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OpenStack, collaboration and competition

A lot of the open source projects I really dig are things like Syllable OS, a non-Linux-based attempt to create a 'best practices' open source desktop operating system, and Uzebox, a really cool 'retro-minimalist' games console based on open source hardware.

19 Jan / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

Tech and protesters at #occupysydney

On 5 November I joined a large crowd of other Sydneysiders at the Occupy Sydney protest. As at many other protests over the last half decade, the crowd was full of people either documenting the protest by filming and taking photographs or tweeting.

14 Nov / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

Adobe Flash (1996-2011): Will we really mourn you?

Last time I took a brief holiday I came back to work to find that HP had killed webOS (and there was a lightsaber on my desk).

11 Nov / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

Nokia's N9, MeeGo and all that: A Nokia N9 review of sorts

I recently had the chance to spend some quality time with the Nokia N9: The glittering debut and sad curtain close for the Finnish phone company's MeeGo efforts.

24 Oct / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

Recruiter seeks developers for Amazon video-on-demand team

So what is Amazon up to now?

14 Sep / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

A shocking resignation

It's the resignation that has sent shockwaves through geekdom. A tragic loss of someone who was a real pioneer in his field -- I mean sure, he's still kicking but he's stepped down from the role that's made him famous.

26 Aug / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

Lightsabers, software Darwinism and the demise of webOS

You know how it goes. You're out of the office for a few days and come back to find HP has acknowledged its grand hopes for webOS have come to naught and there's a lightsaber on your desk.

23 Aug / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

Programming, creativity and open source

There are people who think software development is devoid of creativity. Of course, anyone who has even a passing interest in development, or, say has ever found him- or herself having a late night chat in a disreputable Sydney pub with a Drupal/Node.js developer, knows that this is untrue.

12 Aug / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rohan Pearce

Goodbye, hello

It's a sad ending and a new beginning for Techworld Australia. Last week we bade farewell to the site's founding editor: Rodney Gedda.

8 Aug / Written by Rohan Pearce
Rodney Gedda

Is Network Co. the way to go?

Probably the most interesting thing to come out of Malcolm Turnbull’s speech at the National Press Club yesterday was the idea that the coalition, given the opportunity, would separate Telstra and transfer the wholesale assets to a new “Network Co”. At TechWorld we posed a similar idea, but we can’t help but ask, is it workable?

4 Aug / Written by Rodney Gedda

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