Online Workshops with Virtual Desktops in the Browser

Earlier this year, I started experimenting with how to make online talks and learning sessions online more interactive. Yes, after a year of conferences being online-only, I grew a bit tired of staring into a tiny camera lens and only getting little feedback. So I came up with cloud based virtual desktops for interactive online … Continue reading Online Workshops with Virtual Desktops in the Browser

Playing with OpenStack – A Rather Unpleasant Experience

After exploring many new technical topics over the past few months, including Docker and Kubernetes, I ventured out over the weekend to have a look at OpenStack. I wanted to have a closer look because OpenStack is used to provide a private cloud infrastructure, i.e. virtual machines (compute), storage, and networking for many projects. OpenStack … Continue reading Playing with OpenStack – A Rather Unpleasant Experience

A Firewall for Online Workshops

Over the past months, I’ve been experimenting a lot with Docker and Kubernetes and decided to pass on the knowledge I have gained in occasional cloud-based hands-on workshops rather than doing presentations or videos. The advantage: Instead of talking ‘against a wall’ with virtually no feedback whatsoever during and after a presentation, hands-on workshops are … Continue reading A Firewall for Online Workshops

Diving into Libreoffice Online – Thanks to Collabora

Two years ago I tested Collabora’s Libreoffice Online for the first time. While it looked promising, a number of important features I required were still missing such as spell checking, style modification, selection of modified text and style handling of foot notes. Recently I came back to see what progress they have made and came … Continue reading Diving into Libreoffice Online – Thanks to Collabora