Minutes 2010-04-10

Attendees

 * Jimmy
 * Rick
 * Ralph
 * Paul

On Agenda

 * Open Forum Discussion

Discussion

 * Ralph discussed his project for a desktop app to interface to Twitter (and the challenges to an old-time compile-and-link-to-a.out programmer learning all about the modern IDEs, development project management, various artefacts of programming, UI design, maven, scons, netbeans, JavaFX etc. )
 * Nozbe (a Task/ToDo list management GTD webapp)
 * EverNote
 * MonkeyPirate TiddlyWiki
 * GTD - mnemonic for Getting Things Done
 * Paul queried the group on why K3b burns DVDs at 4x vs 8x, tho windows will burn faster on same hardware
 * Rick reviewed the recent functions of the ubuntu LoCo - InstallFest in Feb, EdTech day in March and the Lucid Lynx release party in Waterloo on May 1, 2010
 * Discussed lubuntu - LXDE
 * Voice Control for linux - Gnome Voice Control
 * We attempted a quick install of ArchLinux .. there didn't seem to be a live CD for Arch .. but space invaders was fun.

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