Author Archives: mjr

Setting up and sustaining a global FOSS-based business (Ian Lynch)

2009-02-09 by mjr

Another Monday, start of the working week and I’m thinking about business again. Ian Lynch of The Learning Machine is a smart cookie who I’ve collaborated with before. He leads a free-software-based business which is very different from TTLLP’s cooperative … Continue reading →

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The Phone Co-op AGM 2009

2009-02-08 by mjr

Yesterday I phoned into The Phone Co-op AGM 2009 and heard the reports, most of which you can read in the PDF annual report from the AGM website. There were also various questions from members, which I scribbled down as … Continue reading →

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Top 8 J2ME MIDP Applications

2009-02-07 by mjr

Well, in line with the Do Not Drive from the local police (and one from Gloucestershire), I’ll be phoning in to ThePhoneCoop AGM today and doing a bit of work from home. While preparing for the journey that never was, … Continue reading →

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The Phone Co-op Workshop AGM and Voice09

2009-02-05 by mjr

On Saturday (7 February), I should be attending both The Phone Co-op AGM and The Phone Co-op Members’ Workshop before it. I’ll be asking a question at the AGM, if we can get the wording nailed down in time. Sadly, … Continue reading →

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Reject the Term Extension Directive

2009-02-04 by mjr

One of the most frustrating things about Copyright Expansion is that it’s being driven through at international levels, far away from most of the people that it affects. When we try to contact our international representatives, such as national government … Continue reading →

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Annual Reports Finished for Now

2009-02-02 by mjr

So now our annual reports have been submitted. Despite the problems with the tax office mentioned in that article, it all seems to have come together just in time. In general, we’re in pretty good shape at the moment. I … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Boycotting FOSDEM About Novell, So Please Stop Saying That

2009-01-30 by mjr

Last Friday, I wrote “I’m not going to FOSDEM again because there are better value-for-money events around now” right near the start of an article on here. But on Wednesday, I was surprised to learn from another website that I … Continue reading →

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identi.ca and twitter OLPC – One Line Per Contact

2009-01-29 by mjr

I’ve been having fun with identi.ca and twitter recently, but some of my contacts, friends, followees, subscriptions (or whatever you want to call them) send many more messages than others. One contact gave a running commentary on his progress up … Continue reading →

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World Economic Forum 2009 in Davos

2009-01-28 by mjr

The World Economic Forum opens today (28 Jan) and runs until the weekend. This year most of the high-power planning sessions and feel-good corporate social responsibility whitewash has been replaced by sessions such as “What Happened to the Global Economy?” … Continue reading →

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KohaCon 2009

2009-01-28 by mjr

KohaCon 2009, the conference for the premier free software integrated library system (Koha) will be held in Plano, Texas, USA on 16-17 April 2009. This is a FREE conference. There is no registration fee, but we are requesting that all … Continue reading →

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