Re: [Ubuntu-be] [OT] Huur een student
> Hey, > > This seems like a great initiative. > I've just started a course in marketing and for our groupworks and thesis > it would have been great if there was a platform where we could get in > touch with some companies and find great topics to work on. Both parties > would benefit. > > I see that you limit yourself to "studentenjobs". Maybe you could broaden > this to study topics and cooperations? This way, the site would feel less > like "yet another job site". > Just my 5 cents. ;-) Hey Lieze, Thanks for your reaction. You're probably right. I'm planning to bring companies into the loop too, but haven't decided in what form yet. On one hand, it would be cool to have a list of jobs/topics/opportunities so that the students can actively search for a match too. On the other hand, I kind of like the idea of "subscribe and relax": you just enter your details and wait for someone to contact you. Like it or not, but students are quite lazy, and maybe it's better to expect companies to be more actively involved in the employee-searching process than students in the employer-searching process. I might be wrong, I don't know. Time will tell I guess, but I like the idea of creating an offer of several topics where you can proactively get involved in a professional environment, linked to your thesis or assignment. More ideas are always welcome. ;-) > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Bram Biesbrouck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just started a new initiative to work together with students on various > > projects, some of them in the OS (planning a throughstart of > > captorials.com) > > world: > > http://www.huureenstudent.be > > > > The original idea behind it was that I don't really have the time anymore > > to > > continue my previous open-source initiatives, but I didn't want to > > abandon the projects at once. So I started this website to get in touch > > with some students who have the skills to continue working on them. > > Several customers of my company told me this was an interesting > > initiative, because it would enable them to get in touch with skilled > > students while bypassing the often expensive interim offices. This made > > me think: why not see things a little bigger and create a platform where > > everybody can get in touch with students that study someting related to > > the business you're in. It would enable me to > > find some students for my own cause, and in the meantime, help others out > > too. Maybe, if things would get big enough, I could start up some > > projects with funds coming from website-revenues. > > > > So, it's all still a bit fresh now, but the initial reactions I get from > > my fellow business-partners indicate this is interesting enough to send > > out to some other people in the business. My apologies for the dutch > > language of the > > website; it's still in beta-phase until February, where I will decide if > > the > > project is viable or not, but I assume it will be, regarding the > > reactions on > > it. If all is well in February, I'll get it translated, and market it for > > the > > entire country. > > > > So if you plan to start up an OS-project yourself, or you're just in need > > of > > some cheap but skilled temporary employees, have a look; some 100 > > students enlisted themself up until now, some of them seem to be very > > interesting computer-minded people. > > > > Please send this through to your friends or colleagues if you think it > > might > > interest them too. > > > > If you find this mail offensive due to the OT content, my apologies. > > > > bram > > > > -- > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
[Ubuntu-be] [OT] Huur een student
Hi all, I just started a new initiative to work together with students on various projects, some of them in the OS (planning a throughstart of captorials.com) world: http://www.huureenstudent.be The original idea behind it was that I don't really have the time anymore to continue my previous open-source initiatives, but I didn't want to abandon the projects at once. So I started this website to get in touch with some students who have the skills to continue working on them. Several customers of my company told me this was an interesting initiative, because it would enable them to get in touch with skilled students while bypassing the often expensive interim offices. This made me think: why not see things a little bigger and create a platform where everybody can get in touch with students that study someting related to the business you're in. It would enable me to find some students for my own cause, and in the meantime, help others out too. Maybe, if things would get big enough, I could start up some projects with funds coming from website-revenues. So, it's all still a bit fresh now, but the initial reactions I get from my fellow business-partners indicate this is interesting enough to send out to some other people in the business. My apologies for the dutch language of the website; it's still in beta-phase until February, where I will decide if the project is viable or not, but I assume it will be, regarding the reactions on it. If all is well in February, I'll get it translated, and market it for the entire country. So if you plan to start up an OS-project yourself, or you're just in need of some cheap but skilled temporary employees, have a look; some 100 students enlisted themself up until now, some of them seem to be very interesting computer-minded people. Please send this through to your friends or colleagues if you think it might interest them too. If you find this mail offensive due to the OT content, my apologies. bram -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
[Ubuntu-be] KBC-for-business and linux, pt2
Hey guys, A while ago, I asked everyone for some hints/comments/suggestions about the fact that my KBC-online-for-business didn't have support for Linux. A lot of reactions later, I visited my KBC-agent and explained her this is of pretty large importance to me, since I don't have any M$ boxes at all in my company. She said the only thing she could do was prolong my old password-key protected account some more, and file a complaint to the KBC tech staff. So she did. Now, this morning actually, I received a phone call from a technical KBC employee, explaining to me that my complaint has been discussed, and he can formally tell me there will be no support for any other OS than MS Windows. Wait, there's more. He did have a solution ready for me (since he privately uses Linux too, whow); install VirtualBox/VMware/... and run Windows on your Linux box, use IE, and access your KBC-account like that... Then, I told him this isn't really a structural solution, since I don't have any MS license, and I don't wanna pay 100+ euro, just to access my KBC-online account (actually, I lied, I do have a license on my laptop, but I don't want to use my laptop for checking my bank-statements, and the license is bound to that machine). I continued asking him why it's so difficult for a company like KBC to hire a couple of Linux-developers, and adapt/adopt their system, so it works on Linux/Mac/Solaris/... too, after all, it's a _business_ account, and I expect it to be more flexible than my personal one. He said: hey, it's not us, blame Isabel, they're the ones that don't support other OS's. Once again, I continued, asking him why other banks succeed where KBC seems to be failing? "Well, because they don't use Isabel, we're the only one that are providing this excellent service". I don't know about other banks, but to me, this seems like a bold statement to make. Another solution was to switch back to a regular account, and use their regular login-apparatus instead. Seems like a stupid solution to me too; once again, businesses want their banks to be more flexible. Anyway, now I know there's no luck in having Linux-support for my KBC-for-business. I think I'm going to look for another bank, at least for my business account, since this is unacceptable. Any suggestions? bram -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
Re: [Ubuntu-be] KBC Business
On Wednesday 28 May 2008 15:16:38 Johan Beckers wrote: > Wouter Horré schreef: > > I agree. If possible, close your account and move it somewhere else. > > Doesn't have to be AXA though. Dexia, for example, also supports > > linux/mac. > > Hmm ... following this thread with more than normal interest. > I'm about to move my accounts to a new bank before this summer, and > guess what, looking for a 100% Linux compliant bank :) > > BTW: is there some sort of "Business owners running 100% Ubuntu/Linux > usergroup" in Belgium? Well, if there were, I would subscribe mine ;-) b. -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
Re: [Ubuntu-be] KBC Business
On Wednesday 28 May 2008 12:18:47 Steven Leeman wrote: > 2008/5/28 Bram Biesbrouck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Beste cliënt, > > KBC-Online for Business met beveiliging eBusiness Card is compatibel met > > PC (Windows) en in combinatie met Internet Explorer. Op de website > > www.kbc.be/welkom worden alle vereiste stappen die moeten uitgevoerd > > worden > > voor de installatie weergegeven. Apple wordt niet ondersteund en Linux > > wordt > > helaas ook niet ondersteund door KBC net zoals zijn tientallen > > UNIX-varianten. > > is this the infamous "Isabel" application? No, I guess not. Although it's probably linked to it, it's another "more-secure" way of logging into their website. I received an "eBusiness Card" (smartcard) that I need to plug into the USB-reader to log into the website. -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
[Ubuntu-be] KBC Business
Hi all, I just got message from my bank (KBC) that I need to upgrade my KBC-business-account. Now, instead of using a separate card-reader like the private accounts, they are forcing me to use an USB smartcard-reader, which, you guessed it, doesn't work on Linux. A mail to their technical staff doesn't show much respect for other OS's: Beste cliënt, KBC-Online for Business met beveiliging eBusiness Card is compatibel met PC (Windows) en in combinatie met Internet Explorer. Op de website www.kbc.be/welkom worden alle vereiste stappen die moeten uitgevoerd worden voor de installatie weergegeven. Apple wordt niet ondersteund en Linux wordt helaas ook niet ondersteund door KBC net zoals zijn tientallen UNIX-varianten. In short: "we chose to support Windows-only, cause none of our clients use Mac, Linux or Unix-computers to access their bank accounts." I'm asking myself what kind of R&D-managers are working at KBC. I figure that, instead of hiring a tech-staff that knows how to do M$-programming, it really can't be that hard to use some imagination, and hire one that knows how to program for a UNIX environment too. Funds aren't the issue here too, I presume... Any of you got experience in handling these kind of issues? I suppose an angry mail to some support-guy won't do much in this case. cheers, b. -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
[Ubuntu-be] wanted: sponsoring for captorials
Hi all, Some of you might know me of the Captorials/ScreenKast project. In short: ScreenKast is a (KDE-based) client that captures your screen, offering the possibility to add commentboxes (so no audio) and do some (very basic) editing/exporting. Captorials is a webservice/website that accepts recordings from ScreenKast, processes them and makes them available on the website for anyone to consultate. The idea is/was to create a visual helpdesk, created by Linux-enthousiasts around the world. In the past, I lost my interest for various reasons, but the main ones were financial ones. Now that I have a relative steady income and a tiny of my time to spare, I'd like to give the project a new start (partly because of interest from the community). However, I'm looking for someone who wants to sponsor the hosting for the captorials webservice/website. If hardware is an issue, I've two Dell Poweredge servers laying here, which I'm willing to 'donate' to the project, assuming someone can help me out with the rackspace and uplink. The uplink should be sufficient for a video-oriented website. I don't have any details on this, but I guess 5Mbit/s is a minimum requirement. Hope to hear from someone. bram -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
Re: [Ubuntu-be] captorials, throughstart
Streaming video is pretty needy. At least a 5Mbit connection I guess. On the other hand, shell access, tomcat or jboss, php, mysql5, ... If it becomes popular, large storage is a plus, too. I have 2 servers of my own (1x1U, 1x2U), so actually, just some rackspace is sufficient... b. On Wednesday 04 April 2007 12:35, Cedric Janssens wrote: > What king of resources do you need on servers ? > > 2007/4/4, Bram Biesbrouck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi all, > > > > As some of you know, I've been involved in open-source videohelpdesking > > (Captorials and ScreenKast). Due to a lot of factors, mainly > > money-related, > > I've been forced to retract my two servers from the datacentre of my main > > sponsor (E-Bo Enterprises, which I'm still grateful for the delivered > > service). > > > > However, a webservice can't be in the air without servers, so this means > > the > > captorials project is (temporarily) dead. Since my interest in > > videohelpdesking is kicking in again, and I'm making some (very little) > > money > > with endless side-projects, I'd like to re-introduce videohelpdesking > > into the community, but this time, not alone, but with some fellow > > interested people. > > > > Here's the concept: find some people who think alike and have access to > > some > > resources (servers, datacentre-space, dev-skills, influence in some > > soft-companies, etc) to spare. The idea would be rethink the whole > > project, > > using all the software already written (by me), but this time, completely > > open-source; server, client, webservice. This is the *idealogical* idea. > > Perhaps I'll have to compromise here and there, but I feel the interest > > from > > inside the community for videohelpdesking is still there, so perhaps some > > people feel like joining this project. > > > > Please respond to this mail if you think you have some interesting > > ideas... > > > > bram > > > > -- > > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
[Ubuntu-be] captorials, throughstart
Hi all, As some of you know, I've been involved in open-source videohelpdesking (Captorials and ScreenKast). Due to a lot of factors, mainly money-related, I've been forced to retract my two servers from the datacentre of my main sponsor (E-Bo Enterprises, which I'm still grateful for the delivered service). However, a webservice can't be in the air without servers, so this means the captorials project is (temporarily) dead. Since my interest in videohelpdesking is kicking in again, and I'm making some (very little) money with endless side-projects, I'd like to re-introduce videohelpdesking into the community, but this time, not alone, but with some fellow interested people. Here's the concept: find some people who think alike and have access to some resources (servers, datacentre-space, dev-skills, influence in some soft-companies, etc) to spare. The idea would be rethink the whole project, using all the software already written (by me), but this time, completely open-source; server, client, webservice. This is the *idealogical* idea. Perhaps I'll have to compromise here and there, but I feel the interest from inside the community for videohelpdesking is still there, so perhaps some people feel like joining this project. Please respond to this mail if you think you have some interesting ideas... bram -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
[Ubuntu-be] [OT] Bisou Sucré
Hi all, you Belgian co-ubuntu-enthusiasts. A few monts ago, I wrote you all to ask for some creative minds regarding a gig I'm organising, called Bisou Sucré. Some of you responded, some did not. Since the event is coming close, and you're all a bit my target-audience (sometimes, art, designing and people with alternative OS's have a lot in common), here's a bit more information regarding Bisou. It'll be a night, packed with art and culture, on a very unique and exclusive location. >>> Our guests DJ's Starski&Tonic Foxylane live Grafiti artists VJ Flimmerflitzer Artgallery Arstudio Live classic instruments Improvisationists Professional dancers Live painters >>> all of this ... ... in an Amusement park by the sea ... Date and place: Earth Explorer, Ostend - March 31 If you're interested; FREE TICKETS to be won at: http://www.bisousucre.com Sorry for the spammy nature of this mail (oh, there come spamassassin and bogofilter, crap), but some of you might be interested in the event. 'gards, b. -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
