Guest Speaker – Chris Harvey

Whoa, I’ve been called a lot of things, this is one of the good ones. I’m off to the big smoke next week to meet past and present NSW LearnScope team members and other guests. Have a look at the overview. I noticed Sean FitzGerald will be there, thats comforting, I think he knows a lot about Free Software and its deeper meaning.

I setup Mediawiki and PlanetPlanet Aggregator for NSW Learnscope. I thought I was fairly knowledgable about the Bazaar model of development but Alexander Hayes takes it to a new level. lol, I’m just joking a little about how he released earlier than I expected but with the support of some of the innovators in our networks I think we’ll get there. In open markets innovation wins, thats pretty much how it works.

So I have to put together a 50min talk in 4 days, I’ve been thinking about it for quite some time so its just a matter of putting it together. I get a little anxiety about public speaking but Im usually ok once I get going.

There’s so many things to talk about, I have to keep it simple. I have mostly been thinking about something like “FOSS and Web 2.0: Independence and Capability”. Lets look at something interesting about Web 2.0 and FOSS. What operating system is used for some Web 2.0 services:

Google – Linux
Wikipedia – Linux
Youtube – Linux
Flickr – Linux
Delicious – Linux
Blogger – Linux
Digg – Linux
WordPress – Linux
Amazon – Linux
Facebook – Linux
Friendster – Linux
Moodle – Linux
creativecommons – Linux
nswlearnscope – Linux
edna.edu.au – Linux

Also thinking about something like “Open Web Publishing: Copyright and Community”. The Definition of Free Cultural Works will be useful for that. I think the main thing is to talk about FOSS, open web publishing with FOSS and show exampes of what has been achieved with those tools and development model compared to whats been achieved by proprietary software tools and proprietary content manufacturers. I’m rambling, lots of things to do so I better get to it.