includes a small park-like area with a concrete boat ramp, gazebo, dock and plenty of green space for recreation.
View the Ivy lake photo gallery here.
Read more about the lake in the Liberty Journal.


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Well dug in
6 foot trench, concrete bunkers & all machine gun posts manned,
Dont really care what Microsoft do as most of their rant is irrelevant.
There is a lot of talk at the moment about desktop migration schedules. With the majority of enterprises still managing XP estates, the big question is whether to make a short term move to Vista, hang on and wait for Windows 7, or dig in and not think about it until you really have to. A minority - typically represented by …
Either support for new hardware (USB and AGP for Win95, anyone?) or new applications (DirectX 10 is Vista only?), or obscure format change in documentation (.doc, .docx and MSOOXML, anyone?) in which case you will be forced to update to the latest and greatest or jump through hoops in punishment for leaving the fold.
As a long time Vista user I have gotten to appreciate some of it's finer points. I'm privileged to escape our corporates OS policy of XP only systems.
And also upgrade when you are ready is sound advice, but please let me loudly recommend: AVOID THE VISTA UPGRADE EXPERIENCE
the pay-off / pain balance is awful for enterprises because when you expand out strange glitches like I've had across 1000's of less technical users it will be a killer. User support effort on Vista "funnies" is not worthwhile when Win 7 avoids them.
The biggest sticking point I see right now is the huge growth in PC usage. The number of desktop machines is still rising and average company numbers of 5000+ desktops is not unusual now. It's hardly surprising that it takes anywhere from 9 -18 months just to plan a desktop rollout, let alone actually doing it.
I can see as we move further down the road there will come a time when shear number of companies refusing to upgrade will force MS into stagnation, companies will simply demand support on old products, no EOLs will be tolerated.
"Sorry but we now have 75,000 desktops in our company alone and we can't afford the time to upgrade so you'd better give us support for the next decade past EOL or our hot-shot lawyers will be looking for loopholes in your contracts if one byte of user data gets lost!"
This article omits the issue with user education, fielding UAC-related support costs, and the hassle of getting all your internal web sites to work with IE7, soon IE8
1. Web sites should be redesigned to work with firefox. Users can be moved to firefox now, staying with it when they move off XP onto Vista, Linux, win7
2. You will save on user training and support costs if you keep with XP until windows 7 has shipped.
There is also the office 2007 problem. Having been using it for 4 months, I still don't like the ribbon. You could push it out on winXP now, or move everyone to openoffice instead.
"And with the relentless upgrade spiral among software vendors, practicality says you can't fall too far behind ..."
Unless of course Vista is enough of a flop that developers realize it would be commercial suicide to release software that doesn't support XP, in which case you can look forward to it working indefinitely.
That is the biggest problem for Microsoft, and the reason they're so keen to discontinue XP. A lot of companies aren't going to move until they're forced, meaning XP potentially still has a long and productive life ahead of it. We've certainly got no intentions of moving to Vista (or Windows 7), and have enough spare XP licenses to last us the next 5 years, by which time the desktop market could look very different indeed.
I work for a major company. We have tens of thousands of desktops all running Windows 2000 currently. Many moons ago, our company made the decision to skip XP. As many people know XP was less than exciting when it was released. As a matter of fact it contained many problems that my company was not willing to deal with. Since MS was supposedly on a 3-5 year release cycle, a decision was made to skip XP and wait for the next OS. Also, since the company had already migrated to 2000, it did not make sense to quickly migrate to XP (which was released only a year later).
So now we have a problem. Microsoft is going to end support for 2000. We have only 3 real choices here. #1 upgrade to XP. This doesn't make much sense as XP is almost as old as Windows 2000 is. #2 upgrade to Vista. This is the current objective and they are very close to production rollout (despite the problems we have had during testing). #3 stay on 2000 longer with either A paying extra cash for support from Microsoft (security patches mostly). Part of our business is going to do this as their part of the business is far to valuable to risk major downtime with Vista and performance issues, or B no support, which is not an option, but I there it in anyway.
Going to Windows 7 isn't an option at this time. There isn't near enough time for a company this size to test Windows 7 against all the software used in this organization. Vista has been tested. There are some successes and failures, but it's been tested. No OS has a perfect test record. 2000 didn't either when they moved to that either.
As for "virtualization" someone else mentioned. This is not an option either. Although some desktops who use light applications could possibly do this, it is not sufficient for our needs. I heard a story from an employee who has been with the company a long time that our company tried to go the thin client route many years ago. It failed miserably as a lot of applications did not perform as required, and the number of clients per server is miserable. We still sue thin client for some things, and it's an awful experience on the Windows side (the *nix side is actually fairly pleasant).
What do I do for the company? I am a Windows admin turned *nix admin. I was sick of fixing Windows problems 90% of the time and only 10% of my time spent making things actually better. As a *nix admin I spend over 90% of my time making things better.
All the apps and drivers I run in my shop still support Win2K, and I still have 2K machines running quite successfully. On shiny new hardware even. I don't see a lack of application support for XP for 5+ years. 2K is still supported because XP pretty much added nothing feature wise, the last thing added to Windows was in the NT=>2K jump with NTFS changes, USB and dynamic disks. I anticipate running 2K and XP until 2012 at least.
Security? Why are all your machines even exposed to the internet?
I am reading more and more about how companies balk at replacing an OS that works for them. And you have to ask : just what gives MS the right to EOL an OS ? Be it XP or Windows 3.11, Microsoft has convinced millions of businesses to put their operating life on the Windows line. And all of a sudden (okay, not so suddenly, but still) they show up and say "Oh, by the way, we're not supporting this version any more. Upgrade or you're screwed".
I may be weird, but it seems to me that if a business says "We're keeping this version, it's your duty to support us", then MS should not have a choice.
I find it curious that a software company can dictate an upgrade cycle worth trillions to millions of business customers. And the failure of Vista is a really tell-tale sign that businesses are wising up to the fact.
An OS is nothing but an enabler for applications to use system resources, end of story. The only reason one should have to upgrade the OS is stay current on hardware improvements, not to get a shiny new UI with a DRM infestation.
In an ideal world, a UI would be an add-on downloaded from the Net, not a core part of the OS. The OS does not need a UI to function, and the existence of a UI should not determine anything else but how the user interacts with the applications at his disposal.
Gosh, I feel like I just described a Unix environment. Must be growing a beard.
Why do you care about support from MS? Have you ever gotten any? That helped? A good googling will get you far better advice that talks *about* the problem rather than talking *around* the problem as MS is so prone to do.
I'm much more comfortable with an OS where I've learned all the quirks after 8 years, I can't ever see needing MS support for 2K. Have trouble? Worst case is wipe and reinstall which you should have down to a science by now.
YES! We are a large customer, and we do get real support directly from Microsoft. As for not wanting/needing security updates, as posted by you earlier, we have users who access the internet at work with their computer. IE is preinstalled on every system. YES we need security updates. Think not running as admin is secure? Obviously you're not familiar with the security problems in IE. Every user is a potential security risk. We need patches for security holes.
Trust me, I am perfectly happy with win2k, but 3rd party vendors don't support win2k anymore. There are some that do, but there are many that don't. XP and up. We have even installed several XP machines simply for support for a particular vendor. We limit it as much as possible, but it does exist in the organization.
Honestly, I don't think upper management is forceful enough with the vendors. I agree that we should be able to simply say "NO, we will not upgrade, we need support for this platform," but it's just not going to happen. We're a large customer, but not the only customer. So unless enough businesses do the same, we're stuck with the upgrade cycle specified by the vendor.
"Really Have To" migrate means we all tacitly accept that we don't control our IT, MS does. Same sort of sheepishly grinning shuffle as when you're being herded into a stadium as part of a mass arrest, or other totalitarian psychological jujitsu action. Gas chamber comes to mind, but perhaps that's a bit strong.
But what about the code that is transplanted from the old product into the new product? Should they open that too? Also, there is a very good chance that Microsoft (or whichever company is EOLing a product) won't actually own the rights to open all of the code, for instance look at the problems that IBM had with looking into opening OS/2, it was full of other companies code.
I don't have a problem with companies EOLing a product, if they have a clearly set timetable and they don't prevent users from using their old software when the new is released. It's not as if someone buying commercial software can realistically claim that they had no knowledge that the manufacturer would stop supporting it.
It's the same in the world of hardware, I've got an old Sony telly, very old, there is no way that any of the sony specific parts can be replaced, I may have a sporting chance of fixing it myself if something simple goes wrong, but I don't blame Sony for not producing servicable parts for obsolete hardware, why should they?
Or it could mean that the app vendor controlls your IT, maybe? Case in point: At my work we have just had to rip out a load of RHEL 32bit and stick in 64bit because the vendor, having told us they supported 32bit, turned out not to with a particular version of their software. It's not just a closed/cost vs open/free problem.
In big IT shops, this is just something that you have to deal with - Up to date software probably won't run on out of date OSes.
The article implies people are compelled to change their OS. Rubbish, if the system does what it needs to there is zero need, just as you don't go looking to change the firmware in your TV or microwave oven very often if ever.
No, people are not contemplating migration to Vista. No, they are not either migrating or waiting till they "must", they are simply not stupid enough to change something that works for no real reason, having recognized they know their business needs better than an analyst or MS' marketing department.
Something I have not seen mentioned here is MS' OS licensing model. Presently our organisation uses an XP based environment that has evolved into something relativley easily managed and reliable. We do try and roll our desktop fleet over and all new workstations come with an OEM Vista license which is downgraded to XP. Something many people don't realise is that the current OEM license only allows downgrade by 1 version so as soon as Windows 7 is released, you will no longer be able to buy a new workstation and load XP UNLESS you own non-OEM XP licenses (and then there's this wierd 60 day clause for moving a license) or have an ELA.
The m$ EULA is unreasonable. They accept no liabilities for failure of their products. They should. Similarly they should be legally bound to provide support for their software until the hardware it runs on is no longer commercially viable.
We still have 20+ year old DEC machines chugging along without issues. The O/S and applications are still viable. It is just that the hardware platform it runs on is now difficult to source if it fails. So we have to upgrade, most likely to a different platform. Having to upgrade like this is OK. Real business objectivity justifies the value of the machines current function, and their replacement on becoming obsolete.
m$ cannot hold a gun to your head and tell you to upgrade because they are 'terminating support'. It should be the other way round. m$ looking down the barrels of many end-user guns saying 'go ahead punks - make my day'. As they still won't get the message, I expect to hear a long, loud, protracted BANG.
What is unreasonable is to expect m$ to invest huge amounts of additional resource upgrading an older O/S, eg. w98 to work with newer and more powerful hardware. If we were talking of a new machine, but running an older O/S, i.e. migration of a license over a large hardware upgrade leap, this would perhaps be a reasonable cut-off point.
My thoughts on this. Thanks for reading.
For Big corporation that have invested heavily in internally developed software, migration to any OS which is not 100% compatible with windows 2000 / XP is way too expensive to justify.
In 2000 - 2001 when companies moved from NT4 to 2000 or XP there was much less custom client side software deployed in companies, most relied on mainframe and terminal emulators. Windows 2000 /XP provided clear stability and security benefits compared to NT4, and still many corporation dragged their feets for years because the compatibility issues were already almost too big to justify the migration.
Now companies have had years to develop many more custom applications AND Vista doesn't really solve any big problem corporations have. How do they expect to convince them to upgrade this time around when it will be much more costly to do for much less benefit I don't know.
Platform migrations now cost huge amounts of money and take years. A company I know started migrating it's internal client applications from VB6 to .NET in 2007 and now hope to finish in 2010, that's 3 to 4 years just to migrate. And I am not yet talking about the pre-VB 6 apps that still need to be used day to day (apps developed with exotic frameworks like visual age etc...).
To make a migration to Vista cost effective MS should ensure that all that third party legacy "crap from the 90s" still works on the latest and greatest OS, but apparently they don't, so companies don't migrate, as simple as that.
"But what about the code that is transplanted from the old product into the new product? Should they open that too?"
They get a completely new copyright and associated powers of EULA with the new product.
And how will having "lost" copyright on
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It's not as if you can take the old OS and write the changes they did to get the new OS yourself (and if you did, so what? It would either take decades or MS gypped you for costs).
So what is lost if the old code is opened? Whatever is lost, they lose less if they just lose the binary copyrights.


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I know it's a little early for a week in pictures feature, but it's a fast-moving news week, what with Hagel going to the Lew before being sequestered with the rest of the jury in a hotel room while . . . what's that? Mixed-up metaphors? Okay, but still, there's this:
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February 02, 2010By Paul Feinberg
After an introduction by UCLA Anderson Dean Judy Olian, in which she described him as someone who has "changed lives" and noted he was one of Time Magazine's most influential Americans, Dr. Stephen Covey took the stage. Straight away he asked the standing room only audience in Anderson's Korn Convocation Center to participate in a simple exercise.
"Close your eyes," he asked. "Then point your finger north."
Covey then asked everyone to open their eyes, only to find fingers pointed every which way. The confusion elicited a chuckle, but Covey's point was made: Not everyone knows what direction they are going. This notion informed the 40 minute talk (which was followed by a short question and answer period), as Covey elucidated the notion that today's "knowledge age" companies must focus on their people and a corporate culture rooted in guiding principles that everyone understands and works towards.
During his lecture, Covey touched upon many of the lessons from his most famous works, including The Seven Habits of Highly-Effective People, The 8th Habit, The Leader In Me, as well as elements from the FranklinCovey management and leadership tools (including the seemingly ubiquitous planners and calendars). Speaking in a grandfatherly tone (he has 51 grandchildren with number 52 on the way), Covey described the habits - be proactive (the principles of personal choice), begin with the end in mind (the principles of personal vision), put first things first (the principles of integrity & execution), think win/win (the principles of mutual benefit), seek first to understand, then to be understood (the principles of mutual understanding), synergize (the principles of creative cooperation) and sharpen the saw (the principles of balanced self-renewal - as well as the eighth habit, which is to find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. Taken together, Covey evangelizes a management style that focuses on people, not things, and one that values integrity and leadership that comes from moral authority, not simply one's title.
Emphasizing this last point, he spoke of his meetings with such luminaries as the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela, individuals whose authority is rooted in their humble roots. Similar to such individuals, Covey believes in a collective consciousness and universal principles to be used as guides for life and leadership. "The ultimate identity theft is when you sell out and become focused on comparing yourself to others," Covey said. "When man found a mirror, he lost his soul."
A short film demonstrated man's evolution from hunter gatherers to farmers, then into the "industrial age" and to today's "knowledge age." Each stage, Covey said, made man fifty times as productive as he was during the prior age. But therein lies the rub. "We live in the 'knowledge age,' but our management comes from the 'industrial age.' It used to be that people were considered an expense, but tools were considered an asset," Covey said, focusing on the flaw in such an equation. "[In the "knowledge age"] we manage things, but lead people. Leadership is not about control, it's about understanding the whole person."
As the evening drew towards its end, Covey spoke of the concept of "the third alternative." The notion was inspired by what he referred to as an "Indian talking stick" and the idea was that when bringing together disparate viewpoints (such as a group of Christians, Jews and Moslems with whom Covey has been working), one must listen with the other person's frame of reference. He described meetings where no one could speak until they satisfactorily described the other person's point of view and how the result of such an approach was often that aforementioned "third alternative," not to be confused with compromise.
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Tiara has dealers in 19 countries. Years ago one of its biggest dealers was in Manaus, Brazil on the mighty Amazon River. That was until the Brazilian government imposed an import duty on boats that effectively stopped their import, much as Argentina has done. Nevertheless, 10 of the countries Tiara has dealers in are Latin American countries where the sun shines and the water is big. It also has dealers in the northern climes of Canada and Sweden, to say nothing about all across the northern tier of the U.S. So people are using the Tiaras from the equator to the arctic, and the builder has to come up with a boat that can be modified for everyone's individual purposes.
Essentially what Tiara has done is to create a hull, deck, and exterior style that are all world-class. That means the construction of the boat can take most anything the sea can dish out and the style of the boat will appeal to most any nautical eye around the world. We think that Tiara has done an exceptional job of creating a boat that looks contemporary, yet does not look like an Italian stallion. Moreover, there is enough of a traditional look in her topsides, that old moss-backed veterans who like the Downeast look also find something here to like. There is no other brand on the market that looks quite like a Tiara, yet they fit in most anywhere. We think that is one of the reasons the brand has been so successful.The other thing that Tiara has done is to offer a basic boat, then provide all of the options imaginable to permit customers to sort of custom build a boat to their own individual mission, be that big game fishing in blue water, coastal cruising in shallow water, or just entertaining in style at the dock.
Specs and Performance...
First, let's look at the bones of the boat. The Tiara 3600 Open has a LOA of 38'11" (11.9 m), a beam of 13'3" (4.04 m), and a draft of 3' 5'' (1.04 m). She has a dry weight of 19,100 lbs. (8,664 kg), carries 350 gallons (1,325 L) of fuel, and 70 gallons (265 L) of water. The base, MSRP price for the D4 powered version is $496,750. While we haven't tested this model, Tiara tells us that the 3600 Open, powered by a pair of 300-hp Volvo Penta D4 IPS400s will top out at 36.2 MPH and have a best cruise at 3000 rpms of 27.3 MPH. At that speed she can keep going for 415 miles, with a 10% fuel reserve. That's very good range for this type of boat – and that is largely thanks to the pod drives. But why walk when you can run... drop in a pair of 370 hp D6 IPS500s and you'll top out at 41 MPH and have a best cruise at 32.5 MPH and a range of 392 miles. Is that a good investment? Only you can answer that, but look at it this way: For an extra $44,400, you can cruise 23 miles less, but 5.2 MPH faster, and have a 4.8 MPH higher top end. Either way you have enough power to get the job done. And because you have pod drives you know that you are picking up about 30% more fuel efficiency than you would have with conventional inboard drives.
The Tiara 3600 Open has been around for years and has been time-tested giving her a reputation for taking good care of her passengers. As the first Tiara 3600 owners got more experience, and got to know what their boats could handle, it was natural that they took them out in snotty conditions knowing that the boat could handle it. Trouble is that snotty can turn into nasty pretty easily and then it is no fun being in an open boat of any size. Depending on how high and short the seas are, open boats of any brand can be very wet and the Tiara 3600 is no exception. It is essentially for this reason that some time ago Tiara started building boats with hardtops, coupes, and fully enclosed cabins. Then no matter how rough it got, no matter how much water swept across the foredeck and onto the windshield, skipper and passengers could stay dry.
That's why hardtops, coupes and fully enclosed cabins are so popular these days. Also, we are much more aware of the importance of having Safe Sun, than we generally were 10 years ago. Our recommendation is to go with the hardtop (add $22,440 for the cruise version with two hatches, or $27,180 for the Tournament version with two hatches and rod holders).The swim platform (add $4,020) tells us that this customer is more of a family cruiser than a hard core fisherman. The swim platform also makes an ideal place for friends to board your boat from their tenders when they come over to visit. They also may make the boat easier to board from a low floating dock. We recommend the swim platform option unless you are going to use the boat for serious fishing.
The Helm...
The helm is over to starboard and Tiara sticks to what works and others would be well advised to pay attention. On the other hand, if you are interested in the hardtop option you are advised that the windshield does not reach all the way to the hardtop. Regular readers know that this is one of my pet peeves, because so often when standing at the helm one's line of vision goes right into the isinglass, which I don't like looking through, or it goes right to the windshield frame and the canvas holding the isinglass. Either way it is a major annoyance, in my book.My colleague here at BoatTEST.com, Jeff Hammond, has a slightly different take on this which is simply, if you can see through the windshield when standing, then unzipping the isinglass can provide welcome fresh air. So, it all depends on your height of eye when standing. ABYC standards require that there be unrestricted visibility when standing from 4'8" above the deck to 5'8" above the deck. (Typically, peoples' eyes are from 4" to 5" below the top of their head so we are not talking overhead height here , but rather "height-of-eye.")
Controls and Screens...
We love the dual engine controls... always have, and the open real estate can hold twin 12" E120's and a host of other dash-worthy toys... ST 70 Graphic display, 6002 auto pilot...etc. (add $39,280). We're also big fans of the 20" destroyer wheel, but if you like the more yacht-like look, a 17.5" mahogany wheel is offered (add $450). The entire helm panel is hinged for easy access to the back for servicing and electronics installation.
The Accommodations Factor...
Moving down below, you have luxury accommodations for a couple, and adequate accommodations for two more. The owners, or the client they're trying to impress, will be comfortable in the forward island berth. There is storage underneath, and more importantly, storage overhead along the hull. This is a space that gets wasted on many boats, but here, it's put to good use.
If you're in need of more sleeping space, the dinette converts to a berth by two means. Raise the backrest up and attach straps and you have a Pullman berth (read two singles). Use the backrest as a filler cushion and you have a double berth. The U-shaped settee is large enough to seat 4 comfortably, five if people are kids or skinny.
The Fishability Factor...
Starting with the most obvious, the wide open cockpit offers up just over 70 square feet of fighting room. The deck has a backing plate of 2' x 2' aluminum for those intending to add a fighting chair to the mix. The rest of the area can be customized, depending on your level of dedication to the sport, and perhaps whether or not you are making income from your fishing. The two deck boxes can be made to serve the purpose of your choice, whether it be bait wells, coolers, or macerated fish boxes (add $760 ea). Underneath both port and starboard gunwales, is space for optional rod holders (add $280 ea) or rod storage lockers (add $1,080 ea). There are two aft facing seats, and by removing the port one, you have the ability to add a bait prep center (add $5,620). There are no rod holders in the gunwales themselves, but an additional $580 will get you four. Rupp outriggers, which will add 26' to your reach on either side, will run an additional $7,890. For some it's a no-brainer... for others, not so much. But for either customer, you'll get a boat that combines style, performance, and that trademark Tiara good looks. Some would say that's a factor that you just can't put a price on.
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A report launched this week in Bairnsdale shows what's not yet known about the needs of children and youth in East Gippsland. The State of East Gippsland's Children and Youth Report was compiled by not-for-profit family service Good Beginnings.
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The report brings together existing research and interviews with focus groups and outlines the needs of young people from birth to the age of 25.
"The whole concept of the report is about endeavouring to have, at the local level, a really clear understanding of what the needs of children and young people are," says Jayne Meyer Tucker, CEO of Good Beginnings.
Parent education and support, child protection for Aboriginal children, mental health issues, domestic violence and drug abuse are some of the areas the report indicates need more research, says Ms Meyer Tucker.
The report states that compared to the Victorian average the emotional well being of children and young people in East Gippsland is lower and incidents of family violence and rates of children needing child protection are increasing.
It also indicates that almost all pre-school aged children attend childcare and receive regular checkups with maternal and child health services.
"There were some really key areas where we are doing really well," says Ms Meyer Tucker.
The report will now be used to try and focus resources and funding on programs to combat the issues raised and research into the areas where not enough is known.
"If we can have a way of everyone being focused in the one direction surely we can be more effective in our results," says Ms Meyer Tucker.