Posts Tagged “FOSS”
Speak out loud at Refresh Colombo
by Nazly on March 2, 2011
By now you would have heard about the Refresh Colombo meetup which happens every month. In a nutshell, Refresh Colombo brings all the technology, Internet, Web, Mobile and Social Media enthusiasts into a place where they could share knowledge and (…)
Get your Emails back in Thunderbird after Ubuntu upgrade
by Nazly on March 1, 2011
Due to the unavailability of proprietary drivers for my VGA card since Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), I have been using Hardy as I couldn’t give up on working with dual screens. Though I tried upgrading when ever there was a (…)
Come to Refresh Colombo tomorrow
by Nazly on November 24, 2010
In my personal opinion the last Refresh Colombo meetup was the best we had so far. But I get even more excited when I look at the topics lined up for tomorrow. It’s that time again where all the tech (…)
Short, Sweet WordPress Video
by Nazly on November 20, 2010
Came across this 5 min short video that gives a great overview of WordPress. In this video Matt Mullenweg, shares his experience about how WordPress and his company Automattic has come this far. Hats off to Matt for his hard (…)
Refresh Colombo October Meetup
by Nazly on October 27, 2010
Refresh Colombo October Meetup will be happening tomorrow (28th October 2010) at the Royal College Union Skills Centre from 5.15pm onwards. There are quite a few interesting topics lined up this time. I will be doing a session on WordPress (…)
Refresh Colombo
by Nazly on June 15, 2010
A bunch of tech enthusiasts have got together in organizing a meetup for the techy/geeky crowd in Colombo. It was organized in quick time and is scheduled to take place this Thursday. Its totally an informal meetup where we get (…)
Revamping lkgeeks.org
by Nazly on December 6, 2009
lkgeeks.org has been up there for a quite a while now but the traffic to the site seems to be declining at a considerable rate. In a nutshell lkgeeks.org is a Blog/Twitter aggregator that will give a quick glance at (…)
Showing the right path to alternative software
by Nazly on May 11, 2008
The news Raids against 'software pirates' in Colombo caught me by surprise this morning while I was going through the news papers. I'm not sure whether similar raids have been carried out in the past but it was unexpected. I'm (…)
100+ Resources for Web Developers
by Nazly on March 10, 2008
This is a fantastic list for Web Developers. 100+ Resources for Web Developers From the Blogpost : There is some amazing stuff out there on the Web-resources, tools, tricks, and tips. Problem is, as a Web developer, you spend so (…)
Software Freedom Day 2007
by Nazly on September 14, 2007
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide event that is celebrated annually on the third Saturday of each September. This year, it will be celebrated on the 15th of September. The goal of this celebration is "To educate the worldwide (…)
