July 31, 2018
by Rodney Gedda
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I found this great little app on the F-Droid store that allows you to bring some sanity to chat. Delta Chat is essentially an email client that form-factors the text to be a chat message. People can chat as they … Continue reading
May 31, 2018
by Rodney Gedda
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I have one system with the Fedora-based Korora installed on it. This month the maintainers decided to take a break from developing the distro. This leaves me in a bit of a pickle as I need to reinstall something else. … Continue reading
February 28, 2018
by Rodney Gedda
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It’s been interesting following Nathaniel Graham’s blog about usability and productivity developments in KDE. It shows how much the devs really care about user experience, and how quickly things can be changed! Here’s one for you Nate: what should Plasma … Continue reading
November 29, 2017
by Rodney Gedda
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Now here’s a country with its priorities straight: demolish a 50-year-old primary school to build a corporate tax office we don’t need. Well, that’s what I couldn’t help thinking when I heard radio reports today about Prime Minister Turnbull’s visit … Continue reading
August 31, 2017
by Rodney Gedda
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Great little app for synchronising local Adobe LightRoom images with your WordPress image library: https://meowapps.com/wplr-sync/ Now, if only there was one for the general file system (any directory), not just one app :). Come to think of it, how about … Continue reading
July 31, 2017
by Rodney Gedda
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I’m doing some work on communicating the value of (technology) certification. Opinions vary on the value of certification and in many disciplines there is little in the way of coursework or recognised competency levels. Someone can be certified and be … Continue reading
May 29, 2017
by Rodney Gedda
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I came across this interesting soup sale in a CBD cafe. A small soup costs $7 and a large – which looks at least double the size – will set you back $8. If you like soup, or want to … Continue reading
April 30, 2017
by Rodney Gedda
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By now volumes have been written about why Canonical will replace its own Unity desktop with GNOME so I won’t bother to express any further opinion on the matter. The only thing I will say is well done GNOME! I … Continue reading
March 31, 2017
by Rodney Gedda
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I’ve been experimenting with Divi Builder of late for some visual Web design. To be honest I don’t much about the world’s WYSIWYG options (anyone remember Dreamweaver?), but this one seems to do the job well enough. And it’s focused … Continue reading
December 30, 2016
by Rodney Gedda
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Also happened to be on my 40th. Just in time for the summer heat.