Beijing Software Freedom Day: A fire breathing Dragon of a success!
Well, we came, we championed, we explained, we lobbied and we taught. We laughed, we gathered, we swapped tales and we helped clear up some misconceptions. The sun was out, the sky was blue(ish – not...
View ArticleICP Certificates, Beijing Linux User Group Compliance
Well, the thing is, in China, you have to have a licence to have a website, called an ICP. It costs money if you are commercial, even more money if an e-commerce site, as well as a bank deposit with a...
View ArticleWimax Getting Closer in Beijing! Boxes Sighted!
I was making a surprise visit to our data centre today to see if the mice were at play while yours truly, the big cat was away. Out the front I saw all these boxes being unloaded by the truckload. I...
View ArticleOpen Office Conference Confirmed for Beijing
Yay! Go read www.beijinglug.org for more. Now if only IDG could put on a half decent Linux World instead of the token crap they excrete out like a constipated hippo.
View ArticleTweetup Beijing with Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss and Glenn Mcelhose
Awesome night. Feeling a bit seedy now as I get ready for my 11am – however met a bunch of cool people that share this city with me and of course Kevin, Tim and Glenn. Like most tech meet ups in China,...
View ArticleTaking Andy Ihnatko around MY Beijing
Been a busy week for visiting tech celebs here in Beijing! First Kevin Rose and his tea tour group and now Andy Ihnatko. Well it was a long day (especially with a not yet quite right broken ankle on...
View ArticleKevin Rose Beijing, Cleaning up
Going through some old scans from last year (bit of a back log). Here is one I took of Kevin Rose (digg.com founder) when I took him out for Chaunr after a regrettably too lately planned and informed...
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