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I just spent the past three days helping out on the Linux Australia stand in the expo at the Annual VITTA conference. We revised a 3-fold brochure called 'Software for Learning' for the event which might be handy for others. This was originally put together for Software Freedom Day in 2006. Since then it has been through a few revisions with input from a number of people.

They're attached as .SVG files which can be edited / customised in Inkscape

Earlier this year there was a thread on the Linux Australia mailing list called 'technology alphabet'. It prompted me to have a go at creating an alphabet of Free and Open Source Software. If you're interested in adding to the list, just go ahead at http://openeducation.org.au/wiki/index.php/The_ABC_of_FLOSSware

Dear Minister Stephen Conroy,

I'd like to add voice to a growing chorus of disdain.
Please don't implement mandatory filtering of the Internet.

I have three key areas of concern.

1. It will be ineffective and slow down connection speeds for everyone.
2. The government should not decide what I can and can not view in the privacy of my own home.
3. The very concept of "illegal information" needs to be examined.