The End
Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge call a day to Shot Of Jaq, and reminisce about the experience. Thanks to all of you for all of your wonderful discussions and contributions; it has been a blast!
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Facebook And Privacy
With everyone piling onto Facebook about privacy concerns, Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge dig into the issue to see if there is realy a problem or whether it is just a bunch of tin-foil hat wearers getting their knickers in a twist.
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? Do yo think there are reasonable privacy concerns with Facebook? Have you experience what you consider to be a breach of privacy? What can Facebook do to help quell these concerns?
Ubuntu Software Center Review
Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge take a look the Ubuntu Software Center and look at the good and bad points and what it poses for the future.
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? Do you like the Ubuntu Software Center? Does it do what you need it to do? Do you use something else which you think is better? Share your thoughts in the shot comments below…
Out With The Old
Between the Shot Of Jaq listenership there is probably thousands of old tired computers sitting in our houses gathering dust. Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge explore what we can use these aging dinosaurs for and what challenges we face in revitalizing them.
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? What do you use your old computers for? Do you know some cool software tools that can make that old machine useful again? What challenges have you faced and how did you overcome them?
The Perfect 10: Hosted Web Apps
Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge kick of another shot in the popular Perfect 10 series, this time exploring the perfect 10 hosted web applications.
Of course, we are the start of the conversation, but what do you think? What are your favorite hosted web apps? Do you agree with the ones we picked? Which apps should we have picked in our list? share your thoughts in the shot comments below…
The Indie Revolution
Recently we have been seeing something of a revolution in not only indie gaming, but indie games that turn a buck or two. Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge explore whether the time is ripe for indie games developing to fund their projects, and whether Linux users are happy to pick up the tab.
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? Do you think indie games are any good? Would you pay for them? What games have you played and which ones did you pay for? Are we really at the beginning of a revolution? Share your thoughts in the shot comments below!
The Perfect 10: Installable Web Apps
In our popular Perfect 10 series, Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge discuss what their favorite install web applications are, but…what are yours?
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? What do you think of the applications we chose? What are the installable web apps that you would recommend to the Shot Of Jaq community?
Safety Of Information
Today it is possible to download an application that tells you the name and address of sex offenders in your local area. While this information has always been available, Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge explore whether the fact that technology makes it easier to access and visualize is causing safety concerns that were outside the scope of expectations when the information decided to be made publicly available.
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? Do you think we need to reflect on the access to information? Do you think that we need more information or less available to us? How do you think we can mitigate safety concerns? Share your thoughts in the shot comments!
The Perfect 10: Linux Desktop Apps
In the continuation of our Perfect 10 series, Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge take a look at the top ten latest and greatest Linux desktop applications.
Our Perfect 10: Simple Scan, gEdit, Calibre, avant-window-navigator, D-Feet, Gwibber, Shutter, Mumble, Guake, XChat-Gnome
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What are your fave apps? Which lesser known applications help you do what you want to do every day? What are your fave games? What do you think about the applications that we picked? Share your thoughts in the shot comments…
The Magic Touch
Everyone has gone a little crazy recently about tablet.s Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge peel back the hype and explore what different options we have available for tablets…not just the iPad…and what the opportunity for Open Source is for touch and tablets.
Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? Do you think tablets are valuable? Do you think they are a fad? With the iPad’s success, should anyone even bother? Is Android going to cut the mustard for tablets? Share your thoughts in the shot comments!
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