Re: Meeting tomorrow: who will be there?
Alex King <[email protected]> Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:10:34 +1200
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============2860838488471024803== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030506090904060907020208" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030506090904060907020208 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 04/04/16 20:12, Kathinka wrote: > > > On 4 April 2016 at 19:52, Reece Arnott <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 02/04/16 22:27, Alex King wrote: >> >> And I'd be quite interested in discussing some of the actual >> issues, e.g. for me: >> >> * Is a move to picture-based interfaces meeting everyone's needs? >> * Constant change in open source - staying with what you've >> learnt and know often isn't an option, the industry takes >> away the familiar and people must adopt to the new or go >> without (be excluded) >> * The myth of choice - of course there is lots of choice in the >> open source world, but most people receive their compilation >> of open source technology through gatekeepers, e.g. Ubuntu. >> In reality choice is limited by the options offered. (of >> course if you work in technology and have time to spend on >> it, you have more options. >> * There is a lot of "fashion" in the industry, and that is >> enabled by the big companies and groupthink. >> * Do developers and designers get rewarded and appreciated for >> their work? >> >> HTH, >> Alex > > Something to discuss tomorrow night at Filadelfio's! > (not facetious, I think it would be an interesting discussion to have) > > I'm planning on being there although with the codecraft meeting > on, I may arrive nearer to 8:30pm than 7:30pm. > > Also, a new RMS interview: > https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/ > > -- > "Believing men would act in their own interest was not cynicism, it turned out, but sheerest optimism; in reality men do not meet so high a standard." > -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapter 84) > http://hpmor.com/ > > Reece Arnott > Dunedin > New Zealand > > > _______________________________________________ > > There's something else I > was intending to be at too - but if you're going to be late Reece > I'll try to get there about the same time or earlier. > > Kathinka. > Likewise I have something else on Tuesdays at 7.30, but I'll call in around 8:45 if anyone is still there. Alex --------------030506090904060907020208 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/04/16 20:12, Kathinka wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAMWvXDYpXWF48oUmG7kNismQ915NpM4rM2xn1a_TK8cx=s3Qxw@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br> </div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On 4 April 2016 at 19:52, Reece Arnott <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div>On 02/04/16 22:27, Alex King wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite"> <br> And I'd be quite interested in discussing some of the actual issues, e.g. for me:<br> <ul> <li>Is a move to picture-based interfaces meeting everyone's needs?</li> <li>Constant change in open source - staying with what you've learnt and know often isn't an option, the industry takes away the familiar and people must adopt to the new or go without (be excluded)<br> </li> <li>The myth of choice - of course there is lots of choice in the open source world, but most people receive their compilation of open source technology through gatekeepers, e.g. Ubuntu. In reality choice is limited by the options offered. (of course if you work in technology and have time to spend on it, you have more options.<br> </li> <li>There is a lot of "fashion" in the industry, and that is enabled by the big companies and groupthink.</li> <li>Do developers and designers get rewarded and appreciated for their work? <br> </li> </ul> HTH,<br> Alex</blockquote> <br> Something to discuss tomorrow night at Filadelfio's!<br> (not facetious, I think it would be an interesting discussion to have)<br> <br> I'm planning on being there although with the codecraft meeting on, I may arrive nearer to 8:30pm than 7:30pm.<br> <br> Also, a new RMS interview: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/" target="_blank">https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br> </font></span></div> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"> <pre cols="72">-- "Believing men would act in their own interest was not cynicism, it turned out, but sheerest optimism; in reality men do not meet so high a standard." -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapter 84) <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://hpmor.com/" target="_blank">http://hpmor.com/</a> Reece Arnott Dunedin New Zealand </pre> </font></span></div> <br> _______________________________________________<br> </blockquote> <div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"> There's something else I</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">was intending to be at too - but if you're going to be late Reece I'll try to get there about the same time or earlier.</div> </div> <div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline"><br> </div> </div> <div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">Kathinka. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> </blockquote> Likewise I have something else on Tuesdays at 7.30, but I'll call in around 8:45 if anyone is still there.<br> <br> Alex<br> </body> </html> --------------030506090904060907020208-- --===============2860838488471024803== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KRHVuTFVHIG1h aWxpbmcgbGlzdApEdW5MVUdAbGlzdHMuZXRoZXJuYWwub3JnCmh0dHA6Ly9saXN0cy5ldGhlcm5h bC5vcmcvbGlzdGluZm8vZHVubHVnCkR1bkxVRyBXaWtpIC0gaHR0cDovL2R1bmx1Zy5rYWxsaXN0 aS5uZXQubnov --===============2860838488471024803==--