Check out this video below. Its basically an animation about an MIT social experiment, where sociologist found a bizarre pattern when it came to work and incentives. When the task at hand was a mundane and a repetitive task, money was found as perfect incentive. However, when the task required “rudimentary cognitive” skills, money, it turns out, »
Last year, I blogged about 35 Distros and how they got their names. Some of the distros out there have fascinating stories, while others are just too mundane. However make sure you read that blog, its a very interesting one (trust me). The natural extension of the “Etymology of a Distro” blog would be delving »
Courtesy of Yvette The Monkey What does using Linux mean to you? Do you simply use it because it works best for you? While at its heart Linux itself, is nothing more than a software kernel, to many people it is much more. It is a mission, a mission to show the big industry players »
In an earlier article we established that piracy of software is basically a given in today’s world where information is so easily shared and duplicated. We also established that no matter what DRM measures are implemented by commercial software developers, no matter how advanced or how draconian they are, someone’s always going to find a »
This is a guest post by Ian McLean, an Australian Linux and Open Source aficionado currently based in Romania. The Information Age: Where Everything Is Free I once was having a light conversation with a student friend of mine and told him about OpenOffice.org; I said that it’s free to get and use, it does »
It’s easy to forget with all the source compiling, the conspiracy theories, and the OS flaming going on in every corner of the Internet, that there is a fun side of our beloved OS and Open Source applications. I have compiled a list of 10 easter eggs found in Open Source project (actually you will »
Around 3 month ago OpenOffice.org released its 2.4 boasting quite an impressive arsenal of advancements. However if you thought 2.4 was major release, then you have seen nothing! Come September, OpenOffice.org will release it’s 3.0 version! That must be quite a big jump! The upcoming 3.0 version is widely regarded as an important milestone in »
It has been merely days since the exciting release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron but for Canonical the ball is already rolling! Canonical has just announced it’s next Ubuntu 8.10 codenamed Intrepid Ibex release schedule. The release date is scheduled on the 30th of October 2008. Here is a breakdown of the important dates: 12 June »
Ok I have a confession, actually I really don’t need to make one, because it’s so transparent, but yes this is a linkbait. But I also promise you that each one of these blogs are great, fun and informative, and that I did my research on them. It’s not just a headless list of blogs. »
Ya well most tech savvy people already know this, after all it’s common knowledge. But it’s nice to see the difference visually, and would probably explain the difference to the less technically endowed amongst us, in more ways than one!
