James Hooker

No.. I’m not dead.
Not written here for ages and after a few emails asking why (aren’t I popular!?) I thought i’d pop up let you know what ive been up to.
Since November:
- Finished Final Year at Uni - been accepted for a Masters should I want it..
- Gained a “dissertation stone” that [...]

As discussed on Planet Ubuntu blogs, I thought I’d throw my computers into the ring…
Main Ubuntu Desktop/Dev Machine - Einstein
Netbook - Newton
other lappy - Fibonacci
VM’s for dev on desktop:
ferrari (user Felippe)
mclaren (user Lewis)
bmw (user Robert)
renault (user Fernando)
iMac (recording machine)- [...]

I saw this today on various bookmarking sites… Stephen Fry wishing GNU and Free Software a Happy Birthday in true style… a great video to show the unconverted!
Happy Birthday Free Software!

Some of you may remember the Stikkit Technology Podcast… it ran for a while, had a fair few listeners.. and kind of fizzled out.
Let me start from the veeeerrry beginning.
3 Years ago.. my friend Andy and I, decided to make a podcast whilst in the uni canteen to kill a few hours during lectures. The [...]

There we were, in a Wetherspoon’s in Wolverhampton… slightly hungover… having a conversation about web apps. (Rock and Roll)
I expressed my concerns that with the whole world gagging to move to web apps, the Free desktop could suffer. My argument was that when hacking on desktop apps , and all you really need a computer [...]

Hi All!
Back home after LUG Radio live, and another great weekend - and here comes the annual review!
The talks I saw…
Rufus Pollock - Open Knowledge Foundation
Rufus was showing the “Open Knowledge Foundation” project, which is basically a standardised apt type repository for knowledge - so we can integrate it into software. Thinking about [...]

LUGRADIO LIVE… the last one! (apparently…) is but a week away, and a little reminder that I shall be giving my talk “Taming The Dragons” at 14:00, Saturday 19th on the Atrium Stage.
The talk is basically going to basically start with me bragging a little about the type of people (investors) I’ve worked with, and [...]

Tonight I was watching the TV… nothing exciting… and up popped the new iMac ad for the upteenth time. You know the one - with the white background and the new brushed metal macs dancing around, charming my bank card from the desk. Now in my heart, I know that I need a ThinkPad [...]

 
Cheaper alternatives to Vista
 
Run by James Hooker
A session discuss the many and varied cheaper alternatives to Windows Vista, useful for IT decision makers.
 
Basically what I’m trying to acheive here is to get small/medium IT support businesses and IT managers together to discuss how to recommend Linux based systems when they see the price tag [...]