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Google Chrome

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I can’t test it, because my Mac that has a Windows virtual machine is packed. But I will say this: that doesn’t matter. I won’t be downloading it, or trying it, even when they release Mac or Linux versions. I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08 I am going to have to stop using Chrome.

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Platforms break open, part II

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open, part II October 18, 2007 The dust is settling. Open it up, let anyone bang on test data to try things out, and you never know what might happen. I could argue it either way.

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Free and open source tools #1 – #100

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All of the tools I will cover are tools that: I use every week, perhaps less often, and for a few I will have at least installed and tested out. These aren’t half-baked, buggy tools that are not ready for everyday use in organizations. [1] These aren’t half-baked, buggy tools that are not ready for everyday use in organizations.

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NPTECH Punk

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I got a chance to test this out in a more orchestrated way (as opposed to the usual consultant/client interactions) when I facilitated/taught an OpenOffice.org “untraining&# earlier this month at Google HQ in NYC (some more details are on the Google Blog.)

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

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We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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The search for good web conferencing, take 2

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Perhaps if DimDim were also to release a version that integrated with Skype … I can’t figure out from looking around their site whether it is cross-platform enough to share desktops, but I signed up for the beta, so I guess I’ll test it out. I’m hoping to test it out soon, as well.

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Frustrations

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It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. Needless to say, I did absolutely nothing to get it to work. Plugged it in, and it just worked.