<h2>Interviews and a look at FSCONS 2011</h2>

<p>Today you will hear two interviews from FSCONS 2010. The audio is of "conference quality", that is, there are a lot of noice in the background. Not much to do about that, I am sorry. But it is two really great interviews, so well worth it!</p>

<p>But as a start I have a look at what will take place during the coming FSCONS 2011, that will start 2011-11-11 and continue through the whole weekend. I read from the schedule, and mention some of the topics and presenters who will be there.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://fscons.org/">FSCONS 2011</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://my.fscons.org/schedule/">FSCONS 2011 Schedule</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Salve J. Nilsen - Kaizendo: Customizable schoolboks</h3>

<p>Imagine a schoolbook where the pupil and her teacher can choose the topic depth, clarity of text and homework difficulty as needed and necessary.</p>

<p>Add alternatives for teachers (supporting different instructional methods, teaching styles), schools (variations in chapter content based on time constraints or policy) and parents (having a topic summary to read before helping with homework.) This is what we mean with customizable textbooks.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://kaizendo.org/">https://kaizendo.org/</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/20875583">https://vimeo.com/20875583</a></li>
</ul>


<h3>Ole Tange - GNU Parallel</h3>

<p>GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. A job can be a single command or a small script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of URLs, or a list of tables. A job can also be a command that reads from a pipe. GNU parallel can then split the input and pipe it into commands in parallel.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/s/parallel/">https://www.gnu.org/s/parallel/</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/20838834">https://vimeo.com/20838834</a></li>
</ul>


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