List of open source packages

I came across this list of free and open source software packages from wikipedia. It is quite a comprehensive list that has categories such as Science, Theology,Networking and Games.
Before purchasing a software I will definitely take a look at this list. Two software I currently use from this list are RSS Bandit and KeePass.
RSS Bandit I tried it after my previous RSS reader crashed too many times. RSS bandit is written in .NET and it syncs my Google Reader Account
KeePass I find useful to store and encrypt my passwords. You have the option to install on your PC or have it on a flash drive.

Due to the economic climate of 2008, some companies started to look to open source in a effort to reduce IT cost. Why not you ?

I still do not have a smart phone

In one of my earlier posts I had mentioned that I still own a compaq ipaq;however after no more software support (especially for new dates for daylight savings time) it was time to move on and say good bye.

Enter my ipod touch. Still no smart phone;however I can make skype-to-skype calls once I have wifi access. I am currently enjoying my ipod touch, especially the World Cup 2010 apps.

Will I be getting a smart phone ? Who knows, as ubiquitous computing becomming more and more pervasive chances are I will. It took me many years to move away from my compaq ipaq, so only time will how ubiqutous computing will evolve.

My first Google sites wiki

As part of my Organization Behavior course I had to work with a group to write a paper. This was an online course and my group consisted of 4 individuals. Since this course was a purely online, the team had to work together virtually.

One of the first challenges we met was how to share the document. It was suggested to use a wiki. I took the challenge and because of the tight deadline use the Google sites wiki.

I found the Google sites wiki very user friendly and very customizable. The on-line help was very descriptive of how to make your own changes to the wiki.

I had only two issues with the wiki: (1)I did not observe the ability to execute a ‘diff’ on two versions of the same document. Hence you could not compare version 1 and version 2 of the document to see what the changes were. (2) It appears you need a Google account to be a member of the wiki authorized to make changes. My fellow team members did not have Google accounts, so I had to create a Google account for the entire team.

Overall I like to Google sites wiki. Hopefully the Google sites team can address the two issues