http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-108201 jessamyn Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:15:33 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/#comment-108201 test test

]]> http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-107961 jessamyn Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:32:37 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/#comment-107961 All the software I was talking about was free as well as open source. I defined the difference for people so they would understand it. I find if you're trying to make people understand something, use terms of the context they already live in. Libraries currently buy software primarily, so talking to them about the Open Source model and then explaining that the bulk of the products they would use in their library are also free (and yes I talked about Stallman/Torvalds) is important. It was really a FOSS talk by and large but people have heard of "open source" and so that was the title of the talk. All the software I was talking about was free as well as open source. I defined the difference for people so they would understand it. I find if you’re trying to make people understand something, use terms of the context they already live in. Libraries currently buy software primarily, so talking to them about the Open Source model and then explaining that the bulk of the products they would use in their library are also free (and yes I talked about Stallman/Torvalds) is important. It was really a FOSS talk by and large but people have heard of “open source” and so that was the title of the talk.

]]> http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-107939 Chuck0 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:51:02 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/#comment-107939 Wouldn't it be more useful to talk about *free software* instead of *open source* software? The former is more political and more "open" than the latter, which is just tied to business ways of thinking about software. Wouldn’t it be more useful to talk about *free software* instead of *open source* software? The former is more political and more “open” than the latter, which is just tied to business ways of thinking about software.

]]> http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-107901 Remaining Relevant » Blog Archive » Everything you ever wanted to know… Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:08:53 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2152/five-talks-in-five-days-in-two-countries/#comment-107901 [...] 2.SO? or Why Libraries Should Care, repurposed from BIGWIG, served as the day’s introduction. Jessamyn then offered a practical introduction to Flickr and del.icio.us. She even inspired me to rekindle [...] [...] 2.SO? or Why Libraries Should Care, repurposed from BIGWIG, served as the day’s introduction. Jessamyn then offered a practical introduction to Flickr and del.icio.us. She even inspired me to rekindle [...]

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