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The Age of Transitions and UNCLE 5-30-2025 Pearse RedmondPoppa Porkins Both HoursAoT#463Pearse Redmond makes his grand return as a guest on this special episode. Reflections on an ever changing digital media space, and our collective struggle against confusion are had along with some memories of days gone by. Topics include: early Porkins Policy Radio episodes, looking back at earlier days of podcasting, KONY 2012, information overload, Musk's black eye, possibility of P Diddy pardon, early Epstein coverage, bitterness, commoditization of stories, idea that Trump would expose Epstein truth, alt media personalities exploiting story, dog whistle, end of conspiracy media, MAGA establishment pretending not to be the establishment, public threshold for failure low, J6 pardons and claims of Antifa involvement, live-streamers portraying themselves as truth tellers, war Gaza, simulation and virtual reality, RFK Jr, kicking the can down the road, not reading news can be good, debate culture, reactionary content creation, the platform leads the creator, analytics and SEO, rise of AI, nothing is real or original, lack of superintelligence, college students cheating with AI, mediocrity in and out, new Mission Impossible, social media platforms as propaganda platforms, perception warped, Great Powers Competition, resources, multipolar world, international propaganda, soft power, becoming radicalized to good causes can lead to disasterUtp#371Pearse Redmond is back on the Uncle Show. Porkins returned to great fanfare with a good batch of customer calls, and live-streaming fun. Topics include: Old Porkin, using Jitsi, Blue Chew popular ads across the pod verse, Japan buying US steel, beer reviews, Narragansett lager, being a new father, TikTok, Miller Lite, Al Qaeda member names, wedding gift dinosaur glasses, making merch, mastering live-streaming, business cards, MST punk band, getting the thing, the other Robin Unger, Tom Cruise plane stunt, Mission Impossible show and movies, AI, Digital Chess, red color going by, finding Pearse a TikToker theme, fountain pens, Jimmie Johnson, Joseph L Flatley, Google Veo 3, using generative AI to make your content, new South Park, Clint Eastwood birthdaylink to the old Video Chess PPR episode, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3fvb_03EsgFRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/---Email Chuckblindjfkresearcher@gmail.comBE THE EFFECTOchelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelli---NOVEMBER IN DALLAS LANCER CONFERENCEDISCOUNT FOR YOU10 % OFF code = Ochelli10https://assassinationconference.com/

Pearse Redmond is back on the Uncle Show. Porkins returned to great fanfare with a good batch of customer calls, and live-streaming fun.  Topics include: Old Porkin, using Jitsi, Blue Chew popular ads across the pod verse, Japan buying US steel, beer reviews, Narragansett lager, being a new father, TikTok, Miller Lite, Al Qaeda member names, wedding gift dinosaur glasses, making merch, mastering live-streaming, business cards, MST punk band, getting the thing, the other Robin Unger, Tom Cruise plane stunt, Mission Impossible show and movies, AI, Digital Chess, red color going by, finding Pearse a TikToker theme, fountain pens, Jimmie Johnson, Joseph L Flatley, Google Veo 3, using generative AI to make your content, new South Park, Clint Eastwood birthday

Como sabéis, nuestra querida Skype dejó de funcionar este mes de mayo, y claro, en SucDePoma hemos estado probando varias plataformas alternativas en las que poder celebrar nuestras quedadas virtuales. Nuestra conclusión: emplearemos Jitsi Meet, un servicio de videollamadas grupales gratuito y de código abierto, el cual no tiene límite de participantes ni de tiempo de empleo, incluso permite grabación en local también sin límite de tiempo. Además, no es necesario crearse una cuenta para asistir como invitado a las reuniones. Se puede emplear desde cualquier navegador tanto en PC como en Mac y hay disponible app gratuita para iOS y Android. Todo ello bastante accesible y fácil de usar. Pues bien, para anunciar el cambio hemos creado un audio en el que se han empleado dos herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial: Google NotebookLM y Suno AI. La primera, para crear la noticia del cambio a Jitsi presentada de forma dinámica por dos anfitriones virtuales y la segunda, para crear una divertida canción a partir de la letra, meta etiquetas y estilo musical que hemos seleccionado nosotros mismos. Luego hemos mezclado y editado todo, y el resultado es lo que podéis escuchar tanto en nuestro podcast como en la web. En este enlace podéis escuchar el montaje completo: la noticia y la canción.     En este otro enlace podéis escuchar tan sólo la canción.   Enlaces de interés Página web de Jitsi Meet   Descarga Jitsi Meet para iOS desde la App Store   Página web de Google NotebookLM  

Thousands of kilometres from the devastating war it's been waging in Ukraine, Russia has involved itself in a swathe of other conflicts that attract much less attention: in Africa. Why? This week we speak to Beverly Ochieng, a self-described Wagner Group stalker, about what Russia is playing at. We're also talking about a foul-mouthed (?) Eurovision controversy, and why none of the world's big bad tech giants come from Europe.    Beverly is a senior analyst for francophone Africa at Control Risks and a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. You can follow her here on Bluesky and here on Mastodon. Check out our full conversation with Beverly on our YouTube channel.   Thanks so much for listening. If you enjoy our podcasts, we'd love it if you'd consider supporting our work. You can chip in to help us cover the weekly research and production of The Europeans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available), or gift a donation to a super fan here. We'd also love it if you could tell two friends about this podcast!      This podcast was brought to you in cooperation with Euranet Plus, the leading radio network for EU news.   This week's Inspiration Station recommendations: Codenames and The Economist's Glass Ceiling Index.    Other resources for this week's episode   European Alternatives - euro-companies making all kinds of digital products: https://european-alternatives.eu/   Jitsi, the great Zoom alternative created by a swing-dancing Erasmus student: https://jitsi.org/   'The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World' by Anu Bradford: https://academic.oup.com/book/36491   Fact-check: Does the EU really buy 80% of its weapons from overseas? (No, no it doesn't.) Bluesky thread by The Economist's Stanley Pignal, March 9, 2025: https://bsky.app/profile/spignal.bsky.social/post/3ljxd4r4cos25   Miriana Conte - Kant (‘Singing'); National Final Performance, Eurovision Song Contest 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNK1tt6L5k   00:33  Smellovision and feminist babies 03:32  Bad Week: Skype 25:19  Good Week: Language prudes 37:39  Interview: Beverly Ochieng on Russia's African antics 53:40  The Inspiration Station: Codenames and The Economist's Glass Ceiling Index 56:44  Happy Ending: Easier breathing for Londoners   Producers: Morgan Childs and Wojciech Oleksiak Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina   YouTube | Bluesky | Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | hello@europeanspodcast.com    

saas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/, a serial acquirer of B2B SaaS companies. In episode #41, Anna Nadeina talks with Emil, founder of Jitsi, a set of open-source projects allowing you to create video conferencing solutions that are secure and scalable, it's also a bunch of APIs and SDKs to power your existing solutions, and it's a community. --------------Episode's Chapters---------------- 00:00 - Introduction to Jitsi and Emil's Background 04:55 - The Journey of Building Jitsi 10:06 - Transitioning from Academia to Entrepreneurship 15:08 - The Open Source Model and Its Advantages 20:11 - Navigating Metrics and Accountability in Business 30:01 - Experiences with Acquisitions and Cultural Shifts 47:38 - The Role of Empathy in Legal Negotiations 54:11 - Navigating Open Source Acquisitions 01:03:51 - Finding Fulfillment in Work and Relationships 01:12:49 - Learning from Mistakes and Embracing Change 01:19:35 - Leveraging Team Dynamics for Success Subscribe to our channel to be the first to see the interviews that we publish twice a week - https://www.youtube.com/@saas-group Stay up to date: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaaS_group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/14790796

Als Auftakt zu den Tux-Tagen 2024 reden Hauke, Jean und Micha über Thunderbird für Android,Matrix Clents, Fedora 41, Haukes Bootproblem und stellen sich der Frage den Linux Desktop vereinheitlichen.

Docker - https://www.docker.com/ Podman - https://podman.io/ Kubernetes - https://kubernetes.io/ Jitsi - https://jitsi.org/ Mumble - https://www.mumble.info/ Cockpit - https://cockpit-project.org/ Azure -https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free Google Cloud - https://cloud.google.com/ AWS - https://aws.amazon.com/ K3S - https://k3s.io/ Docker Swarm - https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/ AppArmor - https://apparmor.net/ Python - https://www.python.org/ Banshee Video Card (3dfx) - https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/voodoo-banshee-agp-16-mb.c3561 GIS - https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-is-gis/overview GPS - https://www.gps.gov/ Java - https://www.java.com/en/ Ruby - https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Groovy - https://groovy-lang.org/ Grails - https://grails.org/ Forth - https://www.forth.com/forth/ V (programming language) - https://vlang.io/ BSD - https://www.bsd.org/ ZFS - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/05/zfs-101-understanding-zfs-storage-and-performance/ Slackware - http://www.slackware.com/ Absolute Linux - https://www.absolutelinux.org/ Windows 3.11 - https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-3/311 DOS 6.22 - https://winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/622 Storm Linux - https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=storm Alpine Linux - https://www.alpinelinux.org/ Turbo Linux - https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=turbolinux Mepis Linux - https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mepis Sparky Linux - https://sparkylinux.org/ DistroWatch - https://distrowatch.com/ Mandrake Linux - https://static.lwn.net/2000/features/LinuxMandrake.php3 Mandriva - https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mandriva Fedora Linux - https://fedoraproject.org/ Windows XP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP Oxford University - https://www.ox.ac.uk/ Cambridge University - https://www.cam.ac.uk/ HTML - https://www.w3schools.com/html/ CSS - https://www.w3schools.com/css/ Javascript - https://www.javascript.com/ Freenode IRC - https://freenode.net/ KDE - https://kde.org/ Manjaro - https://manjaro.org/ Unity - https://unityd.org/ OpenSuse - https://www.opensuse.org/ Enlightenment - https://www.enlightenment.org/ Fluxbox - http://fluxbox.org/ Mate - https://mate-desktop.org/ GTK - https://www.gtk.org/ Vanilla OS - https://vanillaos.org/ Fedora SilverBlue - https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/silverblue/ Ubuntu Core - https://ubuntu.com/core Virtual Box - https://www.virtualbox.org/ Temple OS - https://templeos.org/ Dos Box - https://www.dosbox.com/ Thunderbird - https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/ Gecko (browser engine) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(software) Graphene OS - https://grapheneos.org/ UBports - https://ubports.com/en/ Nokia "brick" phone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_3310 PineTab 2 - https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTab2 Pine Note - https://pine64.org/devices/pinenote/ Pulse Audio - https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/ In Memory Of 5150 - https://linuxlugcast.com/index.php/category/5150/ HAM Radio - http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio ICQ Chat - https://icq.com/desktop/en?#windows

My name is Moss Bliss. I'm a podcaster. This is technically my 2nd HPR podcast, but as the first one was unintentional AND back in 2019, I can start fresh. I don't know much of anything. I'm a Linux user, about the same way most people are Windows users. I have gotten more technical over the past few years largely due to being a regular on various Linux podcasts. I don't have sufficient education to be hired in computers (although I've tried several times), and I did spend a few years in radio back in my youth. So what do you have to know to become a podcaster? Almost nothing. Just so long as you have a computer, an Internet connection, and a microphone. (For some shows, you may need a webcam.) I got into podcasting by asking questions. I tried for almost 2 years to get Chris Fisher at Jupiter Broadcasting to co-feature me, with zero experience, on a podcast about using Linux desktops. It never happened. So when in 2018 Rob Hawkins asked for new hosts to take over mintCast, I was one of the first 10 or so people to apply, and one of 6 who eventually stuck with it. All I had was a computer, an Internet connection, and a Blue Yeti microphone my little sister gave me. Within a few months, I started another podcast, Distrohoppers' Digest with Tony Hughes. And a couple years later, I was asked to take over Full Circle Weekly News. Apparently some people like my voice. Since starting my little mini-career in podcasting, I have probably more than doubled what I know about Linux. I'm not all that scared of the Terminal anymore... Some microphones are pretty bad, and my Blue Yeti was the worst one on the show when I joined mintCast. In about a year, I found a very inexpensive CAD Audio U29 USB mic, currently $20 at Amazon, and that worked pretty well. Some time after taking on Full Circle Weekly News, the magazine bought me a Samson Q2U ($60), which I'm still using. I love this mic, as it can be used either as a USB mic or plugged into a sound box for even better audio. When I started, I had a T430 laptop and the Blue Yeti microphone. My listeners and co-hosts have made my life better with new and used equipment I could never have afforded on my own, including laptops, Raspberry Pis, modems, routers, headphones, and even a sound box. My current setup includes a 2016 Lenovo ThinkCentre M600 Tiny, which cost me under $200 on eBay, a Focusrite Solo sound box (a gift from a friend), a WavLink ST336A external goodies box (also a gift), and an old Dynex 26" TV I use as a monitor I paid $15 for locally. I have a boom arm for my microphone, which is made by Neewer and costs $15 on Amazon. My keyboard is a Fellowes Microban Natural, which I need as a trained touch typist. And I put all this stuff on a little rolling computer desk, which I bought used locally for $25. The only software I use is Audacity, and I didn't need to know any more than the basics. If you're part of a team, such as mintCast, you aren't even required to do any audio editing, although if you know your way around Audacity you will find your skills very welcome. If you want to start podcasting, have the equipment, contact Ken (Note: I misspoke in the audio and said Ronnie where I meant Ken) and do something here at HPR, which is a fairly low entry bar, or you might contact long-running shows such as mintCast. Participation and commitment are usually all that is required. OK, so maybe you want to do more than produce an HPR show or join mintCast. You have your own idea and you want to get it out there, your own personal podcast. This is where it gets a little more detailed. If you already have the information you need, you can stop the podcast here, but... First, you'll need a website or blog (if you're really broke, there are free WordPress sites available at wordpress.com, or you could use the dreaded Google blogs (blogger and blogspot). Other than that, you'd have to register a domain name, find a webhost, and write a website, some of which can be cheap (or not!). Then you have to find a way to stream your podcast. Google has closed Feedburner, but there are some paid places like Red Circle you can get for not much bread. Those will probably help you stream your podcast to places like Apple Music, Archive.org, Spotify, etc. But if you want help from me, I'm already lost. mintCast is handled by Bill H., Distrohoppers' Digest is handled by Dale M., and my Full Circle Weekly News is uploaded to Ronnie for publication. Or maybe you want to do it with a few friends, and they can't cram themselves into your bedroom to do that. In that case, you should explore using Discord, Jitsi, VDO.ninja, or (sizzle preserve us!) Zoom. Everyone will need to record their own part of the stream, and you'll need someone who knows Audacity well enough to edit a few (or several) streams together. Maybe you want to post it on YouTube. If you want both a video and audio podcast, someone will have to learn OBS and Audacity, and if you want the video podcast to be edited, have fun learning one of the many video editors out there (you might start with KDEnlive). For more information on streaming, you'll need to get someone else to make an HPR podcast on the subject. Way over my head. I hope this little show has pushed a few of you into wanting to try your hand. It doesn't take much, or it takes a whole lot, depending on what you want to do, and your future listeners will thank you. My listeners have certainly shown me lots of thanks.

I want to introduce you to Jann Weeratunga from South Africa who is our guest on this episode. Jann was born and grew up in Lundon. After working as a highway maintenance engineer for 10 years she moved to Sri Lanka where she married and lived for several years. Her husband passed away after they were married for four and a half years, but Jann continued to work and live there until she got the moving urge and ended up living in South Africa.   Jann has always had a deep interest in the para-Olympics. In 2012, while watching the closing ceremony of the London Paralympic Games, Jann was deeply moved by Sir Philip Craven's speech which included The tale of a young boy reading a book and recognizing a man with an eye patch, a hook for a hand, a parrot on his shoulder, and a wooden leg as an Olympian. This imagery sparked a transformative idea within her. Anyone recognize the man as a pirate? Jann did and began to write what is now a series of 10 children's books about Polly the Parrot or Pirate. Jann will tell us Polly's story and how this bird helped to create the Piralympics. This series is all about pirates, all of whom have disabilities and who compete in the “piralympics”.   To date, Jann has written over 40 books for children, some poetry and even books for adults. As she says, writing is a muscle that needs to be developed and exercised daily. This conversation to me is certainly quite inspirational and insightful for all. I hope you enjoy it.   About the Guest:   Jann Weeratunga is an author who firmly believes in the importance of representation and diversity, particularly for the 15% of the population who are often overlooked— the disabled community. In 2012, while watching the closing ceremony of the London Paralympic Games, Jann was deeply moved by Sir Philip Craven's speech. The tale of a young boy reading a book and recognizing a man with an eye patch, a hook for a hand, a parrot on his shoulder, and a wooden leg as an Olympian sparked a transformative idea within her. This powerful moment gave birth to the unique concept and content of the Polly's Piralympics Series (Paralympics for Pirates). Through these books, Jann tackles important themes like disabilities, bullying, and cheating.   However, plagued by self-doubt, Jann's journey faced a roadblock until 2016, when a friend who pushed her to take a leap of faith, reminding her that she would never know unless she published her work. This encouragement marked the beginning of her real journey as an author and Polly's Piralympics was launched in South Africa.   Jann's flagship series, Polly's Piralympics, has garnered tremendous success and continues to thrive, with the tenth book currently in the works. In March 2018, she established the Schools Reading Road Show, a non-profit organization aimed at enhancing literacy among primary school students in South Africa. Alongside her fellow authors, she embarked on a mission to visit schools in various regions, sharing inspiring stories, delivering motivational talks on important topics like "anti-bullying" and "it's okay to be different," and encouraging young learners to explore their own storytelling abilities.   Beyond her writing, Jann founded the Schools Reading Road Show, an organization that promotes literacy and encourages young learners to embrace diversity. She has visited schools, delivered motivational talks, and empowered children to tell their own stories.   Jann's impactful work extends to addressing conferences, conducting workshops, and participating in panels, all aimed at emphasizing the importance of representation and inclusivity. She continues to write Best Seller stories for children, while exploring different creative avenues for adults under her pen name, JE Gallery.   Her works have received several awards and nominations across Africa.   Recognized for her invaluable contributions to the literary landscape, Jann has spoken at the prestigious Embrace Head Teachers Conference in 2018 and 2019. She has also conducted workshops on the significance of reading for young adult pupils, participated in panels at esteemed events such as the JBBF (Jozi Books and Blogs Festival), South African Children's Book Fair, and Kingsmead Book Fair.   In 2020 on the eve of Lockdown, she organised and ran the Bennies Book Fayre for Children. The largest Children's Book fair for children in South Africa. To Date in 2023 she has attended the Zintzomi Storytelling Book Fair and The Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers.   Even amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Jann found solace in her writing during the period of isolation. This time allowed her to focus on her craft, resulting in the release of her latest series, Patch's Pirate Pals. The first two books in the series, "Bluebird's New Ship" and "Redhair's Snot Cannonballs," achieved the remarkable feat of becoming Amazon Best Sellers in June and July 2022. ** ** Ways to connect with Jann:   https://www.facebook.com/JannWeeratunga    www.linkedin.com/in/jann-weeratunga-4aa852137   https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jann-Weeratunga/author/B07RPGCF61       About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast   If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review   Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hi, thanks for listening here on unstoppable mindset. We're inclusion diversity in the unexpected meet. Today, we get to travel to South Africa to talk with Jann Weeratunga. I hope I pronounced that reasonably right. And absolutely perfectly. Oh, great. I like to I like to try. Jann is an author. She's created a series around what she calls the piralympics. And we're going to talk about that. But she has a lot of other things to bring into the discussion as well. So I think we're going to have a lot of fun today. So Jann, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here with us.   Jann Weeratunga ** 02:05 Thank you, Michael. We're really glad to join you.   Michael Hingson ** 02:07 Well, why don't we start at I love to do with kind of learning a little bit about the earlier Jann growing up and all that sort of stuff.   Jann Weeratunga ** 02:16 Okay. I was born in London. I grew up in London, schooled in London. I eventually got married and moved out to Sri Lanka, hence my very peculiar surname. And I was out there for about 10 years, my husband passed away. And from there, I moved into the Middle East. I taught for a year there and then came over to South Africa, and I've been here for 17 years now.   Michael Hingson ** 02:49 Wow. What? What made you decide to go to South Africa? Well,   Jann Weeratunga ** 02:55 I was hoping it seemed like a good idea at the time. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, it was after the tsunami I had. I'd spent two years working on the east coast of Sri Lanka, I set up my own NGO. And I met people from all over the world. And on one occasion, we'd actually been down the coast this way and driving back and the army stopped us and sort of said, Did you know that there's a tsunami warning? Why are you driving around and of course, where we had been, it had just been water and monkeys and us and that was about it. And in the car, there was myself, British, a friend who was from South Africa and another friend who was from Australia, and another friend who was from America. And it dawned on us, literally, as we were explaining who we were and where we were from, that we were four ladies from four different countries from four different continents. So yeah, it was it was a very different sort of thing. And from there I I made friends with them. And then one of them sort of said, Look, you know, would you like to come and visit South Africa? You know, I've I'm just finishing off here and my time is in Sri Lanka is finishing would you like to come visit? So I thought, Okay, why not? I've never been South Africa. And that's what brought me here.   Michael Hingson ** 04:28 Pretty, pretty interesting scenario all the way around on but you never thought that was going to happen. Did you   Jann Weeratunga ** 04:36 know I didn't. But, you know, life has a habit of sort of just taking you where it wants to. So yeah, it   Michael Hingson ** 04:44 was good. So we're in South Africa, are you?   Jann Weeratunga ** 04:48 I'm actually in Johannesburg. So yeah, so inland about 1000 kilometers from the in gold country as they call it. eaglet and So yeah, I live up in Johannesburg.   Michael Hingson ** 05:03 So you, you have definitely moved around in the world. Have you been to America before?   Jann Weeratunga ** 05:10 I actually haven't. I sort of came out of Britain and turned left instead of turning right. And I never got to the States or Canada is actually one country I would love to go to. It's on my bucket list, along with Iceland and a few others. But yeah, I sort of got as far as as far east as Sri Lanka and as far as South and South Africa. So you know, all the bits in between there?   Michael Hingson ** 05:39 Well, I hope you do get to come to America. It's a it's a large country. fairly large physically, but certainly a lot of different cultures and different kinds of ways of life, depending on what state you're in, and, and so on everything from relatively new in California, which became a state in 1850, compared to some of the other states like Massachusetts, in the other colonies much earlier. And I love to travel around America to see the various different kinds of pupils, the different cultures that have all assimilated into this one really great country, which is, which is a lot of fun to do. And it's really enjoyable to to see the different states and everyone's a little bit different.   Jann Weeratunga ** 06:25 Okay, okay. Yeah, no, it's very big. I sort of looked at Washington State and thought that was a place I'd really like to go to, because it looks very green, and lots and lots of trees. So, you know, I'd like to travel around America if I get the opportunity. So you never know, hey, hey,   Michael Hingson ** 06:42 you never know. Well, I'm actually going to be in Washington State next month. So it'll be it'll be kind of find I've been there before and love going up to Washington. I love California as well. But I've enjoyed going to all 50 states now and just found a lot of wonderful stuff to see and do in all of those various states. So I can't complain a bit. I find it to be rich and, and exciting. But I've been to a number of countries. I have not been to England, I've been to Ireland, and I've been to New Zealand. And of course, I've been to Canada, and to the Netherlands. And in Japan and Korea, but I haven't really been to South Africa. I'd love to come and speak there some time. If the opportunity ever arises. I think it would be fun to do. And I've been to Israel. I went to Israel in August because I was there to be with accessibly for a week. And so again, I love going to a variety of different countries and experiencing and getting the chance to be a part of other cultures. So it's great. Well, so you went to college in England?   Jann Weeratunga ** 07:57 I sort of Yeah, I was a bit of a dropout. Yeah, it some. I passed with straight A's. My first two years and then I just decided, I don't know, I don't know what I decided. But I got a job. And I moved up very, very quickly, and I got paid way too much money. So I just decided that I wasn't going to go back to college.   Michael Hingson ** 08:24 What was your job?   Jann Weeratunga ** 08:27 I was actually a highway maintenance engineer. I actually built roads.   Michael Hingson ** 08:31 Wow. That's an interesting and different job. No, you enjoyed it.   Jann Weeratunga ** 08:39 I did actually it was your same thing. Two days on the trot, which was lovely. And I like sort of variation. I don't like sort of being stuck in an office. That's not really me. So yeah, I really I actually did, I really enjoyed it. And I worked with a great bunch of people. All men, I was the only woman I was the first woman into the department. So that was a little challenging to begin with. But they got used to me and yeah, and then eventually I left there to get married and go out to Sri Lanka.   Michael Hingson ** 09:13 So how long did you have that job? 10 years. Wow. So you you obviously did enjoy it?   Jann Weeratunga ** 09:20 Yeah, no, it was good.   Michael Hingson ** 09:22 So what do you do as a highway maintenance engineer?   Jann Weeratunga ** 09:25 Well, you basically dig up the road and relay it in in sort of very much layman's terms. I actually was responsible for a section of the a 40 which is the sort of London to Oxford road. I was responsible for a section of that. And yeah, just making sure that everything on it was working well. It was supposed to it was kept clean. The lights were on. The Galley pots were cleaned out, there were no potholes. At one point we even managed to put a new footbridge across it which was They're different. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 10:02 that's definitely a different thing to do. But certainly I can understand why that would be part of your job. Yeah, yeah. Then what took you to Sri Lanka.   Jann Weeratunga ** 10:14 Um, my best friend from school was actually Sri Lankan. And we'd gone there when I was when I literally just finished my A levels. And we went out there for a trip. She came over to Ireland to see what Ireland was like. And I went over to Sri Lanka with her, you know, the parents thought it was good, sort of cultural exchanges for us. And I really liked the country. And then sort of 1010 odd years later, I hadn't taken any holiday, I still run a scout troop. So every weekend that I had free and my suppose it holidays, whereas he spent scouting. And I just I got to the point, I was very, very tired. And I needed a break. And her dad actually said, Well, why don't you go back to Sri Lanka? You know, lots of people out there still. You kept in touch go out there. And I did. And then I met my husband and six months of chewing and froing. And eventually, we he popped the question, and we got married, and I moved out there.   Michael Hingson ** 11:21 I'm assuming your parents were okay with that.   Jann Weeratunga ** 11:24 The Not really. She was the other side of the world as far as they were. Yeah. And it was way too far away. But he made sure that every year I actually went back to the UK for, you know, I actually chose your Christmas. Because that's a very family orientated time for us. And unfortunately, he passed away after we'd been married about four and a half years. But I continue to stay out there for another six. The tsunami hit during that time. I also worked as the club secretary for what was at the time, the only the third golf course in the country rated in the top 10 in Southeast Asia, which was the Victoria golf club sat on struggling. So for Duncan golf union, which is actually where I was in 911. Yeah, I was actually at a golf meeting. And somebody said, Excuse me, I think you should all come and see the television. And we watched the plane. The second plane hit. So yeah, it's for those ones. We know exactly where you were in what you were doing. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 12:41 most, most people do. Most people do remember that. And I've heard so many fascinating and interesting stories about where people were or why they ended up not being in the tower that day, although they were scheduled to be and even up on higher floors. It is one of those amazing things and there's so many different stories. And a lot of people have stories to tell about it, which is pretty interesting.   Jann Weeratunga ** 13:08 Yeah. So the world stop moments a little bit like, I suppose, the shooting of JFK and, and of course, COVID More recently, you know, I think everybody knows where they were and what they were doing during COVID. Yeah, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 13:26 we stayed home. My wife had rheumatoid arthritis. And so her immune system was suppressed and she took medication for it that helped the pain, but it did keep the immune system down. So we chose without any qualms at all to stay home, and basically locked down. We were blessed. We could could get things brought in through things like GrubHub and other things like that. And I did my shopping or an our shopping through a service called Instacart. That would bring things and it worked out really well. And we live very close to a country club here in Spring Valley lake in Victorville. And we joined a social members of the club. And although they didn't deliver food, they had food available that you could go down and get, but we were friends with the general manager. And he said, anytime you want food, just call him we'll bring it and they were. So we were we were blessed. That   Jann Weeratunga ** 14:21 sounds really, really good. It's actually something it changed shopping, and how we shop in South Africa. Prior to COVID, everybody used to just go to the supermarket or go to the shops. And we didn't have any delivery services. It didn't exist in South Africa. And it's actually created a whole industry of young men on motorbikes that deliver and I know in the UK, they had deliveries, but it sort of, after about a year it fizzled out and people got back to going shopping, you know, whereas here It is carried on, and people still get their shopping delivered from the local supermarket with these little guys. It's good dude outside your house. And there they are. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 15:11 we have their word delivery services prior to prior to COVID. But it certainly did pick up a lot in COVID. And after COVID. And you're right, it's changed a lot of things. And we can view that as a positive thing or not. But I think overall, people are starting to discover, even with working that there's no need to be in the office five days a week, eight or more hours a day that it's healthier, to let people do some work at home, and do some of their work outside of the office.   Jann Weeratunga ** 15:49 Absolutely, absolutely. But I must admit, I think I saw more dogs being walked around my blog than I had ever seen. People tend not to take the dogs out too much. Yeah. They were very, very big plots, and the dogs run around on those. But of course, that was the only excuse we had initially to actually be able to leave our properties. So all the dogs had their little walkies on a regular basis every day. So that was quite interesting as well.   Michael Hingson ** 16:18 I've been to places in Europe and also talk to to other people who live there. And I guess it was fairly common, even well before COVID, to walk dogs and even see dogs go into stores or restaurants and so on. And it was a common thing. But the difference between there and here and correct me if I'm wrong. But the difference is that most all of those dogs were well behaved and they were controlled by their people.   Michael Hingson ** 16:51 Generally, yes, generally. And   Michael Hingson ** 16:54 unfortunately, here, people just think they should be able to take their dogs, whether they're well behaved or not. And all too often, we see that dogs are not as well behaved as they should be. That creates a problem for those of us who use dogs like guide, like I use our my guide dog Alamo as a guide dog who's trained. And then they tried to put restrictions and has put some restrictions on us, because of those other people that they wouldn't really just deal with them appropriately. So it is it is a challenge. Yeah,   Jann Weeratunga ** 17:25 no, I know, from obviously the UK and Ireland, because my mum's from Ireland, that, you know, taking the dogs out for a walk is commonplace. I mean, dad would always take the dog for a walk around the block at night, just you know, before we went to bed. And it was my brother and my job to sort of walk the dog down to the park and give them a good run during the day. So I think you know, so walking dogs, it was it was it was good, actually, because it's a good form of exercise as well. And, you know, I mean, I would often sort of pop the dog into the car, drive up to the forest and go for a walk for two to three hours, you know, and then come back with a very tired dog. So yeah, well, that's   Michael Hingson ** 18:07 that's a good thing. Yeah. And sometimes attire, Jann, but but still, that's probably.   Jann Weeratunga ** 18:14 Yeah, I wasn't bad. In those days. It was bit younger. But the Yeah. Well, I   Michael Hingson ** 18:20 know one of the things about you is that you, you write you're an author, when did you start writing?   Jann Weeratunga ** 18:25 I think I've always had an interest in poetry, and sort of wrote little details here and that sort of thing. But it was more or less when I came to South Africa, we owned a restaurant down in Nisa, which is on the coast, in very beautiful part of the country is just above the sort of Jitsi, karma, forest area. And I actually lived in a wooden cabin in the forest, where I didn't spend much time there because I actually spent sort of like, six and a half days at the restaurant running it. But when I had spare time, I would actually just sort of sit on the deck. And just let my mind wander. And I started with the poetry. And then I started writing in seriously children's stories in 2012, which was the start of the Paralympics.   Michael Hingson ** 19:27 So love to hear more about that. What got you started doing that? And well, let me ask first, did you publish any of your poetry?   Jann Weeratunga ** 19:38 Would you believe I actually only published my poetry last year? And that was because some friends had basically seen some of the poems and sort of said, Why haven't you published the and I think it's the difference between being judged by your peers and being judged by children. So so most of them My writing is actually for children. But my poetry is obviously for adults. And funnily enough, I actually took a couple of books with me, I went back to the UK in May to see my family. And I took a couple of books, and gave them as gifts to friends. And they actually sort of said, well, would you read a couple of poems for us, and so I read a couple of them, and they were in tears. And I didn't think my poetry would have that much of an effect on people. So it was quite an eye opener for me. The other adult work I've done is I actually write adult short stories, dark stories, unfortunately. I know a couple of other authors that do the same. They write poetry, children's books, and dark, short stories. And I think it's a release from writing children's stuff all the time is to write sort of the dark adult stuff. But I've actually not that I'm not public, I've got two books ready to go. They've been sitting there for a couple of years. And, and yeah, and there's just a block there that the   Michael Hingson ** 21:10 public, are they going to be dark?   Jann Weeratunga ** 21:14 They are dark, all the short stories are very dark. And yes, but they're there. I mean, one of one of them is actually a monologue, for example of a character who has schizophrenia. And so they're obviously talking to themselves. And they're on a plane. They I say they because it was it's one person is on a plane, and the quieter voice of the two has actually arranged to be euthanized in Switzerland, which is legal. Without the other one, knowing what the other side of the venue knowing. And it's this, this monologue, and that's all it is, is this conversation the whole way through the story. And a few people that have read it have been, I think, quite shocked, because it's not the sort of usual happy clappy stuff that I wrote for kids. Yeah. And they were saying, Okay, well, when is it publishing? Have you got any more? And can we read it? So sorry about that thing? I can't stop that.   Michael Hingson ** 22:26 Look at JK Rowling. You know, she wrote the Harry Potter series, and now she's writing the Cormoran Strike series. And I don't know that I would say they're, they're darker, although I think the last Harry Potter book that she wrote was, was darker than the others. But she clearly throughout both series is a mystery writer. Because in one real sense, Harry Potter is all about mystery is being a mystery. Just the various things that go through it.   Jann Weeratunga ** 22:58 Yeah, I think the interesting thing with her work is the fact that it sort of it crossed genres. Yeah. And it was the first of all really strong, young adult series that came out really strong. And I think it defined it defined that that genre completely, you know, all those that don't know, young adult is basically stories that don't contain sex, or explicit violence as in blood, guts and gore type of thing. So So, and it's actually turned out to be a very popular genre, because a lot of people, they don't necessarily want that. But they want a good story, they will, you know, they don't want to read children's stories. They want to read adult stories, but they don't want that side of it. So it's quite interesting how it's developed.   Michael Hingson ** 23:58 Well, I will say any number of adults like them, too. I would love to, I would love to see more Harry Potter books. But there is a new series that's written by an American about one of his sons, James Potter, and five books have come out in that series, and they're pretty good. And again, there's some good mysteries in them. Well, so what got you started writing children's books and the pirate Olympics and so on. I'd love to hear that story.   Jann Weeratunga ** 24:30 Okay, I have always loved watching the Paralympics more than the Olympics. Right from a very young child. I was glued to the TV for the Paralympics. And 12 was the London Olympics, which I personally feel changed people's views towards disabilities in general. I think was a big leap forward for the disabled community at that particular point. But for me personally, it was, so Philip Craven, who's paraplegic himself was giving the closing speech. And he was chatting away and sort of saying, you know, there was this mother with her son, and they were reading a book. And in the book, there was a character and he had a patch over one eye, a hook for a hand, and a wooden leg. And the mother turned around and she said to the boy, my boy, who's this? And he said, Well, he's got one eye, one arm, one leg, he must be a Paralympian. And it was like one of those light bulb moments you get you know, you you don't think they exist. But it but actually it really did exist for me. And I suddenly thought, hang on a minute. Because he was talking about the pirates in Treasure Island. I thought pirates, Paralympics. Hang on a minute. There's something here. So I googled, and I Googled, and there was nothing, nobody had written anything. There was no parallel drawn between pirates and Paralympics. So I started. I spoke to a friend and they and I said, Well, there's nothing out there. Why is nobody written this story, you know? And they said, Well, why don't you write that story? So I did. And then I sat on it. Again, I think fear of failure as much as anything else fear of judgment. Being a bit dyslexic, it's sort of, I got really knocked by my English teacher at school. And so I lacked the confidence to actually pump in a publicize something. So or publish something. So I sat on it until 2016. And of course, the Olympics was round again. And the Paralympics were around again. And I found her and said, Come on your book. Enough now it's got to go out. And so I did I put the first one out and it was very well received and I had a couple of very very young readers that read it me young eight year old turned around to me and said, is Polly real? A Poly is a parrot that was born with one I stolen from her nest in Africa, ends up in Scotland where she's rescued by Captain hiker pirate and she learns to become a pirate. And and so I turned around, and it's a little bit like those sort of questions about you know, is Father Christmas or Santa Claus real. And you never burst a child's bubble. You never ever, in my, that's my rules. You never destroy childhood. You allow a child to be a child for as long as they need to be. And so I chatted to him and I said, How many parents are there in the world? And he said, Ah, auntie, there must be millions. I said yes, because over here they everyday call everybody Auntie's. If you go into a school, they'll call you and your listing they call your auntie, or uncle. And then I said, and do you think any of them are called Polly? He sat down for a moment, he said, I reckon there must be I said, Well, there you go. You've answered your own question, haven't you? So that was how Polly was created. And Polly creates the the Paralympics and they get up to all sorts of things, but they like made me realize Hang on. I mean, I need to actually do a little bit of a backstory here as to the story about Polly is the first one I wrote was just all about the sort of the actual games themselves you know, there's a master chef competition and there's a walk the plank and this time, the rigging gymnastics and what have you. And then I wrote the backstory, which was how they discovered the prosthetics. So my parents have blades and racing wheelchairs and prosthetic hands. And yeah, they they get up to all sorts of antics and lots of fun. So   Michael Hingson ** 29:26 you do you publish your own books, or do you have a publisher?   Jann Weeratunga ** 29:33 For these this set, I published my own books. I had a publisher for a book I wrote. I actually headed up during lockdown. I had it up nosology called locked down behind the mask. So I had a publisher that because for me, when everybody was wearing masks, it reminded me of when I lived in the Middle East and the burqa, and all you would see is the lady's eyes. So I had a publisher for that one. But otherwise I self published. So they all went up on Amazon. I'm on the 10th. One at the moment. The Halloween Paralympics is finished, but that won't be out until next year. So there'll be two others come out before that one, so, but there's seven on Amazon at the moment.   Michael Hingson ** 30:27 So you'll have a ghost pack, you'll have a ghost pirate.   Jann Weeratunga ** 30:31 There is a ghost pirates. Yes, they actually meet, they meet Captain Blackbeard and his ghostly crew. And they have to fight their way off his ship with the map, which is the map that takes them to the treasure, which, of course treasure is in the eye of the beholder. And that is their prosthetics.   Michael Hingson ** 30:50 That sounds like fun. Have you? Have you made sure that or have you done anything to make sure that the books are accessible? Like for blind people to be able to read? Are they? Are they put out in an accessible form like that at all? Do you know? At   Jann Weeratunga ** 31:09 the moment? No. I did have a gentleman that was with the Braille organization in Australia that wanted to actually have them, I suppose you call it translated it into Braille? And unfortunately, he never came back to me. So at the moment, no, I don't I don't have them on audio, audio is very expensive to do. And when I have so many books, because I'm actually up, I think I've been I've got over 40 children's books. So you know, when you're sort of producing a lot of books, it's sort of keeping up with them. And when you don't have a publisher, you have to do everything yourself. So you have to pay for the illustrations, you have to pay for the editing, you have to pay for the proofreading that cover everything that goes into a book, and it's quite costly. So the additional cost of an audiobook is not not something I've yet been able to manage. But I'm still hopeful. So yeah, I'll see what happens with that.   Michael Hingson ** 32:19 You might explore something like in this country, there's the National Library Service for   Michael Hingson ** 32:27 blinding and well print handicapped, essentially, Vegas, originally National Library Service of the blind, physically handicapped, but it goes beyond that. Anyway, they oftentimes will take books that they think people will read or that are popular, and they will produce them. And the reason they will do that is that they are protected under copyright law. So they are only available for people who have some sort of print disability. But still, that's a pretty good circulation. And what prompted me to ask the question was that I would think that people with disabilities could benefit from what you have to say as much as others do.   Jann Weeratunga ** 33:13 Yeah, I mean, for me, it's especially children. I went into a school here, recall, and they have, it's very, it's a mixed school. So they have children with physical disabilities. Unfortunately, not blind children simply because the layout of the school is too dangerous for the kids to be able to navigate. But juggle, there was one young girl, for example, had a prosthetic leg. And I remember going in, and I gave a number of books into the school, and I did a whole day chatting to the kids about disabilities. Because I believe very much about educating young people. And I think, I mean, chatting to you, for me is a real privilege. Because I think very often, by the time we're adults, we're too embarrassed or nervous to ask questions. And because we don't ask questions, we tend to avoid talking to somebody with a disability. And the children don't have that same barrier. You know, that they don't see color. They don't see disability. When I describe it a little bit like you know, being inside the box looking out as opposed to adults who are outside the box looking in. And I very much believe that if we can have young people able bodied as well as disabled reading books were characters have disabilities and I mean, as you my books are a complete flip in in many ways. So the norm because most of my characters have disabilities As Of course, they're pirates. So they've got something missing or they're blind, or they're deaf or whatever. So I've probably got about 80% of my characters that are actually disabled. Whereas most books may be, you might get 10% If you're lucky. So for me, it's important because young people, then able bodied and disabled can can read these books. And this particular young young lady I was talking to you about, I was invited back to the school about six weeks later. And she saw me across the car at the car park, and she came for flying over. And she flow her arms around me. And she said, auntie, auntie, thank you for writing that book for me. And I had this most enormous lump in my throat, that seems to be there for five minutes, I'm sure it was just only there for maybe five or 10 seconds before I could get, you know, regain my composure, because it had meant so much for her to be able to identify with other characters in the book, you know. So I think it's very important that these stories are available to young people, as I say, both able bodied and disabled, because I think it gives an understanding, I think it gives an empathy and an education to both.   Michael Hingson ** 36:29 You not only does it I absolutely agree it, it does. And that's again, one of the reasons I asked about audio or more another accessible version, I would, would think that   Michael Hingson ** 36:47 some people may shoot me for it. But with AI today, the so called artificial intelligence and the number of voices that are out there, that there ought to be some ways to convert the books relatively easily by comparison to even five years ago to audio, and then publish them. And   Jann Weeratunga ** 37:09 I did actually purchase a program that I can't remember the name of it now, because I'm not techie minded, but I was advised that that was the best fit at the time. But it's it sounds so mechanical. Yeah. It still didn't, it didn't flow and the emphasis wasn't on the words. Right, what I felt the emphasis should be if you know what I mean. So I do, I have actually recorded I'm very lucky, I do some work with a local school here, I actually scribe for for some of the boys. And they allow me to use their music rooms, which are all sort of, you know, soundproof. So I've actually recorded some myself, I've got one of the books is actually up on YouTube. That's the first of the poly books, and it's up in four sections. But the whole book is actually actually up there. And that's how Polly became a pirate. So I have actually sort of started this myself. And I've done it sort of through the YouTube roots. But yeah, there have   Michael Hingson ** 38:18 been so many great strides in voice technology. And so on that that even in six months, it might be a lot better. I don't know, I've seen some some discussions where I think there might be some some good voice, artificial voice things that are a lot better. But certainly if you can do it, that would make a lot more sense to do by any standard.   Jann Weeratunga ** 38:44 Yeah, yeah. Let's say and I quite enjoy reading my own stories as well to two kids. So it's, it's something I enjoy doing as well.   Michael Hingson ** 38:54 There are now some programs that can take your voice and create unlimited vocabulary speech. If it has enough of your voice to learn from how do we find your books? While you're one book on YouTube? Let me ask that.   Jann Weeratunga ** 39:14 Row. I think basically, you just go January Tonga, YouTube, and it will come up. Okay. How Polycom virus Yeah, I think I   Michael Hingson ** 39:23 look for it. I have to go look for it. I want to read about Polly   Jann Weeratunga ** 39:29 Okey doke. Good. So   Michael Hingson ** 39:31 is writing kind of full time job for you? Or do you have other work that you do to help income or what?   Jann Weeratunga ** 39:38 No writing is my full time job. That is what I do. I love writing for kids. It's a real I think it's a passion. You know, you either love it or you just don't go near it. And prior to COVID I used to be in schools two, three times a week. I was always is in a school somewhere up here. I even did a tour down on the Eastern Cape and took a couple of other authors with me. So, yeah, it's, it's become literally full time. And at the moment I'm putting out a book roughly one book a month? Well, I   Michael Hingson ** 40:19 think I think it's really important that your books, get out there and get visible. And so since it is your full time job, I'm assuming that you do write every day.   Jann Weeratunga ** 40:33 I pretty well write five days a week, I tried to just have a bit of time off at the weekends, sort of family time, but Monday to Friday. The house is quiet by six o'clock, everybody else's. So I actually sit then, and I write usually to that too. And then whatever sort of household bits and pieces need to be sorted out or shopping or whatever, whatever gets done in the afternoon, so but yeah, I put a good six hours in and it's a bit like people that do physical exercise, you know, you build up your muscles, and is a sort of, I believe it's like building up your mental muscles. You know, the more you write. I mean, I picked up, Polly, I haven't written Polly for quite a long time actually. I wrote a younger series, because a lot of people came to me and said, can't Can't you write a pirate series for younger children as well. So I had the patches pirate pals. And for a year, we literally put out a book a month, or 12 books out there on that series No, like on? Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 41:44 Are those books, oh,   Jann Weeratunga ** 41:46 they're all short little 32, page eight by 10 inches by 10. But those ones, I've actually left the illustrations to be colored in by the kids because I feel, especially with boys, they tend to be a bit more than sort of reluctant readers and you hear coloring in it sort of attaches them to the book, and they gain a bit more of an interest in the book. And from that you gain an interest in the words and the story, etc, etc. So that whole series was like that. I've just produced one from my niece. She's three in two weeks time. And she actually was my my illustrating editor, he saw the pictures and either like them or didn't, which was quite interesting. So my poor illustrator had to redo a couple. And I'd given her a toy dinosaur Bronwyn, the dinosaur. And my sister said to me at one point, you can't see anything except purple because Bronwyn eating the phone. And that was because I've sent the picture of Bronwyn, for my niece to approve. And so she was actually using the dinosaur to kiss the phone to those he liked it. So yeah. So but that one's a mixture of color, color and drawing. And so there is a color picture. And an opposite is the same picture just as an outline. And the kids can either use the same colors or their own imaginations. And I believe very much in that as well. I think it's very important that young people use their imaginations, you know, things have changed from from when we were children. You know, when we were kids, we would play outside, we would, you know, almost have fights with brothers or sisters or mock fights or, you know, we played cowboys and Indians or whatever it was we were doing, we do it. And we maybe would watch television for an hour in the evening, sort of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Weekends was always sports. So that was dad's time type of thing. But today, it's changed. And we didn't have computers, we didn't have smart telephones, we didn't have any of those things. You know, we used to sit there and do this huge Jigsaw which was four foot by four foot square, on our dining room table, you know, every evening was in pieces in type of thing. But today, it's changed. And I think young kids are in a way missing out and missing out on the opportunity to expand their imaginations because so much is spoon fed to them. So much as you know, Google is wonderful. I fall down the rabbit hole with Google all the time when I'm researching my books. And some of the stuff I come I find is just absolutely mind blowing. But it gives you everything. And I think with young people, if they're given too much, they don't use their imaginations that so that's one of the reasons why I like to. I've, I've created I've actually created two journals. which a guided journal is for very young children to start journaling, you know, so it sort of helps them guide them through. And that's actually part of the practice part ELS series, which is really aimed at sort of four to seven year olds, they're very young ones, maybe up to nine, depending on, you know, ability levels. But it's getting them to use their imagination, to write their story, their poem, draw their drawing, or coloring with the colors that they want to use. And if they want to give somebody green hair, that's fine. They know what color hair is. But let them use their imagination. Let them be creative.   Michael Hingson ** 45:42 We don't do nearly enough of that. And I absolutely agree with you. The the problem with so much television is that everything is just for store, everything is there, there's no imagination. It didn't used to be that way. Even in television, of course, early in televisions era, there was, it was an issue where you had both television and radio. And so people were were used to helping individuals use their imagination. But the longer television has gone on, the more we just put everything out there and there's nothing left for a person's imagination. I collect old radio shows as a hobby, and I love listening to old shows, because they still make you use your imagination. And even now, there are new series. And again, people have to use their imagination and fill in a lot of blanks that are deliberately left and can't be there because there are no pictures to look at. So you've got to do it. And I think television should do more of that.   Jann Weeratunga ** 46:52 Yeah. And books as well. I mean, I think books are wonderful. You know, when I go into in schools, and I open the book, and I say to the children, right, what am I doing? And I'm literally I'm standing there and I'm opening a book, okay? And they say you're opening a book? And I say, Yes, but what else am I doing? And they look puzzled. And I said, I'm opening up the pages to your imagination. And then what is imagination? What is it? And I remember one youngster gave a wonderful definition that it's like dreaming, but your eyes are open. But the story is in your head, and you can see it like a film, attitude. And I thought that is exactly it. Because I know, when I write my books, when I'm writing about Polly, especially Polly, Polly has a very she's very special. Polly and my parents are very special. They, that's my comfortable place. Whenever I go back to Holly. And I can see her, I can hear she's almost talking in my ear. When I'm writing her. It's a weird sort of relationship that I think a writer has with their characters. But she's so real for me. It's almost like she's speaking. And I'm just using my hands to write the words if that makes any sense. Yeah. So it's, it's wonderful. From my point of view, because I can just let my imagination go all over the place, you know. And then when you actually are reading the story, and you watch the kids faces, it is so special. Because you can see, they can see it in their heads. They can take their imagination, they can see the pictures, like a little film, you know? Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 49:05 Well and and that's the way imagination should be now, here's a question does skip and where Polly ended up does Polly have a Scottish accent? Sort of   Jann Weeratunga ** 49:17 weird actually. And he definitely has a Scottish accent. And all of his crew do. He has a cruiser quite there's nine crews and they each have quite definitive accent so the the Caribbean Jamaican crew has very Caribbean the turbaned Indians very much the cowboy Americans very much with an American lil. So each each crew I've actually given their own voice, which is important because it also brings diversity for the kids to understand the world is quite a big place that we live in. So we've got tattooed Maori And we've got Scandinavians, we've got Scots, we've got Zulus, we've got Greek goddesses, we, you know, we've got the the Japanese ninjas, you know, there's all these different crews that are very different. But they all belong to the fellowship of pirates, right?   Michael Hingson ** 50:21 That's really the issue, isn't it?   Jann Weeratunga ** 50:24 Yeah. Yeah. You know, what am I realize we're actually all the same, we all want the same things.   Michael Hingson ** 50:31 One of the things that I talked about, on the podcast, I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it today, because people hear it enough. But you talked about able bodied and disabled people, I work to try to get people to understand that disability doesn't mean and I know you're saying somewhat the same thing. disability does not mean a lack of ability. Disability is a characteristic. And I would submit that everyone has a disability, everyone in the world. And for most of you, as I tell people, it's like dependents, you know, when the lights go out, and you don't have an iPhone, or a smartphone of any sort, or a flashlight nearby, you're in a world of hurt, because you can't see what you're doing. So I submit that we need to get away from making a distinction between so called Able bodied and persons with disabilities, because everyone has one. And what we really need to do is to recognize that disability is a characteristic, and it manifests itself in different ways. Yeah,   Jann Weeratunga ** 51:32 yeah. 100% 100%. I mean, it's even down to one, you might disagree with me on this. But if all you've ever wanted to do is ride a bicycle, and you have no sense of balance, and you cannot ride a bicycle, you are effectively disabled. You are disabled from being able to ride a bicycle. Now, people argument they know that that's not really a proper disability. Sure,   Michael Hingson ** 52:03 it is. It's a it's a characteristic.   Jann Weeratunga ** 52:06 Exactly. Exactly. And I think that's, I think you and I are very much on the same page for this. And I know we had a little chat for a few months about that back end. Back   Michael Hingson ** 52:17 in the day. Yeah, it's been a while.   Jann Weeratunga ** 52:21 Yeah, we touched on it. But But But I agree 100% I think we all have a disability. But one of the things I do say is disability does not mean inability, correct.   Michael Hingson ** 52:33 It does not mean a lack of ability, it just means you have something.   Jann Weeratunga ** 52:39 Yes. And I think each each gift is different. And it makes us see the world in a different way. So for example, because I have dyslexia, I have to work a little bit harder. With my writing. There's nothing wrong with my grammar, there's nothing wrong with the my my word order, or the words I use, until I try and type them and then very often they can come out backwards, or I mean to this day, if I type the word, the, I can guarantee guarantee 90% of the time, it comes out HTTP II. Okay, and that's, and my fingers know what they should be doing. To this date, they know what they should be doing. But   Michael Hingson ** 53:29 they know what you want them to do, but they have their mind of their own.   Jann Weeratunga ** 53:33 They do return. So bit of what I'm trying to say there is that, you know, disability, if you if you look at the figures as such, they say that between 20 and 25% of the world is disabled. Those are the disabilities that can be measured. The other 75% they also have disabilities, they just don't admit to it. Right, exactly right. And now the stigmas that are attached to disability. And again, that's why inside the box looking out outside the box looking in, which starts for me with children, because if you are a child inside the box with others use you just as I said earlier, kids don't see disability, they're just friends, right? They all get on with each other. And if somebody can't do something, they'll help them or if they won't help them, they'll believe them or whatever. But the kids will learn to stand up for themselves. And they will get through that   Michael Hingson ** 54:30 until adults until adults get in the way.   Jann Weeratunga ** 54:33 And so the adults get in the way Exactly. But But what I'm saying is when that group of children become adults, and that's where we haven't got that that's why I believe we haven't got to yet. We're getting there but it's not got there yet. When that group of children become adults, because they've grown up with a whole range of people, different races, different colors, different abilities. It's just normal, it's what's around them. Whereas at the moment, we're having to constantly play catch up. And we're having to put into companies and businesses, the the structures for people with disabilities to be able to go to work.   Michael Hingson ** 55:23 As long as those,   Jann Weeratunga ** 55:25 it will just automatically be there. Because those are going to be the new bosses,   Michael Hingson ** 55:30 as long as they don't forget. As long as they don't forget.   Jann Weeratunga ** 55:35 But that's if we don't interfere. Right.   Michael Hingson ** 55:41 So when is Polly going to be in a movie?   Jann Weeratunga ** 55:46 Oh, my goodness, the big question. Yes, I've actually finally sorted out my pitch. And that's taken a long time. And I've actually a gentleman called Steve Longley. He has been my fairy godfather. He produced Hacksaw Ridge, which is a slightly different type of movie to what we're probably going to be. But he's been a real mentor. And that's why I'm giving you a little bit of a shout out to him, because he doesn't have to help me. He doesn't know me from a bar. So I introduced myself on LinkedIn to him one day, which is, of course, how I met met Sheldon and through Sheldon, you. And he, he's given me so much confidence. So my pictures ready. I'm helping a friend launch their book tomorrow, which has taken up most of the last two weeks. And once that's done, I'm actually going to be going out to producers and directors to see if I will hook somebody that will actually produce it. Because to me, it's important. And I think whether it becomes a TV series or a movie, I don't mind, it probably lends itself more to animation, simply because so many of the characters have disabilities. And I think the insurance for that, in real life would would go through the roof on a movie set? I don't know, but I think so. But it leads me on also to something again, that we touched on before. And that was basically when we were talking about actors, disabled actors. And at the moment most most actors sort of literally have a wheel on reel off for a walk on walk off part. There are no real central characters based around disability or very, very few very emerge now. There's one or two sort of characters that are, you know, building up or what have you. But one of the things I've been advocating for is, why can't disabled actors do voiceovers and dubbing there's nothing stopping them to do those doing those things. We need   Michael Hingson ** 57:56 to we need to talk offline about some of that because there's an organization called Radio enthusiast of Puget Sound and a whole group of people who are blind. And the president of that organization also is the lead in a radio Well, internet radio stations called yesterday usa.net. And there's a red network in a blue network, like there is on a piece on NBC in the golden days of radio. And there actually is some work being done to try to create some programs to encourage blind people to go into doing more audio type stuff. So we should talk about that offline.   Jann Weeratunga ** 58:39 I think so. I think so. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 58:43 Speaking of Washington, that's what we're going to do next month is go up and do for radio show recreations. And I and some other blind people and non blind people are all going to be parts of the show. Now   Jann Weeratunga ** 58:54 that's so cool. It's so cool. I've got a friend here, Lois. And she's just done an art exhibition. And I found it. It was a concept that I found quite difficult to get my mind around, obviously. You know, how can somebody who's blind do an art exhibition, but she's actually working with a group of people down in Cape Town, a group of blind students found in Cape Town, and some have maybe 10% site up to they have just a little bit but not very much, you know, and they're doing amazing, amazing work and I and I think just bringing more of this it needs to be funded, it needs to be supported. I mean, South Africa there's no funding for anything. We don't have electricity most of the time internet sometimes and water when they feel like it. But, but but, you know, in Western countries where there is a little bit more money, I think these things need to be fun. Need more supported a lot more than they are? And I suppose, unless we started up and start shouting, it won't happen. And so that's one of the reasons why I want to see my pirates and poly made into either a film or set of films or a TV series. Again, because it's something that everybody can enjoy. Maybe   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:23 well, Todd, what can I do? Sorry? Maybe we also want to explore making it into an audio series. Hmm,   Jann Weeratunga ** 1:00:34 I think so. I think so. Yeah, definitely.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:37 How do we increase the conversation around disabilities and get people? I know, you've talked about one way as children grow up, but what else can we do as adults to break through some of those barriers and get the conversation? more a part of the mainstream?   Jann Weeratunga ** 1:00:59 Oh, gosh. Well, I think number one, we have to identify the problems. And I think the main problems are and I'm going to talk about disability disabled and able bodied, if you will, just sort of entertain me on that. The more able bodied, shall we say? folk out there feel awkward talking to people with disabilities, they will shun away from speaking to somebody with a disability, they will avoid going to help somebody with a disability. And I think it's just such a stigma. And it's not the disabled person. I don't think it's the individual. It's just the whole sphere of disabilities. And I, I've watched LinkedIn recently, and there's a lot more out there and a lot more stories coming out. And I think I think that's a really good thing. And I think things like I know, the Paralympics does focus on the physical, and the Disabilities is a lot more than that. I mean, people in wheelchairs are only 8% of those with disabilities. Yeah, what is the symbol that we use for the disabled? It's, it's a word character in a wheelchair. Right. Yeah. You know, so. And I know there is a movement towards possibly changing that. I don't know how why is that is, in the sense that I understand why, but at least is recognized as a symbol for disabled. You know, there's pros and cons around everything. Yeah. And I think I think we just have to talk more, I think there needs to be, I think, all right, I think people are frightened. It's like when I first spoke with Lois, because I think she was the first blind person I spoke with. And I said, Louis, can I ask you a question? Should you ask me anything? But I thought I had actually say, may I ask you the question? Because I felt awkward. I didn't want to cause offence. I didn't want to be rude. I didn't want to say something that will upset. And I think that's part of it. With a lot of people. And we have to get over it. We have and I think that's what Sheldon did that for me. Actually, he was wonderful. We had an hour long chit chat. And I was chatting to him about how to use some of the analytics in LinkedIn and stuff as well, you know, stuff he had, and been able to do, and what have you. And it was so nice, because I felt so much more comfortable at the end of the conversation than obviously, I had at the start of the conversation. And I think just the more able bodied people, a person is, they just need to get over it. They just need to start talking to people. But it's our and it's hard. And that's why I go back to kids because I think, you know, to a degree we have to start with young people and educate them and bring them through the system. But then what do we do with all of us old is sitting at the top end.   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:20 But the awkwardness is more of a learned behavior than anything else. We we don't like to think that just because someone is different than us. They're necessarily at the same level we are. And we we grow up learning that which is in part why I said I hoped that children today don't forget as they grow up, because it's a learned behavior. And you're right. It's great to start with children, and the more children get to be involved in the conversation and carry on the conversation. and don't have the fear, the better it is, oh,   Jann Weeratunga ** 1:05:03 well, I'll give you an example on something. My niece, as I mentioned earlier is going to be three. One of the things my sister did with her, when for about six months on, she taught her how to sign. Now my niece isn't there. But there's a movement in the UK to teach babies to sign. Because they can sign I'm hungry, I'm full. I would like more. And, you know, I mean, there's obviously a lot more signs than those, I've just taken three, the very basic ones, they can do that six to eight months before they can speak up. So they can communicate on a level to express themselves, which also reduces frustration, and anger. And I'm actually trying to learn there's a guy called the Deaf chef on Instagram, and I'm following him. And every day, he comes out with a new sign. And I've been trying to learn some of those number one, so I can keep up with my knees and get better at styling than I am. But also, sign language actually just became 12 official language in South Africa. And I went to a restaurant one day, and there was a lady there. And I asked her a question, and then she sort of put her hand to it yet and said, you know, yeah, basically, you know, was was telling me she was deaf. So I wrote it down, because I couldn't sign. But the only thing I had looked say was, thank you. So at the end of the conversation, I actually just gave the sign of Thank you. And her face just lit up. It was the only thing I knew how to do. But have it made her day. You know? And and I just think that we we need to all make more of an effort, I suppose. And I think things like, Why can't say why can't we have sign language in schools? You know, over here, we have 11 languages, and they're all taught in school. So why can't we have some language taught and useful? The more we communicate, the more we talk to each other. The more I think barriers will come down. And we've got to get over this stigma of disability. And again, it's that word, isn't it? disability?   Michael Hingson ** 1:07:25 And only YouTube anytime we need to learn it doesn't mean Yeah, because it's not a lack of ability.   Jann Weeratunga ** 1:07:30 Exactly.   Michael Hingson ** 1:07:33 If people want to reach out to you and learn more about you, how do they do that?   Jann Weeratunga ** 1:07:38 Okay, so they can they can email me. And I've actually, I think I've given you some of my links. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 1:07:48 we'll go ahead and spell out email if you want to or whatever. Go ahead and say it here as well, please. Okay,   Jann Weeratunga ** 1:07:54 what is quite a complicated kind of fortunately, but it's, it's, well, I'll give you my easy one. I've got one which is Jann Weeratunga, which is? No, maybe that's not the easier one. I think they'll probably is. It's J a n S Jans, Pics P i C S. SA for South africa@gmail.com. Jan's pics SA for South Africa,   Michael Hingson ** 1:08:21 at Gmail. com. That's pretty easy. Great. Well, I want to thank you for being here. And we will be putting the book covers and all the other things up in the cover notes. And I hope people will reach out this has clearly been fun and fascinating. And I want to continue our discussions later offline. We got to do some

Welcome to the 5th ever P.A.Z.NIA Assembly, wherein we crowdsource the topic of liberation! In this Assembly our numerous panel participants & I discuss further Jitsi potentialities (whether launched on NextCloud or a VPS, a Second Realm alternative to Zoom is feasible & maybe BTC-profitable); & we also brainstorm ways… The post TVP #189: [P.A.Z.NIA Second Realm Assembly #5] Exploring Further Jitsi Potentialities, Funding Dept. of Technology Projects, & More appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

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Fellow Self-Liberator, This Friday, November 3rd at 7pm central, another Second Realm Assembly will convene, this one being a meeting of our P.A.Z.NIA Department of Technology. Any and all self-liberators are encouraged to attend! It will be hosted on our self-hosted Jitsi room (PAZNIA.COM/ASSEMBLY) and agenda items include: It's been… The post P.A.Z.NIA Second Realm Assembly #4 Announcement: THIS FRIDAY! (VIDEO PROMO) appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega de Podcast Linux, la número 193. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy estamos con Eduardo Medina, entusiasta del Software Libre de vanguardia, comparte tutoriales técnicos de software y es redactor en MuyLinux.com. Es usuario de Fedora Silverblue y OpenSUSE MicroOS y nos trasladará toda su experiencia y conocimientos sobre las distribuciones inmutables. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

Les références : Site du SITIV Projet Territoire Numérique Ouvert Blog de Pierre-Alain Millet Émission 162 de « Libre à vous ! » avec Lyon et la métropole du Grand Lyon OpenIO LemonLdapNG Zimbra Jitsi Nextcloud, l'émission « Libre à vous ! » #52 était consacrée à ce logiciel libre d'hébergement et de partage de fichier (et bien d'autres fonctionnalités). OnlyOffice Chamilo, l'émission « Libre à vous ! » #180 était consacrée à ce logiciel libre d'apprentissage en ligne. Watcha LibricielVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus.

Guest Sam Whited Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland, OR at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is held by the Software Freedom Conservancy. Today, our guest is Sam Whited, a bicycle mechanic with a deep involvement in open source software development. His contributions include work with the XMPP Standards Foundation, the Internet Engineering Task Force, and the creation of Mellium, an XMPP library in Go. The conversation delves into the sustainability challenges faced by Mellium and similar projects with Sam advocating for support from larger companies and well-funded open source initiatives. Sam, a strong supporter of open source co-op consultancies, also shares his personal journey from tech to bicycle mechanic, underscoring the struggle of maintaining open source projects while managing living expenses. Go ahead and download this episode now to hear more! [00:00:38] Sam tells us about himself, working as a bicycle mechanic while contributing to open source software in his free time. He's worked with the XMPP Standards Foundation, the Internet Engineering Task Force, and maintains an XMPP library called Mellium. [00:01:45] He explains XMPP stands for Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol and is an open standard communication protocol. He believes in it because of its recognized standards body, resilience, and the continuing work to keep it open, free, and sustainable. [00:02:38] XMPP sits at several levels in the communication stack. It's used in various applications like Snikket, Cisco's mobile video conferencing, Grindr, Zoom, and Jitsi. [00:04:11] Mellium is explained as an implementation of XMPP in Go. [00:05:13] Richard asks about the sustainability of Mellium. Sam acknowledges the challenges of attracting maintainers and funding for the project, and he explains his goal is to operate Mellium as a cooperative. [00:08:00] The conversation turns to funding for protocol implementation and Sam suggests that companies and well-funded open source projects should give back to the smaller projects they utilize. He mentions that Mellium sets aside a portion of their donations for upstream projects that helped him. [00:10:38] Sam explains “The Seven Cooperative Principles” from the International Cooperative Alliance. [00:11:30] Sam explains why he decided to work as a bike mechanic instead of pursuing work related to his expertise in using Golang. [00:13:43] Find out where you can find Sam on the internet. Links SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS Twitter (https://twitter.com/SustainOSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) podcast@sustainoss.org (mailto:podcast@sustainoss.org) SustainOSS mastodon (https://openoss.sourceforge.net/) Richard Littauer Twitter (https://twitter.com/richlitt?lang=en) Software Freedom Conservancy (https://sfconservancy.org/) Open OSS (https://openoss.sourceforge.net/) Sam Whited-social.coop (https://social.coop/@sam) Sam Whited Blog (https://blog.samwhited.com/) Mellium-Go XMPP library (https://xmpp.org/software/mellium/) XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) (https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/) Go (https://go.dev/) Snikket (https://snikket.org/) Jitsi (https://jitsi.org/) Grindr (https://www.grindr.com/) The Seven Cooperative Principles (International Cooperative Alliance) (https://www.ica.coop/en/cooperatives/cooperative-identity) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Sam Whited.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 179 de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy vuelve Pedro Mosquetero Web, profesor en Formación profesional en la rama de Computación y amante de GNU/Linux. Ha montado algunos Xeon y conoce bien las variedad de procesadores y kits y cómo se comportan con GNU/Linux. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

Der Podcast rund um das Thema Datenschutz und IT. Mit Dr. Klaus Meffert und Stephan Plesnik. #22 Microsoft Teams und der Datenschutz Für Videokonferenzen wird oft Microsoft Teams genutzt, obwohl Datenschutzprobleme bei amerikanischen Anbietern wortwörtlich vorprogrammiert sind. Microsoft ist ein Unternehmen, dass durch massive Datensammelei auffällt, und dies sogar selbst zugibt. Was Videokonferenzen angeht, gibt es zahlreiche Lösungen aus Deutschland und Europa, beispielsweise ecosero oder Jitsi oder BigBlueButton oder andere. Eins steht fest: Alle diese Anbieter befolgen Datenschutzregeln entweder besser als Microsoft oder sind nicht so gefährlich wie Microsoft, weil der Datenbestand über Sie und uns nicht so groß ist. Fun Fact: Microsoft findet die Überwachungsgesetze der USA selbst nicht gut und hat sogar die US-Regierung verklagt. Das ändert aber nichts am Problem mit Microsoft-Produkten. Microsoft könnte eine weisungsfreie europäische Gesellschaft für Microsoft Teams, Office usw. gründen, tut es aber anscheinend nicht. Dies und einiges mehr in der aktuellen Episode von Datenschutz Deluxe Feedback geben? Fragen stellen? Gerne hier: https://dr-dsgvo.de Videokanal von Stephan: https://www.youtube.com/datenschutzistpflicht Impressum: https://dr-dsgvo.de/impressum

Yo uso mayoritariamente Jitsi https://meet.jit.si/ pero existe MEET,. Skype, Zoom y una lista interminable, que, desde la pandemia, han mejorado mucho la capacidad de conexión. Yo tengo varias conferencias a la semana y me enfadan y confunden algunos comportamientos, así que aquí les doy algunas pautas que yo veo necesarias. Podcast asociado a la red de SOSPECHOSOS HABITUALES. Suscríbase con este feed: https://feedpress.me/sospechososhabituales

Yo uso mayoritariamente Jitsi https://meet.jit.si/ pero existe MEET,. Skype, Zoom y una lista interminable, que, desde la pandemia, han mejorado mucho la capacidad de conexión. Yo tengo varias conferencias a la semana y me enfadan y confunden algunos comportamientos, así que aquí les doy algunas pautas que yo veo necesarias. Podcast asociado a la red de SOSPECHOSOS HABITUALES. Suscríbase con este feed: https://feedpress.me/sospechososhabituales

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Emil Ivov and Saúl Ibarra Corretgé of the Jitsi project. Jitsi is an open-sourced privacy-focused video conferencing software. It requires no registration and can work within a browser. This episode explores Jitsi's end-to-end encryption in depth, ways to make Jitsi Meet even more private, what Jitsi knows about its users, and some background about this fantastic project.   Guest Links → https://meet.jit.si → https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet → https://jitsi.org/security (Encryption blog) → https://twitter.com/jitsinews → https://twitter.com/emilivov (Emil Ivov) → https://twitter.com/saghul (Saúl Ibarra Corretgé) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef-5J9eiVgQ (Origins of Jitsi: 20 years in making)   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy   Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!   Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:14 – Snapshot of Jitsi Meet 2:19 – How is Jitsi Meet free? 4:51 – Different versions of Jitsi 6:47 – End-to-end encryption 22:42 – What does Jitsi know about its users? 25:40 – How to lock down Jitsi Meet further 29:47 – Gabriel walks through his use of Jitsi Meet 32:36 – Dangers of URL as invitation link 36:20 – Where are Jitsi's recordings stored? 40:14 – Fear of screen sharing 45:49 – Origins of Jitsi 55:14 - What is next for Jitsi and VOIP?

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 170 de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy vuelve Pedro Mosqueteroweb, profesor en Formación profesional en la rama de Computación y amarte de GNU/Linux y el ajedrez. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 168 de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy nos visita Iraisy Figueroa, profesora de Programación y Robótica para educación Primaria y Secundaria con 7 años de experiencia investigando aplicaciones de diferentes tecnologías en el aprendizaje. Es miembro de Bricolabs. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 166, de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy viene al programa Eduardo Moreno, Ingeniero Industrial, autodidacta en formación informática y apasionado del software libre y cada vez más del hardware libre. Creador de Adam Image, una Custom Firmware para consolas portátiles de emulación. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 163, de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy estamos con Spectrum y Juan Santiago, componentes de la comunidad FediversoTV, un colectivo activista dedicado a las comunicaciones libres y soberanas. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 162, de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy estamos con Juan Antonio González, Ingeniero Industrial formado en Cuba. Informático autodidacta. Amante y defensor del Software Libre y el conocimiento compartido. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega de Podcast Linux, la número 160. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy estamos con Jorge Lama, creador de contenidos en iCarto. Diseñador sonoro y productor independiente de podcasting. Un enamorado de la Cultura Libre, la tecnología, el Software Libre, las ONG's, la música y cacharros musicales, el reciclaje electrónico y el Patrimonio Cultural. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast se aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

First up in the news: Ubuntu is out-fedoring Fedora; Linux 5.18 brings new optimizations; the Budgie has landed; Debian 12 has a projected birthday, and Asahi has its first Alpha; In security and privacy, a new Spectre has arisen; Then in our Wanderings, Bill gets “Jitsi with it”, Moss goes down the “pi-hole”, and Norbert hops onto the Fedora bandwagon Download

Swot up for some steamingly nut cracking Questions and join none other but your local sexperts DCGirl, the KoK & a cast of thousands over at the No Agenda Jitsi room. Due to some producer feeback the timecodes on the chapters have been tidied up. 00:00:04 - Intro 00:00:30 - Teasing an agony aunt section 00:03:21 - Ground rules + boomer moment 00:05:19 - Smashcast jitsi live show 00:05:50 - What is the KoK drinking + ground rules 00:07:20 - The Jitsi angle + what is jitsi? 00:08:07 - How to do a jitsi bat signal 00:09:02 - Yeezy Cheese 00:10:23 - Whats that third rail? 00:10:53 - Podcast teledildonics RSSfeed me 00:11:41 - The First Question! 00:15:56 - The Answer to the First Question! 00:17:11 - The Second Question! 00:18:49 - The Answer to the Second Question! 00:19:17 - Who's keeping Score? 00:19:47 - The KoK's 7th Heaven 00:20:40 - The Third Question! 00:25:28 - The Answer to the Third Question! 00:26:17 - The Fourth Question! 00:30:52 - The Answer to the Fourth Question! 00:31:34 - Loventines Day exploitation 00:32:33 - The Third Being is the relationship 00:33:54 - The Fifth Question! 00:38:00 - The Answer to the Fifth Question! 00:39:02 - Anecdote from the KoK 00:41:45 - The Gloryhole of Podcasts 00:43:29 - The Sixth Question! 00:47:00 - The Answer to the Sixth Question 00:47:54 - A whole other topic 00:48:09 - This was fun! 00:48:50 - Committed to your earolls 00:50:37 - Outro 00:50:41 - Oh Wow ISO Smashcast is a value for value Podcast what you can find on the No Agenda Stream. Any donations are well recieved at http://www.dvorak.org/NA

Uppvärmning/uppföljning Varför är Skype så dåligt på Mac? Christian krasslig, men är han akademiker? Jocke kör Duckduckgo som webbläsare Jocke premiärgrillar Cleanbot-drama Spotifys podd-chef slutar Bash-oneliner. Massor med smarta knep för Bash-användare EU har satt upp egna servrar för Mastodon och Peertube Jocke sätter upp Mastodon-instans igen… Mastodon-rapporten: snart 5,2 miljoner konton totalt Podcastdetails är en trevlig tjänst Apple Developer Center i Cupertino? Bilder har dykt upp Ett kort inlägg om Volvos FANTASTISKA röststyrning Fräsigt laptop/ipad-ställ från Satechi Ämnen Apples chef för maskininlärning slutar i protest över att behöva återvända till kontoret. Rimligt? Ännu en Dune II-klon. Även stöd för Linux och äldre Mac OS X. Dune II - The Maker provspelat. Bra och dåligt på en och samma gång. Apple DÖDAR MUSIKEN - lägger ned iPod Touch och räddar musiken. Oklart hur de två hör ihop. Länkar Jitsi DuckDuckGo för Mac Wkwebview Jockes robotdammsugare Spotifys podd-chef slutar Anchor Bash-oneliner Iterm2 EU sätter upp egen Mastodon-server Jockes Mastodon-instans podcastdetails.com Apple developer center? Tantolunden Cupertino hotel Nikka Satechi Dual Vertical Laptop Stand Dune II the maker Ännu en Dune II-klon Apple dödar musiken Film och TV-listan Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-307-kartan-lagras-i-dammsugaren.html

This week, Linux Out Loud chats about what applications we use to make our Linux machine sing a beautiful digital song. Welcome to episode 10 of Linux Out Loud. We fired up our mics, connected those headphones as we searched the community for themes to expound upon. We kept the banter friendly, the conversation somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it. 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Better Audio 04:28 Magneto 06:46 24 Hr Game Stream 09:39 Among Us 12:01 Direct X11 Fix 15:37 Application Rundown 40:32 New Mouse 49:17 GOG CLI GUI 54:19 3D Printer Update 57:45 Close Join in the chat on the Discourse forum here: https://discourse.destinationlinux.network/t/application-rundown-linux-out-loud-10/5099 Wendy - Auray ISO-ARMOR-2 Microphone Isolation Chamber - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1346491-REG/aurayisoarmor2isoshieldfor_recording.html - Rapid Photo Downloader - https://damonlynch.net/rapid/ - Jitsi - https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases - Corsair M65WL - https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Gaming-Mice/FPS-Fast-Action-Mice/M65-RGB-ULTRA-WIRELESS-Tunable-FPS-Gaming-Mouse/p/CH-9319411-NA Nate - DirectX 11 Problem solved libvulkanintel libvulkanintel-32bit - LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/ - PrusaSLicer - https://www.prusa3d.com/page/prusaslicer_424/ - FreeCAD - https://www.freecadweb.org/ Matt - Cinelerra GG - https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/ - Calligra - https://calligra.org/ - Lollypop - https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop - Elisa - https://elisa.kde.org/ - GOG CLI GUI - https://github.com/Twombs/GOGcli-GUI/releases Upcoming Events - Game Shpere 24 hour Charity Livestream - Monday, June 20, 2022 through Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - Starts 9:00 AM EDT / 1:00 PM UTC - Charity - CURE Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy - https://www.cureepilepsy.org/ Contact info Matt (Twitter @MattGameSphere) Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN) Nate (Website CubicleNate.com)

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega de Podcast Linux, la número 154. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy estamos con el equipo organizador de FLISOL Tenerife 2022: Patricio García, David Vargas, Fernando Rosa, Luis Fajardo y yo mismo, Juan Febles. Hoy no estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, sino en BBB (BigBlueButton) otro servicio libre para videoconferencias, y este podcast aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

No special theme today other than plain Heart-Brain Coherence. The reason? We transitioned from Discord to another meeting space called Jitsi which worked surprisingly well. And with new meeting spaces also new, first-time participants show up. That's why we got back to basics. As you can hear it nevertheless became a wonderful session. Enjoy! Follow Seb on Vero True Social: https://vero.co/seb_tmg Join our Matrix community: https://matrix.to/#/#tmg:matrix.org visit our website: https://tmg.community  

The Australian Bitcoin Podcast is focused on Australian bitcoin and privacy content, including educational episodes, recent news, and guest interviews. Thanks to our hosts: https://twitter.com/mission_bitcoin https://twitter.com/jeremy_m16 https://www.twitter.com/hardblockbtc https://www.twitter.com/ausbitcoinpod Sponsored by HardBlock - Australia's first and oldest bitcoin-only exchange: https://www.hardblock.com.au References https://learn.hardblock.com.au/how-to-upgrade-your-email-privacy/ ** Please note that CTemplar closed down as of May 2022. Notes - OnTheRun to accept bitcoin payments in Australia - Overton window shifting to include bitcoin, inflation, and the debt crisis - Why upgrade your email privacy? - Google is monitoring you, censoring content, and feeding/teaching their artificial intelligence systems with your data - What to look for in a private email provider? - End-to-end and zero-knowledge encryption, free and open source, and good reputation - What's the easiest way to make the move to a private email account? - Having a Password Manager can make transitioning to private email easier - Keep your old email account open and gradually transfer data and subscriptions across to your newer private email service - this makes the process easier and reduces the chance of forgetting to transfer something across - Step 1: Sign-up to a private email provider, eg, ProtonMail, Tutanota, or CTemplar - ProtonMail is a good all-round choice (easy to sign-up privately, more features than others, long-term reputation, and continuing to build a privacy-focused ecosystem including calendar, cloud storage, VPN service, etc) - Try to sign-up without linking the new email address to an email, phone number, or IP address already associated with you - this is probably unnecessary, but good for privacy practice! - How to choose a username for your new private email address (full name, first name, pseudonym or otherwise)? - Step 2: Sign-up to an email alias forwarding service, eg, AnonAddy or SimpleLogin - How do email alias forwarding services work? - What username to choose for email alias forwarding services? - Step 3: Provide an email alias for every website you sign-up to in future - How else can you use email alias forwarding service (eg, replying from the alias and disabling aliases)? - Checking yourself out on www.haveibeenpwned.com to see if any of your emails or passwords have been compromised in known data breaches - Good privacy can result in better security, eg, protecting against credential stuffing attacks based on data breaches - Recent MailChimp and HubSpot data breaches - Social engineering attacks are harder to employ against someone who uses a private email, email alias forwarding service, and a password manager - Which password manager should you use? BitWarden - although there'll be a separate podcast and article released about that soon - If you're missing Google Meets audio and video calling, then look into Jitsi, Signal, or Impervious.ai's upcoming browser - Don't let perfect be the enemy of good! Start today and make gradual steps over time

Tyler and Matt discuss the Steam Deck, Domain Names, Firewalls, and Jitsi. 

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega de Podcast Linux, la número 150. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy vuelve a estar con nosotros Alejandro López, director comercial y cofundador de Slimbook, empresa 100% española que ofrece ordenadores GNU/Linux a medida ensamblados en España. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

Another episode Beyond Chat. Again? Yes! A lot of cool things are going on! And today my guest is going to tell you how they're building awesome collaborative apps with Matrix. Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬ 00:00 Bonjour 00:29 CRDTs are easier to understand if you have seen them in practice. Let's start with a demo! 08:37 So, what are CRDTs? 10:05 What is Yjs and what is a provider for it? 12:20 Why do you see Matrix as a good fit for document/data storage and syncing? 16:32 Are we Maximised Widgets yet? 17:57 What would make widgets better? 18:47 How is matrix-CRDT funded (featuring the noisy microphone Jitsi notification) 20:27 Is matrix-CRDT used in a commercial project? If yes, what can you share about it? 27:02 What is SyncedStore? How different is it from Yjs? 29:07 Can you expand on local-first applications? 33:25 Final Thoughts? The paper on local-first applications: https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/ A talk Yousef recommends to go further on CRDTs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCcWpzY8dIA Matrix-CRDT

On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, you'll catch the 2048 Book Release Party, originally hosted live on Jitsi. Herein, we announce the official release of the 2048 & talk with Matthew about the book, the writing process, and how the ideas/concepts therein can lead to actual freedom & liberation… The post TVP #140: 2048 Book Release Party with Author, Matthew Wojtecki appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

Something I've stressed at length in recent “creations” (videos, articles, or otherwise) is the importance and advantage of bringing one's actions in alignment with their principles. Whether we're talking about the physical or, in this case, the ever-populated digital realm, this holds true. And with many interactions now taking place… The post TVP Intermission #66: [Jitsi] An Open Source & Encrypted Alternative to Zoom and Skype (& The Like) appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

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¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 141, de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy vuelve de nuevo con nosotros Luis del Valle, apasionado del Movimiento Maker, está detrás del blog Programarfacil.com, del podcast La tecnología para Todos y del Campus de Programarfacil. Hoy hablaremos de Home Assistant y cómo iniciarte en él. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

¡¡¡Muy buenas amante del Software Libre!!! Bienvenido a otra entrega, la número 140, de Podcast Linux. Un saludo muy fuerte de quien te habla, Juan Febles. Hoy vuelve con nosotros Luis del Valle, apasionado del Movimiento Maker, está detrás del blog Programarfacil.com, del podcast La tecnología para Todos y del Campus de Programarfacil. Hoy hablaremos de Home Assistant y cómo iniciarte en él. Recordar a los oyentes que estamos en una sala Jitsi para esta charla, un servicio libre para videoconferencias, y que este podcast aloja su web en Gitlab, un servicio libre de repositorios git y su contenido en Archive.

O Jitsi Meet é uma ferramenta on-line gratuita que permite fazer chamadas de vídeo com até 100 pessoas, sem necessidade de ter conta ou cadastro pessoal para utilizá-la. Sua interface é bem simples e intuitiva e, no computador, não necessita de instalação. Basta entrar no site oficial do app. Já no celular, é necessário instalá-lo.

Beautiful Friend…. This is a Living Voice Sharing (podcast) around the role of Homeopathy in these times. I also wrote two blogs on my Hive.blog this week: Join me on Hive to read them Or click here to read part one … … and here to read part two *** NEW LIVE PAINTING SESSION IN A FEW DAYS! Every 1st of the month, I open my Arthouse Studio via Jitsi online meeting space – check your local time via World Time Buddy here – we'll meet for for between 1 and 3 hours, depending on how the session unfolds. Join me and others in co-creation. For more details on prepping for the session, see this post – or just turn up with colours and a surface to put them on; any kind of paint, pencil, pen or medium, and a good-sized solid surface. *** Read the full blog post and get the full links, here - and do share and Like, if you Wish! Blessings and Love, :Clare

Veranstaltungen mit sehr vielen Teilnehmern sind mit Tools wie Zoom oder Jitsi möglich – aber so viel Spaß wie ein reales Treffen machen sie nicht. Auf den Online-Plattformen Work Adventure, Wonder, gather.town und Mozilla Hubs geht das besser: Wie in einem Computerspiel läuft man durch virtuelle Räume und lauscht Vorträgen, trifft sich in kleinen Gruppen oder plauscht ungezwungen mit Leuten, die einem gerade über den Weg laufen. Kim Sartorius hat die vier Online-Plattformen für c't getestet und Mängel vor allem beim Datenschutz gefunden – zwei der Testkandidaten lassen sich aber auch auf einem eigenen Server betreiben. Notebooks mit vorinstalliertem Linux sind selten, doch das Dell XPS 13 9310 kann man sich direkt vom Hersteller auch mit Ubuntu 20.04 bestellen - wenn auch etwas versteckt im Webshop. Niklas Dierking hat sich mit dem Notebook ins c't-Labor begeben und geprüft, wie gut es mit Ubuntu und anderen Distributionen harmoniert. Er gibt Tipps, worauf man als Linuxer beim Kauf eines Notebooks achten sollte und wie man Kompatibilitätsprobleme behebt. Zum Schluss sprechen wir mit Jan Mahn über einen blinden Fleck im Bereich Security und Datenschutz: E-Mail-Konten. Die sind häufig nicht ausreichend gesichert, obwohl sie mitunter hochsensible, personenbezogene Daten enthalten. Vereine und Unternehmen, die Ihre Postfächer über einen Mail-Hoster wie 1&1, Hetzner, Mittwald oder Host Europe betreiben, sollten deshalb kontrollieren, ob ihr Hoster die technischen Anforderungen an E-Mail-Sicherheit auch umsetzt. Mit dabei: Achim Barczok, Kim Sartorius, Niklas Dierking, Jan Mahn 00:00 Intro 02:40 Virtuelle Veranstaltungen 20:40 Linux-Notebooks 33:49 Sichere Emailkonten === Anzeige / Sponsorenhinweis === adesso - CHANCENGEBER FÜR DEINE ZUKUNFT Du willst einsteigen, wo Zukunft programmiert wird? Dann gestalte mit uns die Digitalisierungswelt von morgen! Wir gehören für Newcomer und Professionals zu den Top-Adressen in der IT-Welt. Bei adesso machen die Menschen den Unterschied – und den Erfolg. Und die Perspektiven stimmen. Auf https://karriere.adesso.de/ erfährst Du mehr. === Anzeige / Sponsorenhinweis Ende === Die c't 13/2021 gibt's am Kiosk, im Browser und in der c't-App für iOS und Android. Artikel zur Sendung: - Kostenlose Online-Interaktionsplattformen für virtuelle Gruppentreffen, c't 13/2021, S. 116 - Dell XPS 13 9310 mit Ubuntu Desktop, c't 13/2021, S. 104 - Datenschutzprobleme bei Mailhosting-Anbietern, c't 13/2021 S. 132 Übrigens: Unser neuer YouTube-Channel c't 3003 ist ab sofort abonnierbar; in der aktuellen Folge testet Jan-Keno Janssen eine AR-Brille für 800 Euro.

[02:40] Veranstaltungen mit sehr vielen Teilnehmern sind mit Tools wie Zoom oder Jitsi möglich – aber so viel Spaß wie ein reales Treffen machen sie nicht. Auf den Online-Plattformen Work Adventure, Wonder, gather.town und Mozilla Hubs geht das besser: Wie in einem Computerspiel läuft man durch virtuelle Räume und lauscht Vorträgen, trifft sich in kleinen Gruppen oder plauscht ungezwungen mit Leuten, die einem gerade über den Weg laufen. Kim Sartorius hat die vier Online-Plattformen für c't getestet und Mängel vor allem beim Datenschutz gefunden – zwei der Testkandidaten lassen sich aber auch auf einem eigenen Server betreiben. [20:40] Notebooks mit vorinstalliertem Linux sind selten, doch das Dell XPS 13 9310 kann man sich direkt vom Hersteller auch mit Ubuntu 20.04 bestellen - wenn auch etwas versteckt im Webshop. Niklas Dierking hat sich mit dem Notebook ins c't-Labor begeben und geprüft, wie gut es mit Ubuntu und anderen Distributionen harmoniert. Er gibt Tipps, worauf man als Linuxer beim Kauf eines Notebooks achten sollte und wie man Kompatibilitätsprobleme behebt. [33:49] Zum Schluss sprechen wir mit Jan Mahn über einen blinden Fleck im Bereich Security und Datenschutz: E-Mail-Konten. Die sind häufig nicht ausreichend gesichert, obwohl sie mitunter hochsensible, personenbezogene Daten enthalten. Vereine und Unternehmen, die Ihre Postfächer über einen Mail-Hoster wie 1&1, Hetzner, Mittwald oder Host Europe betreiben, sollten deshalb kontrollieren, ob ihr Hoster die technischen Anforderungen an E-Mail-Sicherheit auch umsetzt. Mit dabei: Achim Barczok, Kim Sartorius, Niklas Dierking, Jan Mahn === Anzeige / Sponsorenhinweis === adesso - CHANCENGEBER FÜR DEINE ZUKUNFT Du willst einsteigen, wo Zukunft programmiert wird? Dann gestalte mit uns die Digitalisierungswelt von morgen! Wir gehören für Newcomer und Professionals zu den Top-Adressen in der IT-Welt. Bei adesso machen die Menschen den Unterschied – und den Erfolg. Und die Perspektiven stimmen. Auf https://karriere.adesso.de/ erfährst Du mehr. === Anzeige / Sponsorenhinweis Ende === Die c't 13/2021 gibt's am Kiosk, im Browser und in der c't-App für iOS und Android. Artikel zur Sendung: - Kostenlose Online-Interaktionsplattformen für virtuelle Gruppentreffen, c't 13/2021, S. 116 - Dell XPS 13 9310 mit Ubuntu Desktop, c't 13/2021, S. 104 - Datenschutzprobleme bei Mailhosting-Anbietern, c't 13/2021 S. 132 Übrigens: Unser neuer YouTube-Channel c't 3003 ist ab sofort abonnierbar; in der aktuellen Folge testet Jan-Keno Janssen eine AR-Brille für 800 Euro.

Tagtäglich starren wir mittlerweile auf unsere Monitore, manche von uns sogar auf zwei oder drei gleichzeitig. Erholung für unsere Augen, durch einen kurzen Plausch auf dem Flur mit Kolleg*Innen oder beim Wechsel vom Konferenzraum zurück ins Büro – FEHLANZEIGE. Zoom ist das neue Deonym, die Ableitung eines Eigennamens, welcher stellvertretend für viele andere Plattformen wie MS Teams, Skype, Cisco, IONOS, Jitsi... steht. "Hast du mal ein Tempo-Tuch?", "Ich brauch bitte mal den UHU.", "Ich google das schnell." – "Lass uns kurz zoomen.". Aber diese Videokonferenzen und online Meetings machen uns müde - Zoom Fatigue ist das neue Wort dafür. Abends sind wir ausgelaugter als früher und wundern uns, denn eigentlich haben wir doch "nur " vor dem Rechner gesessen. Heute teile ich ein paar Erkenntnisse mit dir, warum das so ist und was du dagegen tun kannst. Natürlich ist es immer von den persönlichen Gegebenheiten abhängig, was du davon umsetzen kannst, aber ich habe genug Tipps dabei, sodass auch du bestimmt was für dich mitnehmen kannst. Viel Spaß beim hören und wenn dir die Folge gefällt, abonniere gerne unseren Podcast oder empfiel die Folge gerne jemanden, dem es ähnlich geht. Fragen und Anregungen kannst du uns jederzeit an mail@workation-podcast.de schicken und mich erreichst du über meine Website oder per Instagram sowie LinkedIn. Selbsttest - bist du Multitasking? Hier findest du die Zusammenfassung der Studie von Professor Jeremy Bailenson vom Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab.

En este episodio además de hablar de los festivales autocinema y el documental de Michelle Obama, tendremos entrevista con Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jonás Gonzalez y Alison Mosshart.