Daily Archives: January 4, 2008

OpenMoko Back on the Horizon

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From “User-modifiable Linux phone upgraded“:

Open source phone company OpenMoko will ship a new version of its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone next year. The “Neo FreeRunner” resembles OpenMoko’s original Neo1973 model, but with WiFi, 3D accelerometers, and a faster processor, as well as a consumer market focus, according to the company.

OpenMoko (com, org) had kind of fallen off the map after not meeting their October 2007 deadline for launching the consumer version. Gladly, they now seem to be back on track with their newly announced FreeRunner, a Samsung 500MHz SoC-based device.

I did win an iPhone in the meantime, but I still love OpenMoko. Even though Android and Nokia are now arguably also riding on the Open tagline.

Via Digg.

Update: Ouch… It’s supposedly priced at US$600… Hopefully, they’ll get enough volume to lower prices with the new consumer market focus.

Getting Things Done with Things

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From “Things public preview released“:

Things provides a unique and flexible way to handle tasks that can be refreshing for those who didn’t quite get the whole GTD thing the first time around. Of course, you can adhere to strict GTD principles with it, but you can also forge a system that works for you using its tagging system and flexible project management tools.

For those not familiar with the concept, what distinguishes GTD from other time- or action-management systems is the idea of grouping tasks by the context (defined as a place or set of available resources) in which they are to be performed.

Update: Marc-André pointed me to Thinking Rock as a FOSS and cross-platform alternative. It’s not looking half bad. Gotta try it out too.

Spread OpenID

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From “Welcome to Spread OpenID“:

Spread OpenID is a platform helping to spread the idea of OpenID and make it more known among users. It’s mainly focused on end users who have read or heard about it but don’t know where to start. It is not a competing site to OpenID.net or any other site. Spread OpenID works alongside the OpenID community wherever possible.

Amen brothers! Spread it. Spray it. Loud and clear!