Here’s a part of open source that I have not thought about before:
Open source is a bottom-up, worker-led movement. The means and outputs of production are available to everybody. I think that’s beautiful – and, in a world where every aspect of our lives has been packaged and monopolized for profit, a powerful force for good.
Another call to RSS over Twitter – love it!
These ideas could also be applied to corporate training as well as learning in the college environment.
Our dog, Arlo, went to his rest on March 29, 2019. He was 12 years old, and he is greatly missed. Arlo came to our family as a shelter dog. He was intended for one of our children, but ended up being “Dad’s dog”. Andy took great pleasure in walking Arlo, playing with him and taking care of his needs. Arlo loved it when the family would get home in the evening, and would be ready for dinner and a walk. Arlo was an older dog when he came to us (seven years old), so he was not as active as a younger dog. However, that was the right kind of dog for our family. His favorite place was the bed in the master bedroom, where he would take naps during the day, watch TV with us in the evening, and sleep with me and my wife. He was a great snuggler, and was always ready to be close when someone was having difficulty and needed some love. Arlo was Andy’s first dog, and it was in his 50’s that Andy discovered he was a dog person. Arlo will always have a special place in our hearts. We love you, Arlo.
Marking the passing of a good friend.
Arlo 2007-2019
A terrific example of this method (via the Zettlekasten blog), I want to explore this sometime!
How do consumers protect themselves from surveillance and start to restore some semblance of privacy? Services like Google and Facebook have many settings where you can limit your privacy exposure. This article doesn’t cover those, however, as much already has been written about that. What follows is more like what Doc Searls calls a “wizard kit” of various open-source technologies that I have adopted and customized over the years to protect my own privacy.
A lot of good tips for protecting your privacy.
I started using LaTeX to write lecture notes in the second semester of my bachelor in mathematics, and I’ve been using it ever since, which makes for a total of more than 1700 pages of notes. To give you an idea of what those notes look like, here are some examples:
I think it is amazing that someone could take math notes using a computer – wow!
I have always had the impression that Jimmy Carter has led a quiet life after his presidency, but he is really quiet!
This is pretty neat, will take a look at this sometime!
