Bruce Byfield nanday@identi.ca
Vancouver, Canada
I'm a freelance journalist who covers free software. I also read almost anything, exercise heavily, and study Northwest Coast Art.
2013-07-09T18:12:50+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "Giving GNOME 3 a GNOME 2 Look" http://ur1.ca/eky6j2013-07-03T21:36:54+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest, "9 LibreOffice features you should avoid using" http://ur1.ca/eirnm2013-07-02T03:42:07+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest blog: "The promise of Pong" http://ur1.ca/ei45e2013-06-28T18:09:41+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "Planning for Success: The GNOME Outreach Program for Women" http://ur1.ca/egw0kHilton Garcia Fernandes likes this.
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2013-06-27T20:00:59+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
Today is the 14th anniversary of free software entering my life. I don't regret a moment.
@nanday I started on Kubuntu in 2006. Hard to believe it's been 7 years.2013-06-26T00:18:32+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest, "The best and worst of Linux desktops" http://ur1.ca/efyfk2013-06-23T23:47:49+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
Just looking at the university English department where I used to teach. Ack! I'm a dinosaur! I'm a dinosaur!2013-06-23T23:17:55+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest blog, "Commissioning a piece of NWC art" http://ur1.ca/ef6f52013-06-19T21:03:45+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest blog: "The tactile in my writing http://ur1.ca/edke22013-06-18T21:35:09+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "Keyboard art" http://ur1.ca/ed5h62013-06-18T20:49:57+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
Belatedly, I wonder if I should have done an unboxing of my new keyboard. Unfortunately before I thought of it I'd ripped the box to shreds.2013-06-18T18:18:06+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
MY STEAMPUNK KEYBOARD CAME! And do I like it? Yes, preciousss (gollum)2013-06-15T18:47:58+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
An article I wrote 4 years ago, "Writing about FOSS Sexism," is 3rd most viewed on the Linux Pro Magazine site. http://tinyurl.com/kgevay4Christopher Allan Webber likes this.
2013-06-14T22:23:17+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "Linux Mint 15: Solid but unsettled" http://ur1.ca/eamyh2013-06-14T22:18:00+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "What makes for a community distribution?" http://ur1.ca/ebok42013-06-12T18:14:03+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "Linux Virtual Workspaces" http://ur1.ca/eaovs
@nanday Activities are not on the same level as virtual workspaces. They are more virtual desktop sessions.2013-06-11T23:25:33+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "7 improvements needed in LibreOffice styles & templates" http://ur1.ca/eadef2013-06-05T23:50:28+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
OK, I've rerranged my workstation. Now I'm just waiting for my new steampunk keyboard to arrive.Gonna be a hard next couple of days.
@nanday I might switch to Dvorak one day.2013-05-30T22:29:27+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest, "Reinventing Simple" http://ur1.ca/e3y2cJure Repinc (JLP), Jure Repinc (JLP), Roger Pixley, Roger Pixley shared this.
2013-05-24T20:48:43+00:00 in Howard Johnson Hotel - Vancouver, BC, British Columbia, Canada via web To: Public
My latest: "Technophile/Technophobe" http://ur1.ca/e0vwz