If we can just left alone to do the job our self without interference..... Or a sign that writes "PROFESSIONAL AT WORK, POLITICIAN KEEP OUT"
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Boh Heong Yap <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Raja, > > Happy new year, I always had an iPhone, it's just that it was a 'cracked' > 1st generation one, which was stuck with IOs 2.x (since every time you > upgrade, it had to be cracked again! I didn't bother; plus I'm not an > AppStore junkie. So that old phone seved we well. > > Then I got iPhone4 (not S), when a relative upgraded to the 4s. It was > tied to Maxis, and I am Digi user, so I put off cracking it as I am busy > with other things. That was about until 2 weeks ago, then I lost my older > iPhone, and was forced to crack the 'new' phone. So I now use that, and > have lighttpd and SSHD running on it! Now to find a decent TTY app and then > I can ssh into my servers! > > Then I 'discovered' it had a very good Gmail, and Apple .mac mail app, and > set it up with IMAP and both services support push mail so I now do most > of my short mails on the iPhone. For long mails or when I need to cut & > paste stuff, like blocks of logs or code, then I use the notebook. I find > 3G good enough for most things and if I need higher bandwidth, Wifi does > OK. It moves between wifi and 3G transparently, except in places that you > have to log in. If passwords are saved in keychains, then that its really > transparent, like with my home wifi. > > Yes call me a 'caveman'; all that passed me by becos my old iPhone didn't > even have 3G! So it was mainly used as a phone/PDA, not a mobile Internet > device! > > And I still do carry my MacBook wherever I go, it's just that I do of > pull it out so often. > > I've been busy lately, involved in a start-up, and doing the MDeC, Cradle > merry go round. Got a chance to talk to some real silicon valley experts > (VC, angels, founders, not some local wannabes), thru Innotech Malaysia, > Silicon Valley comes to Malaysia events. Really inspiring, hence the > disappointment in seeing the 'impedence mismatch(contradiction)' in > policies and strategy between those events and stupid policy on edu, and > now the BCPM! > > How to achieve ETP(economic transformation program), let alone achieve it > by 2020? > > > Regds. Boh > Sent from my iPhone. > > On 12/01/2012, at 4:03 PM, Raja Iskandar Shah <rajaiskand...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Boh, you have an iPhone now ? > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Boh Heong Yap <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If only our gov. & edu institutions are so enlightened! >> Can they make a U-turn after heading down the wrong direction for so long? >> >> And now with Sc. & Tech. Ministry also seeming to go the wrong way; with >> the CPB, will Malaysia be less and less competitive in the global economy? >> >> Will we be "...left behind in the e-dust of the K-economy"? >> >> Regds. Boh >> Sent from my iPhone. >> >> On 11/01/2012, at 3:17 PM, Raja Iskandar Shah <rajaiskand...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> More stuff happening in the UK >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/series/digital-literacy-campaign >> >> I wonder if Google could support the articles in the upcoming Koperasi >> magazine ? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Raja Iskandar Shah < >> rajaiskand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jan/11/michael-gove-boring-it-lessons >>> >>> Michael Gove to scrap 'boring' IT lessons >>> >>> Schools to be given freedom to run cutting-edge computer classes under >>> plans for open source curriculum >>> >>> The teaching of computer science in school is to be dramatically >>> overhauled, with the existing programme of study scrapped to make way for >>> new lessons designed by industry and universities, Michael >>> Gove<http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/michaelgove> will >>> announce on Wednesday. >>> >>> In a speech, the education secretary will say the existing curriculum in >>> Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has left children "bored out >>> of their minds being taught how to use Word and Excel by bored teachers". >>> >>> Instead he will, in effect, create an "open source" curriculum in >>> computer science by giving >>> schools<http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/schools> the >>> freedom to use teaching resources designed with input from leading >>> employers and academics, in changes that will come into effect this >>> September. >>> >>> The announcement follows pressure from businesses critical of a >>> shortage of computer-literate >>> recruits<http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/09/computer-science-courses-digital-skills> >>> – >>> a deficit highlighted by a Guardian >>> campaign<http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/series/digital-literacy-campaign> >>> launched >>> this week. >>> >>> ICT will remain compulsory and will still be taught at every stage of >>> the curriculum. In a speech to >>> BETT<http://bettshow.com/bett/website/Default.aspx?refer=1>, >>> a trade fair which showcases educational technology, Gove will say Britain >>> should revive the legacy of the mathematician and wartime codebreaker Alan >>> Turing <http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/alan-turing> by creating a >>> generation of young people able to work at the forefront of technological >>> change. >>> >>> He will say: "Imagine the dramatic change which could be possible in >>> just a few years, once we remove the roadblock of the existing ICT >>> curriculum. Instead of children bored out of their minds being taught how >>> to use Word and Excel by bored teachers, we could have 11-year-olds able to >>> write simple 2D computer animations using an MIT tool called Scratch. >>> >>> "By 16, they could have an understanding of formal logic previously >>> covered only in university courses and be writing their own apps for >>> smartphones." >>> >>> A consultation on the plans will be launched next week. Ministers are >>> keen to see universities and businesses creating a new computer science >>> GCSE and developing a curriculum that encourages schools to make use of >>> computer science content on the web. IBM and Microsoft are already working >>> on a pilot GCSE curriculum. >>> >>> The British Computer Society <http://www.bcs.org/> (BCS) has developed >>> a curriculum for key stages three and four – the years leading up to GCSE – >>> which has had input from Microsoft, Google and Cambridge University. >>> >>> In the speech, Gove will set out the government's thinking on computer >>> science and cite its transformational impact on other disciplines. >>> >>> He will say: "Twenty years ago, medicine was not an information >>> technology. Now, genomes have been decoded and the technologies of >>> biological engineering and synthetic biology are transforming medicine. The >>> boundary between biology and IT is already blurring into whole new fields, >>> like bioinformatics. >>> >>> "Twenty years ago, only a tiny number of specialists knew what the >>> internet was and what it might shortly become. Now billions of people and >>> trillions of cheap sensors are connecting to each other, all over the world >>> – and more come online every minute of every day." >>> >>> He will pay tribute to Turing as a hero who "laid the foundation stones >>> on which all modern computing rests". >>> >>> The speech will be critical of the failure of existing ICT provision. He >>> will say: "Our school system has not prepared children for this new world. >>> Millions have left school over the past decade without even the basics they >>> need for a decent job. And the current curriculum cannot prepare British >>> students to work at the very forefront of technological change." >>> >>> Outlining the changes, he will say: "The traditional approach would have >>> been to keep the programme of study in place for the next four years while >>> we assembled a panel of experts, wrote a new ICT curriculum, spent a >>> fortune on new teacher training, and engaged with exam boards for new ICT >>> GCSEs <http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/gcses> that would become >>> obsolete almost immediately. We will not be doing that. Technology in >>> schools will no longer be micromanaged by Whitehall. By withdrawing the >>> programme of study, we're giving schools and teachers freedom over what and >>> how to teach; revolutionising ICT as we know it." >>> >>> The reform of ICT in schools was welcomed by industry. Peter Barron, >>> Google's director of external relations for the UK, said: "We are delighted >>> that the government has recognised the importance of computer science >>> teaching in schools. Too few UK students have had the opportunity to study >>> true computer science, resulting in a workforce that lacks the key skills >>> needed to help drive the UK's economic growth. We look forward to seeing >>> how these new educational resources develop, based on teaching how computer >>> software works rather than simply how to use it." >>> >>> Richard Allan, Facebook's director of policy in Europe, said: "Facebook >>> welcomes the government's plans to make ICT teaching in schools more >>> interesting and relevant for young people. We need to improve our young >>> people's skills in this area for the UK to be truly competitive in the >>> digital age. >>> >>> "Businesses also need to play their part in helping to equip young >>> people with the digital skills they need." >>> >>> Bill Mitchell, director of BCS Academy of Computing, which was set up to >>> promote computer science as an academic discipline, said: "BCS is extremely >>> pleased that Michael Gove has publicly endorsed the importance of teaching >>> computer science in schools." >>> >>> Genevieve Smith Nunes, an IT and business studies teacher at Dorothy >>> Stringer high school in Brighton, also welcomed the announcement. She said: >>> "In my own school we have developed our own programme of study anyway, >>> because of the constraints that ICT has – but still incorporating all of >>> the elements that are there [in the existing curriculum]. >>> >>> "If they scrapped ICT, then a lot of teachers might feel that their jobs >>> are at risk – depending on how Gove presents that. That wouldn't be a worry >>> at my school because we're quite forward- thinking about what students need. >>> >>> "By taking away what is prescriptive, it would allow the teacher and >>> student to develop the [computer science] curriculum together and make it >>> effective, creative and thoughtful … If universities are going to help us >>> develop the curriculum content that can only be a benefit from the >>> classroom teacher's perspective." >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ >> >> Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 >> MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ >> >> Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 >> MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ > > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 > MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ > > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 > MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- Just a random living organic computer code generator -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/
