 Every Friday over the next few months, Shane M Coughlan is going to be writing about Europe, China and technology for DimSum.
"I'm going to help demystify the weird world of flashing lights, beeping computers and acronyms like WYSIWYG. I'm hoping to explain why certain aspects of technology are having a profound effect on our lives, and why the emerging markets are bringing our cultures closer together. Perhaps most importantly I'm hoping to share with you why computers are much more than the sum of their parts and how the geeks have almost accidentally created a new way for the world to communicate." Communication is a two-way process so if you have questions, comments, suggestions or ideas, email Shane at [email protected] and he'll address your messages in future articles. |
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Friday, 03 November 2006 |
I'm sitting in a cafe in central Zurich. I'm about two minutes from the new Free Software Foundation Europe office. It's quite a change of scene from Ireland.
I moved to Switzerland to begin working as a project coordinator for the FSFE at the end of September. We're doing some exciting new things to protect and promote Free Software in the European arena and the Zurich office will be in the middle of all the adventures.
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Friday, 27 October 2006 |
I remember walking down a street in Shenzhen with lots of electronic stores. Inside the electronic stores there were frequently arrays of MP3 players. These things were quite fat and stubby, they had lots of little buttons and LCD displays. To use them you had learn a hundred million button combinations to access, navigate and play your digital music.
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Monday, 25 September 2006 |
I will shortly be living in Zurich doing all sorts of interesting things for the Free Software Foundation Europe. This means a shift from wet, miserable Ireland to icy, beautiful Switzerland. It's an excellent and exciting opportunity for me both personally and professionally.
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Monday, 18 September 2006 |
The Taiwanese company ASUS is a quiet giant. When everyone has been distracted by high profile companies doing high profile things ASUS has been building a fantastic worldwide support network, developing innovative and timely technology, and signing contracts that are astonishing in their scope.
I wonder how many people know that the Apple MacBook is actually an ASUS computer?
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Monday, 18 September 2006 |
Over the last couple of months quite a lot of my energy has been devoted to the topic of technology certification. This might not appear to be the most interesting thing in the world (and it's not) but I believe it's going to be an increasingly important issue.
Certification is generally about providing a certain guarantee that a product or service meets certain standards. We have had certification for things like build quality for years. Virtually everyone is familiar with ISO and British Standards (BS).
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