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  1. developed on linux by sbwoodside · · Score: 2, Informative · on Semacode - Hyperlinks For The Real World

    /.ers might be interested to know that I did all the building and compiling on Linux. Normally, you can't do that, but there's a free tool by Rudolf Koenig called sdk2unix that converts the windows sdk to a really cool makefile based system on linux.

    I wrote up my experiences here in this HOWTO,
    HOWTO develop Symbian apps using Linux and OS X .

    Simon Woodside (semacode developer)

  2. Re:How does RSS scale? by sbwoodside · · Score: 1 · on E-mail Newsletters Switching To RSS
    If you're doing your RSS smart, and generate static pages to be server while checking and sending proper conditional headers, then it really doesn't require that many resources.


    Or if your XML server has proper caching system, like AxKit which I use to make my simple weblog software AxBlog.

    simon
  3. Learn more by sbwoodside · · Score: 3, Informative · on Life As An African Web Developer

    Obviously I'm really into the whole situation of IT in Africa (they call it ICT .. the C is for communications). Here are some links for you to look at. A lot of them are really oriented towards WiFi too since I think that's the "last best hope" for the internet in Africa

    Weblogs:
    riptari filter

    m u l t i p l i c i t y

    R Alden

    News

    Balancing Act: Africa This looks dense but it's the BEST news source about ICT in africa and getting better all the time. Very reliable too.

    Shameless plug
    I wrote about using the open source model for (ICT) development here and some other stuff from here.

    Stories

    Laos

    You've already heard about that ... but this much more story and pictures about another project:

    Pictures, stories, of setting up the real thing in Bhutan a country you've maybe never even heard of ... but they have a WiFi based VoIP long-distance system that doesn't even need electrical grid to work.

    I'll leave you with one that's going on right now ... the Digital Plains of India.

    simon

  4. Learn more by sbwoodside · · Score: 3, Informative · on Life As An African Web Developer

    Obviously I'm really into the whole situation of IT in Africa (they call it ICT .. the C is for communications). Here are some links for you to look at. A lot of them are really oriented towards WiFi too since I think that's the "last best hope" for the internet in Africa

    Weblogs:
    riptari filter

    m u l t i p l i c i t y

    R Alden

    News

    Balancing Act: Africa This looks dense but it's the BEST news source about ICT in africa and getting better all the time. Very reliable too.

    Shameless plug
    I wrote about using the open source model for (ICT) development here and some other stuff from here.

    Stories

    Laos

    You've already heard about that ... but this much more story and pictures about another project:

    Pictures, stories, of setting up the real thing in Bhutan a country you've maybe never even heard of ... but they have a WiFi based VoIP long-distance system that doesn't even need electrical grid to work.

    I'll leave you with one that's going on right now ... the Digital Plains of India.

    simon

  5. shameless plug by sbwoodside · · Score: 1 · on Relativity Finally Meets Quantum Theory?

    I wrote up the connection between Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara and University of Waterloo here.

  6. Out of the black hole by sbwoodside · · Score: 1 · on A Universal Roaming Profile?

    What a coincidence. I sent an entry on this very topic into the last Viridian design contest, but it vanished into a black hole in Bruce Sterling's email box. He later said:

    "Sorry Simon, but your interesting Civil Society entry never showed up in my mailbox."

    Oh well.

    My proposal is to create a PIBank (Personal Information Bank) that's going to store all of your personal information and dole it to local systems at your command.

    I secured it using one-time-password, two-factor authentication with RSA SecurID cards. The cool thing is that you can also have the PIBank generate one-time credit card numbers and so on to prevent fraud.

    Someone mentioned profit? Well, it's just like a regular bank. Their number-one product is trust. Of course they'll charge a monthly fee and use your data in aggregate form ;-)

    Go on, check it out.

  7. Read the whole thing before you judge him by sbwoodside · · Score: 2, Interesting · on MS/Waterloo Curriculum Deal On Hold

    Read the whole transcript before you judge.

    Check out the comments of Dean Chaudhuri. I don't doubt that this decision will get the fifth degree.

    Simon

  8. All of this came out at the forum on Thursday by sbwoodside · · Score: 2, Interesting · on MS/Waterloo Curriculum Deal On Hold

    It seems that the president of UW didn't actually sign anything, despite all appearances to the contrary. viz:

    "In retrospect, it was a mistake to announce agreement in principle with respect to the curriculum initiatives, a mistake for which I take the responsibility." (my emphasis)

    You might call it "good news" although I think at best it's a Pyrrhic victory. The damage done to UW's reputation -- unnecessarily as it turns out -- is going to take more fixing than just another slashdot article. We got stomped on, and justifiably.

    Fortunately the forum was streamed and recorded by the student government, the Feds, and you can listen to it by downloading the mp3 (29 MB). Although we might take down UW's internet connection ;-)

    I'm hosting a group project to transcribe the recording. Please help! It contains the president's apology but also some interesting information about C# as well.

    simon
    UW CS Alum
    simonwoodside.com

    PS. The School of Computer Science rejected the deal before the original announcement. This is all concerned with Computer Engineering, not CS.

  9. All of this came out at the forum on Thursday by sbwoodside · · Score: 2, Interesting · on MS/Waterloo Curriculum Deal On Hold

    It seems that the president of UW didn't actually sign anything, despite all appearances to the contrary. viz:

    "In retrospect, it was a mistake to announce agreement in principle with respect to the curriculum initiatives, a mistake for which I take the responsibility." (my emphasis)

    You might call it "good news" although I think at best it's a Pyrrhic victory. The damage done to UW's reputation -- unnecessarily as it turns out -- is going to take more fixing than just another slashdot article. We got stomped on, and justifiably.

    Fortunately the forum was streamed and recorded by the student government, the Feds, and you can listen to it by downloading the mp3 (29 MB). Although we might take down UW's internet connection ;-)

    I'm hosting a group project to transcribe the recording. Please help! It contains the president's apology but also some interesting information about C# as well.

    simon
    UW CS Alum
    simonwoodside.com

    PS. The School of Computer Science rejected the deal before the original announcement. This is all concerned with Computer Engineering, not CS.

  10. a better way by sbwoodside · · Score: 1 · on Randomizing Survey Answers For Accuracy

    There's a better way. Run the demo-collecting software on the client. The user enters their info, the client randomizes it and sends it on.

    Similarly for customized ads. Your client (open source of course) knows your demographics. But it also has 5 other (fake) profiles. It sends them all to the server, the server sends back 5 customized ads, one for each profile. The client picks the right one and shows you.

    Everyone wins!

    Ciao for now,
    Simon Woodside
    http://www.simonwoodside.com/

    PS. Please, check out http://www.semacode.org/ and give me some feedback !