Ruminations on the Digital Realm

The decision has been made and a new reality has risen. We now have two ISO approved document standards that claim to be open. “Open” is an interesting key phrase in our time, just like “green” and “soap”. The discussion will rage on about the fairness of the procedure, about whether the ISO has been [...]

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Another hype is born. Two million copies of the new Mac OS X Leopard were sold in the first weekend alone. Gee.. Those are solid figures, ones we wouldn’t mind seeing in the realm of Linux. Okay, we might not actually sell two million copies, but it would be great to see a news item [...]

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It can never hurt to get yourself a Communications 101 course. I did get some more than that during my university years, but let’s stick to a simple model of communication. You have a sender/transmitter, the message and the receiver. To make it somewhat more complete: also take the medium into account as the carrier [...]

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What may we expect from a research report? Is it possible to be objective, neutral, when doing research? While I was in university majoring in societal history this was one of the fundamental questions. Can any research into social phenomena be without bias? As a blogger and columnist I present opinions, mine. But what if [...]

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“What’s his beef with Linux?” I can imagine some people wonder if I have something against Linux. The first two contributions to Digiplace.nl were quite critical in tone. Well, to clarify one thing: I have nothing against Linux. On the contrary, I would take any opportunity to promote Linux among Windows users. On April 1st [...]

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