Avinash Joshi

This is a nice video that I found today. Explains Sun in a nutshell.

Richard St. John tells us the Secret of success in just 8 words!!! This is actually a 2-hour presentation cut down to 3 minutes. Very powerful presentation. Kudos to tedsters :)
There is another good video availablea at Mr Richard’s site http://www.richardstjohn.com/download/Richardstjohn_at_TED.zip
Happy Success :D

“Almost all of us have childhood dreams; for example, being an astronaut, or making movies or video games for a living. Sadly, most people don’t achieve theirs, and I think that’s a shame. I had several specific childhood dreams, and I’ve actually achieved most of them.  More importantly, I have found ways, in particular the [...]

Sun Campus Ambassadors Talk about OSUM Clubs and student communities.
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/globalcommunities/

David Douglas, Senior Vice President of Cloud Computing and Chief Sustainability Officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Richard M Stallman told the Kerala crowd @FSFS, Trivandrum about the Church of Emacs!!

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by Jane Wells
This would be our trailer. Check out some of the upcoming new features and design changes in this sneak preview video, including how to customize your dashboard, the new comment reply feature, the new navigation system, and the customizable posting screen. When you’re finished watching, take the poll below the [...]

Here’s a small video clip that tells you what to expect at FOSS.IN/2008

“Will I get a job if I attend FOSS.IN?”
Let me be brutal – FOSS.IN is *not* about getting a job, it is about Free and Open Source Software. It just so happens that FOSS developers tend to be some of the smartest and savviest developers in the world. Which is why many companies, including FOSS.IN [...]

How it started
As a follow-up to the successful project Orange’s “Elephants Dream”, the Blender Foundation initiated another open movie project. Again a small team (7) of the best 3D artists and developers in the Blender community have been invited to come together to work in Amsterdam from October 2007 until April 2008 on completing a [...]

Randy Pausch Inspired Millions

Randy Pausch, the professor at Carnegie Mellon University who inspired countless students in the classroom and others worldwide through his highly acclaimed last lecture, has died of complications from pancreatic cancer on Friday, 25th July, 2008. He was 47.
Also a Carnegie Mellon alumnus, Pausch co-founded the Entertainment Technology Center and led researchers [...]

Please spend 5 minutes of your time to listen to the video

As Severn said her piece, her audience sat speechless. Some were teary-eyed; others sat their heads bent down in shame, while others simply nodded in agreement… Like them I was taken back -not only by the child’s maturity and wisdom but also by her [...]