Daniel Brookshier's Blog http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/ en-us 2006-04-07T16:37:15-08:00 JXTA at 5 Years Old http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2006/04/jxta_at_5_years.html There are still a few things that big business needs like out of the box presence, identity management, and a true P2P database.... Quick Links Kerika - http://www.kerika.com/ JXTA - http://www.jxta.org/ JXTA Commons Project - https://commons.jxta.org/ JXTA Company Spotlight - http://www.jxta.org/companies/companyarchive.html JXTA is just about to turn 5 years old. Community turbogeek 2006-04-07T16:37:15-08:00 JXTA in Belgium! http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2006/03/jxta_in_belgium.html The JXTA world is indeed spread all over the world. This time Daniel Brookshier talks with one of the Belgium developers of JaDiMo, Steven Palmaers. JaDiMo started out as a school project and is now moving into commercialization. This one of the more industrious applications using JXTA which depends on J2ME to create mobile P2P. Read on to learn more... Community turbogeek 2006-03-22T08:41:56-08:00 An Interview with a P2P/JXTA Brazlillian http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2006/02/an_interview_wi_1.html JXTA is very often becoming subject for study by students getting a Masters degree. Edward Ribeiro is a Student at the at University of Brasilia doing some interesting work on JXTA. Daniel Brookshier sat down via email for a chat about what he is doing with JXTA.

]]> turbogeek 2006-02-16T00:48:22-08:00 Juxta-CAT: A JXTA project in Spain at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2006/02/juxtacat_a_jxta.html Joan has just started a new project in the JXTA community at java.net. His project https://juxtacat.dev.java.net/ is just starting, but looks very interesting. Here is his description of the project: The jxta-based project, called Juxta-CAT, is an effort to... Community: JXTA turbogeek 2006-02-16T00:47:59-08:00 An interview with Brian Koontz, creator of the Open Source Technology program at North Lake College http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/11/an_interview_wi.html Open Source for college credit? Yes, it's true! Daniel interviews Brian Koontz, Computer Science program coordinator and OSS zealot at North Lake College. Brian created a certificate program for Open Source Technology at North Lake College in Texas. Daniel Brookshier interviews Brian about the certificate and the open source impact of open source.

]]> Community: Global Education and Learning Community turbogeek 2005-11-17T17:16:20-08:00 New Projects in the Education and Learning Comunity http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/10/new_projects_in_14.html From those clicker devices we see in modern classrooms to math, teacher aids and study tools, the GELC is happy to welcome eight new projects. Click for more, but here is a summary of what's new this week.

clicker - Open source "clicker" implementation

Monos - Monos Algebra Software
papaf - Path Planning Framework
CLEW - Collegiate Educational Website (CLEW)
StudyBuddy - Mindmapping, essay organiser, revison scheduler
wordsearchpuzzle - A project for a programming class
OnlineExamination - A user friendly exam
Open-Gradebook - A easy to use, non-intrusive grading system for teachers.

]]> Community: Global Education and Learning Community turbogeek 2005-10-06T11:57:51-08:00 New Projects in the Education & Learning Community http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/09/new_projects_in_13.html The Global Education and Learning Community continues to grow. Again we have a wide range from student-based exploration, teaching tools, Chinese language learning to an innovative healthcare application (using JXTA). The projects are from around the world and include Viet Nam, USA, China, and Brazil. Read on for more information about all of these cool projects.

]]> Community: Global Education and Learning Community turbogeek 2005-09-07T15:22:12-08:00 TilePile - Making the art of Java really about art http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/08/tilepile_making.html Greg Barton has created what I think is the first project in the GELC you would find in the art classroom. Right now the software is already used by a professional artists and five middle school art classrooms . Take a look at the TilePile Project too and if you think it is cool as I do, look up your art teacher and send them Greg's way.

]]> Community: Global Education and Learning Community turbogeek 2005-08-11T14:38:04-08:00 CVE and Wippog project Spotlight http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/08/cve_and_wippog.html Sometimes you find a really interesting project. Today's spolight is a combination of two projects in the Gloabal Education and Learning Community (GELC). CVE is a cooperative visual environment and Wipog is a transition definition language for reactive systems. The CVE project used Wipog. turbogeek 2005-08-10T02:05:47-08:00 Project Spotlight on JEDI - They are teaching Java in the Philippines! http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/08/project_spotlig_3.html Java Education & Development Initiative (JEDI) is a collaboration between Sun and the University of the Philippines Java Research and Development Center. JEDI aims to equip teachers with the knowledge, skills and resources to teach Java and students to have resources for learning. Read on for more information on this very innovative project.

]]> Accessibility turbogeek 2005-08-10T01:44:26-08:00 Open Source for Capitalists, Part 1 - Free prize inside http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/08/open_source_for.html How do you make money from open source? Daniel Brookshier starts a journey to answer this question with an idea called: Free Prize Inside.

]]> Business turbogeek 2005-08-10T00:46:56-08:00 Project Spotlight on JEDI - They are teaching Java in the Philippines! http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/08/project_spotlig_2.html Java Education & Development Initiative (JEDI) is a collaboration between Sun and the University of the Philippines Java Research and Development Center. JEDI aims to equip teachers with the knowledge, skills and resources to teach Java and students to have resources for learning. Read on for more information on this very innovative project.

]]> Community turbogeek 2005-08-09T23:11:26-08:00 New: 3D Math, Viet Nam eLearning, Vocabulary & Open Grade Book in Global Education & Learning Community http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/07/new_3d_math_vie.html More projects in the Global Education & Learning Community. Here is this week's crop of great ideas from three countries:
o nb-elearning - eLearning Portal Services for Viet Nam
o Open Gradebook - Open source gradebook for teachers
o VICS3D - Interactive Visualizer of Curves and Discrete 3D Surfaces (Portuguese Interface)
o Dictionary - Learning a vocabulary of an specified idiom

]]> Community turbogeek 2005-07-15T11:07:59-08:00 Swing Set 3 - The Rotary Bazooka T-Shirt launcher http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/07/swing_set_3_the.html Take a look at the second place winner for the t-shirt chucking contest at JavaOne. Community turbogeek 2005-07-02T02:32:57-08:00 Open Source and the Puppet Master - Thinking Like John Gage http://weblogs.java.net/blog/turbogeek/archive/2005/06/open_source_and.html John Gage meets a puppet named Juggy at JavaOne. Juggy is a great little Java Finch and is the mascot of the Java User Group community at Java.net. But there are Brazilians, open source, and healthcare too. John Gage+Juggy+Brazilians=serendipity. Read on for more!

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