Go_open episode 4
24 Dec
Episode four was, as expected, even better produced than the previous episodes - "tighter" is the best way I can describe it. Fellow geeks Barry (talking about security) and Heather (about ccSA) came across well, although I think they could've asked better questions to Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig - he could tackle what I think they thought were more complex topics with ease, giving a better idea of what Creative Commons is about philosophically. But the logistics and results of Creative Commons was well-represented. Great show.
Freedom league launched
24 Dec
On last week's go_open, the Freedom League was officially launched. The Freedom League is an exercise in identifying and rewarding the community who not only convince people to try Open Source, but help out installing it. People earn the status of Geek after 10 installs, and get a hamper of branded goodies and more CDs to continue installing. (Only downside is that they seemingly haven't updated the scores for a month, or maybe the given date is a bug.)
Defending Go_open
05 Dec
I suppose it's understandable that Go_open would be criticised for being impure for pushing Open Source rather than Free Software. And that the converted would not figure where it's aimed. Hint - it's not at them. Here's my defense of Go_open on the mailing list for attendees of the Idlelo conference at the beginning of the year.
Go_open progress
04 Dec
Maybe it's just me, but Go_open seems to have got a lot tighter over the past two weeks. And next week looks like it's going to be great, discussing Creative Commons and chatting to Heather Ford from Creative Commons South Africa in the lead story, with Lawrence Lessig as the big gun. And how can things go wrong when you have Barry as your geek of the week?
Yay for video editing
04 Dec
Go_Open begins
22 Nov
As Brad relates, the Go_Open TV show went out for the first time on Saturday, on SABC2, at 17:30. I was watching at The Shuttleworth Foundation (more on why later), and while it was a bit cheesy for my tastes, but I guess I'm not the target demographic (am I ever?). I like what they've done for their web site too.
Go-Open marketing starts
19 Nov
On the Gauteng LUG a billboard saying
Given a choice, Pick 'n Pay chooses Open Source softwarewas discovered. On another list, news of a TV advert for the Go-Open TV show was mentioned. And last night, the Freedom League was announced, whereby those members with the most verified conversions and installs will be rewarded with goodies from HP South Africa.
Go Open TV shoot
13 Nov
On Thursday four Open Source geeks descended upon a studio in Johannesburg for interviews in the first few episodes of the Go Open TV show, starting 20th November. Bradley has more details on the show's progress.
Off to TV shoot
10 Nov