Thornburg for You
Many many thanks to Wes Fryer for podcasting David Thornburg’s presentation at the TCEA conference last week in Austin. I can remember watching folks like Thornburg and Alan November back ten years ago, and saying to myself, “I could do that! And I think I could do it that well!” Both of these guys have simply gotten better and better. Thornburg does an amazing job of bringing Open Source down to earth, for us non-techie folks. This in itself point’s to David’s talent, given his astounding creds as high-order geek (principle scientist as Xerox PARC in the early ’70s).
Anyway, give the podcast a listen by going to the entry (March of the Penguins), at Moving at the Speed of Creativity.
Chief among tid-bits I gleaned from the podcast:
- Finally heard direct reference to a Nature Magazine study comparing Wikipedia to Encyclopedia Britannica.
- Indiana is purchasing 300,000 linux computer for all of its high school students
Also, check out Wesley’s text notes on the presentation. I love this stuff!
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Thornburg did an amazing job–I knew the TCEA was going on, but when I started getting all sorts of emails from Texas school districts about OpenOffice.org training materials right after the convention, I knew something spectacular had happened.
I didn’t know he was one of the PARC people. Amazing. It really takes a special combination of skills to know technology intimately and to be able to talk about it effectively to people who don’t. Not just to explain it well but to inspire.
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