Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 13:07 -0800, Sameer Verma wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I must admit it took me some time to get used to the concept of a >> journal that captures all that you do, and saves it, along with >> versioning, date and time. Additionally, the ability to add tags and >> description is great. >> > > I'm very happy to hear this. Unfortunately, the implementation is still > very imperfect and lacks some fundamental features. We are trying to > find the resources needed to keep developing as fast as we would like. > > Don't know from whom comes the original idea of having a journal-like > organization of user-produced content on the laptop. If I had to guess, > I would say Ivan, Eben or Walter. > > >> What I didn't expect is that I would get used to it so much that I would >> miss it in my regular work environment! I find my file manager and >> backup utilities to be primitive. With file managers, you have to go >> digging into drives, folders, and then look at time stamps. BTW, I use >> Ubuntu Gutsy as my primary interface. I boot into Windows XP about once >> a month (old habits...). Now that I've experienced the journal, I want >> it on my machine!!! >> > > Well, perhaps it will get to a nautilus window one of these days: > >
That would be terrific! > http://msevior.livejournal.com/19028.html > > >> I can [now] see how a person (child or otherwise) who has never used a >> file manager would not need one and would take to the journal. Of >> course, those of us who like it under the hood would want their /usr >> /var /etc to be there, but if you don't know about it, why bother? >> > > Right, is quite difficult for us to imagine how software should be for > people who haven't used a computer before. > > >> I wonder if anyone else has had this experience, or is my wine tainted :-) >> > > Please tell more about what you drink ;) > > Since you ask, its a rather interesting wine called Obsession, from Ironstone vineyards in California. Its inexpensive (USD 6 to 8) and goes really well with spicy (but not hot) tandoori chicken :-) http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor/tswa030402.phtml cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
