http://textpattern.com/?v=4.0.6 Wikier.org - blog http://www.wikier.org/ Sergio Fernández Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:30:57 GMT HTC Magic and Android, my review android
Some weeks ago my old k800i died. The best choice could be the new N900 with Maemo5. But time and prize restrictions make difficult this option, so I decided to try other options.

Last week I finally got the portability of my number to Vodafone, and with that also my new mobile phone, a HTC Magic with Android. So after a week I think I’m in the right position to express my opinion about this device.

HTC Magic black

Although it sounds weird, I’d like to start enumerating its bad points:

  • The battery is really bullshit, less than one day. If you take care of shutdown some things (3G and WiFi mainly), I got two days. II’ve read that with other unofficial ROMs this time can be enlarged, but no time yet to check it.
  • I don’t really like the idea to lose the physical keyboard in a mobile phone. Although I’m starting to write faster with the on-screen keyboard, I’m quite faster writing on my N810.
  • Very few free software on the official Market. I still prefer the repository approach than a central market.
  • Although it’s a linux-based operative system, actually you don’t have a Linux device (as Maemo is). Therefore you can not access to the huge catalog of software that currently works on GNU/Linux.
  • And the camera is really bad :-/

A now the things that I like:

  • HTC is making a good work, the device moves well, it’s light and quite nice.
  • It’s an open source platform, at least mostly.
  • I’ve software for a big part of my needs. And I can developer whatever I want, not like in other platforms.
  • Integration with Google services is superb. It’s a pity not to have support for voice/video in GTalk (as we have in Maemo two years ago), but that looks more a commercial problem (phone operators won’t allow it) than technical.
  • 24/7 connectivity is amazing. For the first time I can enjoy my own connection since I moved to my new flat.

I’ve to say that the platform is still in a very early stage of development. Without going further, this week Android 1.6 SDK was released. Let’s see how far it goes…

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/htc-magic-and-android-my-review Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:33:42 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-09-16:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/339a18b0916062e1ecc3980025b0c3c3 SDoW2009 After a shot holidays in Sardinia, I’m back to announce the 2nd International Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDoW2009), that will be held at Washington in October, co-located with the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2009). We’ve just send out the CfP, contributions are welcomed until July 24th August 10th.

SDoW2009

I’m very proud to co-chair for the second consecutive year this workshop with John, Uldis and Alex. Last year in Karlsruhe we enjoyed an amazing day, let see what we can get this year.

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/sdow2009 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:41:23 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-06-16:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/b7ab902a0159304931cf99f5113ef084 Migrating to libre.fm Some weeks ago I decided not to use more last.fm. Thanks to a set of python scripts, today I completed the migration of my tracklist to libre.fm. It’s nice to know that I’m the owner of my own data :-)

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/migrating-to-librefm Tue, 12 May 2009 17:31:48 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-05-12:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/3fdc6829e9248fafb3e17e3e5fc34ea6 Bocanegra revives Today SEAT presented in the Barcelona Motor Show the new Ibiza Bocanegra:

Ibiza Bocanegra

Too nice to be real…

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/bocanegra-revives Thu, 07 May 2009 22:21:56 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-05-08:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/3a892dabd01c784372292400dd96805b Two Free Software weeks in Asturias The previous week the course «El Software Libre, fundamentos e impacto en la sociedad» started at the University of Oviedo, with the collaboration of CTIC Foundation and Morfeo Project. Yesterday it was the last session. And I’d like to say that, in spite of the heterogeneity of students, I’m very happy with the result of this academic experiment, and it might not be the last.

But in the middle of these two weeks of course, AsturLiNUX celebrated its 10th anniversary with a brief event last Saturday. Although I’m a little bit missing this year, I’m sure the association can continue many more years helping to spread the free software in Asturias.

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/two-free-software-weeks-in-asturias Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:08:35 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-04-25:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/3fbe899c9e0877c07fa673ae21a2e2f9 Mailing Lists and Social Semantic Web Social Web EvolutionToday I’ve received my printed copy of the book Social Web Evolution: Integrating Semantic Applications and Web 2.0 Technologies, which includes a chapter titled Mailing Lists and Social Semantic Web gathering all the work made these last years around SWAML, SIOC, mailing lists and the Social Semantic Web.

This is the first book that I’ve written, so I’m very proud of it. Thank you to the co-authors of the chapter (Diego, Lian, Labra and Patricia), the editors of the book, and all the people that help us during these years.

If someone wants to take a look at book, you can find it on Amazon or just use the preview provided by Google Books.

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/mailing-lists-and-social-semantic-web Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:31:03 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-03-25:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/c83aee87e2e1f8fc1e0f23d8214e5dd2 Bye bye last.fm Last.fm Radio will soon require a payment subscription, so that means the end of three years and a half using it. I pay for other services, such as hosting, flickr and other; but not just to share the list of the music I usually listen (I don’t really use radios too much).

(via elpais.com)

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/bye-bye-lastfm Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:06:46 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-03-25:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/6c64346e24dd75c4f7790677b17c380a Put your data on the Web

Now, I want you to put your data on the Web.

Tim Berners-Lee on his talk about the 20th birthday of World Wide Web and talking about Linked Data.

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/put-your-data-on-the-web Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:23:22 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-03-16:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/97bd565f48eb4bcf3102d2226bac58a9 Updated LOD cloud figure The LOD cloud figure has been updated by Anja Jentzsch and Chris Bizer. Thanks for their effort, now we also have a nice colored version according the application areas of each dataset:

LOD cloud figure as March 2009

Really nice. And RDFohloh is already there :-)

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/updated-lod-cloud-figure Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:51:13 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-03-06:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/203d6a6da519c59cdc43acfe93ea4f4e Language and science

It is impossible to disassociate language from science or science from language, because every natural science always involves three things: the sequence of phenomena on which the science is based, the abstract concepts which call these phenomena to mind, and the words in which the concepts are expressed. To call forth a concept, a word is needed; to portray a phenomenon, a concept is needed. All three mirror one and the same reality.

Antoine Lavoisier, 1789

Cited in the preface in a quite interesting book that I’ve just discovered.

]]> http://www.wikier.org/blog/language-and-science Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:04:13 GMT Sergio Fernández tag:www.wikier.org,2009-03-04:c871469d6ae4aa2fe296223309e7d833/14cfe481ed79095c9f93966b756c6c7a