Open Source Platforms and Disadvantaged Communities.
In its current state, the wide-scale adoption of Linux would reverse a decade’s worth of standardization and needlessly increase the learning curve of computer education for vulnerable populations. In light of this, instead of solely heralding triumphs, it is necessary at such ventures to address the points of weakness endemic in the open source model and how they pertain to computer science education.
HuffingtonPost:The Future of News is Pornographic
A friend once made the enlightening comment that beyond all the credible guest writers, the HuffingtonPost is actually pretty disgusting. Apparently while lamenting the intellectual vacuousness of the mainstream media, the sites editors have neglected the fact that their viewers are pretty dirty people. Or rather, they have learnt to pander to their viewer’s interests very [...]
