http://www.open-search.net/Blog The open-search blog en-us Copyright © 2008 by contributing authors TWiki Administrator [webmaster@open-search.net] TWiki Administrator [webmaster@open-search.net] TWiki http://www.open-search.net/Blog http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry25 <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.open-search.org">Open-Search</a> was invited to participate in the <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.janvaneyck.nl/0_2_3_events_info/arc_07_quaero_thinktank.html">Forum on Quaero</a> at the Jan van Eyck Acadamie in Maastricht, September 29 and 30, 2007. The purpose of the forum was to question and investigate the European intentions to build a search engine and, broader, to investigate the cultural, political, and philosophical issues related to information search and access. It turned out to be a critique on centralized search engines and a plea for systems like Open-Search: decentralized, open and privacy respecting. Following is an elaborate report and my impression of the two day forum on Quaero. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=quaero, information politics, search, google" rel="tag">quaero, information politics, search, google</a> ErikBorra 2007-10-03T13:38:00Z UsersChat ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry24 In a well documented case of censorship, google again shows its true meaning of "don't be evil". <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=google,news" rel="tag">google,news</a> KoenMartens 2007-09-28T12:58:00Z UsersChat ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry23 Open-search is asked to participate in a public think tank on the politics of the search engine. The forum is brought together by Quaero, a consortium of technology firms and research labs working together on multimedia and web search projects. KoenMartens 2007-09-14T10:26:00Z Project KoenMartens http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry22 Koen's has written an article about Google as the Microsoft of the 21st century. It can be found <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.livre.nl/achtergronden/internet/google-is-de-microsoft-van-de-21ste-eeuw-24052007.html">here</a> (in Dutch). Another interesting (Dutch) article about Google, by Michiel Leenaars from gridnet.nl is <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.webwereld.nl/articles/46452/google-s-verklikkernetwerk.html">Google's verklikkernetwerk</a>. <p /> Apart from developing (see our previous post) we are also very busy giving presentations about open-search. Last week at <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.versgeperst.info">versgeperst.info</a> Tomorrow at <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.isoc.nl/activ/2007-ALV-juni.htm">ISOC.nl</a> and Monday at the <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.hosc.nl/">Holland Open Source Conference</a>. ErikBorra 2007-06-05T16:00:00Z UsersChat ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry21 closing in on the holland open. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=Development" rel="tag">Development</a> RobinGareus 2007-06-05T13:50:00Z Development RobinGareus http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry20 <p /> RobinGareus 2007-05-23T13:36:00Z BlogDev, Development RobinGareus http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry19 peer to peer to peer <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=blog development news" rel="tag">blog development news</a> RobinGareus 2007-05-18T11:50:00Z BlogDev, Project RobinGareus http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry18 So, last friday I had to visit google NL hq for business related matters. It is located near station Amsterdam Zuid, in one of the new buildings in the area that is to become the 'south axis'. On ground level, shadow reigned. High-rise buildings obscure the sky, and i doubt the sun will ever reach down to the entrance of the building. At the 15th floor, i was greeted by a NDA that wanted to be signed. After doing so i was allowed to enter the realm of google NL. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=google" rel="tag">google</a> KoenMartens 2007-05-06T19:45:00Z KoenMartens http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry17 <p /> RobinGareus 2007-05-01T13:08:00Z Project RobinGareus http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry12 With the second workshop, we released the alpha version of <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Software/WebHome" class="twikiLink">our search client</a>. Not much of the projected functionality is present, but it does provide the general framework that will be extended with various plugins. The <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Opensearch/SecondWorkshop" class="twikiLink">second workshop</a>, next to being the official release event of the client, is also the starting point of more community involvement. KoenMartens 2007-04-28T14:55:00Z Project KoenMartens http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry16 <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=news workshop" rel="tag">news workshop</a> Main.RobinGareus 2007-04-17T18:00:00Z Project ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry7 <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=blog news" rel="tag">blog news</a> RobinGareus 2007-04-10T16:00:00Z BlogDev RobinGareus http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry4 It has been about four months ago that we started this project off with the support of digital pioneers. So it is time to look back a bit, and look forward. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=progress finance board" rel="tag">progress finance board</a> KoenMartens 2007-04-05T14:01:00Z Project KoenMartens http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry5 We'll have a blog with more info soon. ErikBorra 2007-04-01T12:00:00Z Project ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry8 On March 31 2007, we were part of a panel on (cyber)dissidents and restrictions at the <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Opensearch/ImpaktPanel" target="_top">impakt festival</a>. ErikBorra 2007-04-01T09:47:00Z Project ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry3 <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=blog development news" rel="tag">blog development news</a> RobinGareus 2007-03-13T10:54:00Z RobinGareus http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry2 open-search development is slightly behind schedule! <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=news, development blog" rel="tag">news, development blog</a> RobinGareus 2007-02-28T16:19:00Z Development, UsersChat RobinGareus http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry9 The credits and idea can be found <a href="http://www.open-search.net/Opensearch/OpensearchDesign" target="_top">here</a> ErikBorra 2007-02-14T10:19:00Z Project ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry10 You can read and comment on it @ <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://doc.open-search.net">http://doc.open-search.net</a> ErikBorra 2007-02-04T10:30:00Z Development ErikBorra http://www.open-search.net/Blog/BlogEntry11 We are currently visiting congresses and workshops like <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/events/1752.en.html">23c3</a> and <a class="natExternalLink" target="_blank" href="http://www.fosdem.org/2007/">FOSDEM '07</a> to gather extra input and build a community of volunteers. ErikBorra 2007-01-05T10:33:00Z ErikBorra