Showing posts with label creative commons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative commons. Show all posts

Monday, March 25, 2013

Support Only Free Open Source Non Profit Organizations - Open Exchange (xchange) App Suite Document Editor Demo - Creative Commons

I review the demo for OX Text, from the Open Exchange, their open source online doc software releasing soon (2013). I go through the dashboard, doc editing view and uploading a few documents of my own. Since I don't do a lot of actual document editing (most people already understand that), check out the demo yourself: http://ox.io/ox_text/

By the way, In the demo, I made a comment that it was opening in French but it needed to be corrected. Obviously I wasn't implying that English was "better' than French, I just meant it was jumping languages randomly due to login caching I think. ;P

From the Open XChange website: OX Text will be available early April (2013) released under GNU General Public License 2 and Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License, as well as under commercial licenses that offer support based subscriptions to telecom and mobile carriers, hosting companies, cloud providers, VAR's and SI's to enable their SaaS, Managed Services and mobile App strategies.

A preview of OX Text is available at http//ox.io/ox_text

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Open Source Architecture - How People Design Green Things Faster Cheaper And Better For Us And For Our Next Generations Of People

eco house, eco friendly house, energy saving, consumer watch dog, cummunity involvement

About Canadian Centre for Architecture

The CCA is an international research centre and museum founded on the conviction that architecture is a public concern.

Le Centre Canadien d'Architecture est un centre international de recherche et un musée créé avec la conviction que l'architecture est d'intérêt public.

https://twitter.com/ccawire

Architectes-paysagistes NIPpaysage présente leur vision sur l'aménagement des cours d'écoles primaires. La firme a participé à ABC : MTL, une plateforme ouverte présentée au CCA, qui cartographie le Montréal contemporain de façons multiples et à l'aide de différentes techniques.

Landscape architects NIPpaysage present their ideas on how to design school yards into playful spaces. They contributed to ABC : MTL, an open-source initiative at the CCA that maps contemporary Montréal in a diversity of ways and media.

www.cca.qc.ca/abc

Le Collectif Raboutage mène une réflexion sur la transformation de Montréal en analysant le phénomène de raboutage qui définit le paysage informel de la ville. Ses membres ont participé à ABC : MTL, une plateforme ouverte présentée au CCA, qui cartographie le Montréal contemporain de façons multiples et à l'aide de différentes techniques.

Le Collectif Raboutage leads a discussion about do-it-yourself home improvement informed by their research on informal residential developments in Montréal. Members contributed to ABC : MTL, an open-source initiative at the CCA that maps contemporary Montréal in a diversity of ways and media.

www.cca.qc.ca/abc

L'artiste Stéphane Gilot propose un survol de son travail et revient sur son projet présenté à la Galerie de l'UQAM cet automne, MULTIVERSITÉ/Métacampus. Gilot a participé à ABC : MTL, une plateforme ouverte présentée au CCA qui cartographie le Montréal contemporain de façons multiples et au travers de différentes techniques.

Artist Stéphane Gilot presents an overview of his work and his exhibition MULTIVERSITÉ/Métacampus, which was on view at Galerie de l'UQAM last fall. Gilot contributed to ABC : MTL, an open-source initiative at the CCA that maps contemporary Montréal in a diversity of ways and media.

www.cca.qc.ca/abc



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Biomimicry is the examination of nature, its models, systems, processes, and elements to emulate or take inspiration from in order to solve human problems. All living species rely on nature's free rotational and spiral energy. Blackholes, star formations, shells, tornados, hurricanes, water spouts and dust devils move circular and spiral. Our prevailing jet stream, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean currents are governed by circular whirlpool like movements of air and water. These unseen movements of air and water create and shape our lives.

Water and air are the life blood of our planet. The enormity of everything contained in our universe is governed by circular movements of expanding and contracting velocities of heat, water and air both reflecting each other in spiral motion. Costa Rica architects, treehouse architect, eco friendly Costa Rica archiect, house plans, floor plan for green house design and eco homes. Preserve environment, consultant, consultants, architectural, eco-friendly, green designs and floor plans. Panama architect, Costa Rica House Plans, Panama House designs, custom home designs, Panamanian, custom home builder, pre fab, prefabricated, bamboo swimming pools. Central America. Panama Green Eco Architect. Michael H Cranford www.osaarchitect.com / 508-714-0622 - portfilio - http://www.panoramio.com/user/6602725...

There are very few examples of straight lines and square geometry in nature. Our world is shaped, created and governed by this unrecognized and unpublished subtle circular energy. You can find examples of levitational energy in all life forms. Fish, mammals, birds, reptiles, trees, stone, photosynthesis and osmosis. Both the production of tree sap and blood are influenced by Earth's rotational spiral energy with significant increases of available energy during full moon cycles, water and air are affected by the moons gravitational pull and earths wobbly rotational axis. Everywhere you look in nature you'll see evidence of this spiral like energy. Going green is easier if we just take time to observe our surroundings, comprehend and record what we see, then begin copying natures inherit design in everything we do.

Sharing For Free Is Fun - Educate Yourself - SparkFun According to Pete Episode 28:"Little Dude" Project -Always Use Creative Commons

people start to cooperate, open your heart, we help each other, this is our time

In this month's ATP, Pete takes us through the brainstorming and design steps of his Valentine's day project for his wife, and tells us the origins of the "Little Dude."

Products Featured in this Video:
Mini Metal Gearmotor 100:1: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8912
Motor Driver 1A Dual TB6612FNG: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9457
Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 5V/16MHz: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11113
Bluetooth Mate Silver: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10393

According to Pete is a video segment starring SparkFun Director of
Engineering Pete Dokter. In this video series, Pete addresses common
engineering questions, discusses current projects, and explores the
wide world of embedded electronics!

Monday, March 4, 2013

The Non Profit Organizations Are Making The World A Better Place: The Real Voices Of Friends Of Pimpollo: Blas - Donate And Support

free movement, voluntray participation, community involvement, time of great change

Meet Blas. Blas is an enthusiastic student at Símbolos Patrios Elementary in Vicente Guerrero, a transitional community across the street from Oaxaca's municipal garbage dump. His family makes their living from the dump, collecting bottles to sell. Blas is a very smart kid. He works hard in school and wants to go to college. "I would like to be an example for my brothers and sisters," he says, "I want them to think I am smart, and I want them to follow my example and to go to school."

Please visit www.friendsofpimpollo.org to learn how you can help students such as Blas!

Friends of Pimpollo is registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Salem, Oregon.

Our mission, as a volunteer organization, is to develop and support education based projects and programs focused on poor children and their families of Mexican heritage. We are committed to providing unconditional love and support, improving their lives, and helping them move towards a better future and self-sufficiency through education. We will do this by creating a bridge that connects them with volunteers and donors who want the opportunity to contribute, grow and change.

Friends of Pimpollo
P.O. Box 1107
Salem, OR 97308

A special thank you to Wavelength Multimedia for this wonderful video!

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Thinking Outiside Of The Box - Promoting The Use Of Open Source Projects - Making Our Local Communities Stronger And Happier

open source government, open source everything ,transparent governments project


My experience tells me there are a lot of people interested in trying open source, but they don't know where to start. And the perception that you have to write code to contribute to is a barrier to that curiosity. So, I've outlined 10 ways that anyone can get started with open source—no code writing involved.
I welcome your ideas and additions, there are without a doubt more than 10 ways—let's get started.

10 ways to start using open source

  1. Use open source for everyday productivity. Download and install a free web browser, email client, or office and productivity suite—no matter what platform you're on. This is one of the easiest ways to start using open source software. I recommend Firefox for web browsing and Thunderbird for email. Use Libre Office for word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and replace Microsoft Office for free! I call these the gateway apps, because once you start using these, you’ll be turned on to other open source tools (and won't want to go back).
  2. Join an open source project. I know that joining a project can be scary, but contributors from all experience levels are welcome. Open source communities use project managers, designers, writers, marketers, and many other types of skills to get their work done. If you’d like to introduce students to open source, here’s a great way to get started. You never know, getting involved and actively participating in an open source project could boost your resume and land you a job.
  3. Read a book about open source. Here are a few to look into: Open Advice, Coding Freedom, The Power of Open, or one of our eBooks.
  4. Learn how to create and nurture communities of contributors. Flip through the online book, The Open Source Way, and then share your new knowledge by starting a community or becoming a part of an existing one.
  5. Start using Creative Commons. Before you create your next work of art, photography, writing, or music, use copyleft instead of copyright. By using Creative Commons, you can share your work with the world. First, you’ll need to choose which license is right for you, then you may be interested in seeing how Creative Commons is used in different areas such as government, business, and journalism.
  6. Start exploring. Check out the OpenROV project and explore the ocean or a local lake. If you don’t want to get wet, put on a space suit and see what it’s like to explore Mars.
  7. DIY and create something. Tiny Linux boards, like Raspberry Pi, are doing some amazing things. Check out other creative hardware boards like Makey Makey or a variety of electronics from SparkFUN, If you’re into 3D printing, be sure to see how you can use Inkscape.
  8. Get creative. Replace PhotoShop with the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), InDesign with Scribus, or use other tools like MyPaint, Inskape, Audacity, and Blender. If any of these sound interesting, watch our seven-minute tour of open source creative tools. Then see what was big with design tools in 2012. Be sure to check out other tools like Dream Studio, TuxPaint, and KDEnlive for your creative needs.
  9. Learn to program. Notice I didn’t say "learn to write code." Scratch comes installed on some Raspberry Pi’s and is being used to teach kids how to program. I wish I had this when I was learning computer programming in college.
  10. Take a course. The OpenCourseWare movement, lead by MITOCW, is changing how people learn. Get started by watching this webcast on MIT OpenCourseWare. There is so much open source happening in the education field: Moodle and school management software for teachers and students are a couple of the many great resources.
Fact is, there are so many ways to get started with open source. Do you remember how you got started? Share your story about your first open source experience or how you introduced someone to open source.


This post has been translated into French. Merci FramaBlog.

Source: http://opensource.com/life/13/1/10-ways-get-started-open-source

A tapestry of footage tracing the cosmic and biological origins of our species, set to original music.
Also on Bandcamp: http://melodysheep.bandcamp.com/track...

Inspired by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrqqD_...

Video sources:

Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Do We Really Need the Moon? BBC
How Planet Earth Was Made
David Attenborough's First Life
Life
Dinosaurs Alive
Journey to the Edge of the Universe
Last Day of the Dinosaurs
Walking With Cavemen
Human Planet
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Wonders of the Universe
Quest for Fire
Baraka
The Tree of Life

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