July 29, 2008
One Laptop Per Child Project – Opportunity for Open Source
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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was founded by Nicholas Negroponte. The idea is to give the power of computing to the underprivileged childern of developing countries and is expected to touch millions of such children worldwide.
Imagine the power of application that would come pre-installed with the laptop. Initially there were news that laptops will come with open source operating system and applications. However, now it seems they will also be loaded with Microsoft OS and will have dual-boot capabilities.
This should be a huge platform for promoting open source software. We all use Microsoft OS just because we have been using it since years now and we don’t want to try our hands with new systems and OSes. But if someone is already using open source OS since childhood, would continue doing that and also would spread the benefits of using open source platform.
Open Source has a great future. The limitation it had was documentation and support and I think now with all the forums and support available online, days are not far when most of our PCs would be running on open source OS.
July 4, 2008
YoungIT in the Pub organised by Australian Computer Society, SA is scheduled on July 17 2008 at Queens Arms Hotel at the Wright Street, Adelaide. The topic for this month’s session is “Importance of Networking for Getting the Right Job” and would be presented by Richard Levy.
Richard is one of Australia’s leading Behavioural Consultants specialising in assisting companies develop staff to improve their planning, performance, achieve increased profits and reduce stress levels. One area of expertise is delivering his proven techniques in networking, in a fun, informative and highly beneficial method. Exploring the most effective ways to make successful connection with new people.
This session would be very useful for students and young ICT professionals who are looking at shaping their careers. It is known that more than 75% of the Jobs in IT are not advertised. Most of the candidates are appointed through reference which are normally developed over various networking events.
YoungIT in the pub offers excellent networking opportunities alongwith free drinks, food and give-aways. The event is free to attend and requires registration.
Note: We support responsible drinking
July 2, 2008
BLUEi will be uncovering encounter! at AIMIA (Australian Interactive Media Industry Association) Mobile Monday on July 7, 2008.
After receiving positive response from the pitch panel, BLUEi is all set to take encounter! to new heights. We are presently working and re-visiting our revenue and distribution model. BLUEi promises a very interesting and interactive presentation to Mobile Monday audience.
BLUEi now consist of four team members: Tapan Dave, Nick Zissopoulos, Pratik Doshi and Derek Munneke. The experience and background of the team is the key for success of the project.
I look forward to seeing you at Mobile Monday. 
June 29, 2008
I think most of us have registered for getting ourselves a brand new iPhone but are still waiting to know the price of this sleek and sexy mobile phone. Although Steve Jobs said it would be priced at $199 or 8GB and $299 for 16GB model, it seems that its going to cost dearer in Australia.
iPhone in USA is sold at a subsidised rate. Major cost of the subsidy is borne by the service provider – AT&T. In UK it is sold for 100 GBP and a 35 months contract. Australia is eagerly waiting for THE launch date – July 11 2008. Unofficial figures says that more than 50,000 people have already registered for iPhone. I am sure no one is still aware of the cost.
In Australia, Vodafone and Optus have the privilege of selling iPhone. There is no information about pricing on any of the service provider’s website. However, Vodafone did mention that it would be available to prepay and postpay customers.
So what do you think iPhone would cost in Australia?
June 28, 2008
yes that’s right.. i have just created my account with g.ho.st operating system and have worked little bit. Its working really great and at the same time its really fast. I love to work in cloud so that I don’t get stuck up even if I am not having my laptop with me all the time.
The graphics of g.ho.st are really good. It gives you very much of windows feel but I am wondering why din’t they go for look and feel of Mac. Maybe because of the popularity of Microsoft OS, but I don’t think it would be long.
Anyways, I am having good time with g.ho.st so far.
June 27, 2008
Hi,
What a day it has been for me. I just finished this presentation at MEGA and I returned home. As usual, first thing I did was I checked my email and I saw this mail that said.. Congratulations, You have been selected as the Sun Campus Ambassador for UniSA (University of South Australia).
Wow, that is awesome, isn’t it? That also means that now I will get my very own @SUN.com email address. It also means that I have a new role to play and a new responsibility as well. But I am gonna love it and why not, I will be promoting OpenSource products and technologies.
It all started like this. One of my colleague told me that there might be an opening and was prompt enough to put me in touch with the concerned person, here in Adelaide. I sent my resume and was told that I will be interviewed on phone. We fixed up date and time for the interview.
I had not prepared anything for the interview as I was busy preparing for the MEGA presentation. I received this call from Sun Microsystems, India. The interview went on well. And after that, on the next day (which is today), I received this email informing me that I have been selected. I am so excited. It means a lot to me and trust me because of my background and association with other groups and organisations, I would be able to give full justice to my role and responsibility.
Thats all for now!
June 27, 2008
Mobile Enterprise Growth Alliance (MEGA) Pitch Day (June 27 2008), Adelaide
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MEGA, It all started there. About 20 weeks back there was this networking session where we met. Only common thing between all of us was passion to do something in the mobile industry. Since the word go, we wanted to do something that has huge market and something that everybody would want to use.
We are known as BLUEi and our product is called encounter!
Today, 20 weeks later it huge day. Its the final pitch day and we started our presentation.
We presented our concept pretty well but the challenge was to present the entire proposal within 5 minutes. We managed it well and finished it just 20 seconds over time. Because of the time restriction, we could not discuss in detail the distribution plan and model. We didn’t discuss anything about team as well. But it was really good to get feedback from the industry leaders.
The presentation was binding and was appreciated by all. The most important aspect of this project is Team. We as a team has all experience to make this project a huge success. We have achieved it in past and repeating success is our hobby.
The presentation included the profitability statement highlighting the cost, revenue and profit before tax.
There was a panel of industry experts who would give their valuable feedback to each group after the presentation.
Let me tell you, the feedback was highly positive. We are further motivated, and we are now taking it beyond MEGA. There was a lot of interaction during the lunch session. It was good to hear what audience has to say. We were even interviewed during the lunch session!
We will soon be registering our company. We have made initial contacts and are hoping for early results. We may be making some announcement really soon. So keep checking.
June 20, 2008
How often have you been into a position where you want to know more about someone but don’t know how? Maybe you are passing through a parking lot and see some cutie parking her car and you go like.. ummm how do i talk to her? how do i find out more about her? Or perhaps you are at a conference and you want to know how many CIO are there around you and from which company?
Believe me you are not the only one but you are one of the billion other people in the world who share the same problem. enounter! is the answer to this problem.
Using encounter! you can know more about people around you. At the same time encounter! ensures privacy of each user by way of authentication. Others can only see your details that you want to show them. For full private profile, they will have to take your permission.
The best part of encounter! is it works on mobile phone and hence you dont need to be in front of your PC all the time. It comes with you all the time. Also it works on bluetooth and so you dont have to pay any charges to mobile phone carrier for using it.
encounter! is highly personalizable. You can set your own theme for your profile. You can dress up your avatar with various accessories and you can do a lot of other personalization – free of cost.
Post here for more information on encounter!
June 2, 2008
2008 International Young ICT Professionals Conference
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The recently concluded 2008 International Young ICT Professionals Conference held at the Convention Centre at Adelaide was a fantastic one with huge success. The conference attracted more than 200 delegates from various parts of the Australia and the world and has clearly set a new benchmark for such events.
It was organised by Australian Computer Society – Young IT under the able leadership of Yohan Ramasundara. The conference was chaired by Debbie Timmins. The organising committee put up a huge show and efforts to make it a great success.
Audience appreciated the quality of speakers and their delivery mechanism. Stephen Kowal, Jonar Nader, Alan Noble, Caroline New, Kate Southam were some of the most sought after speakers.
The conference helped Young ICT Professionals gain the insight of ICT industry and the prospects. It helped them cultivate the quality of a leader. The conference contents aptly delivered the concept of “Lean, develop, lead”.
