Roger Strukhoff

The volunteer members of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary continued to do their work after the headlines faded in the wake of the dual typhoons that the Philippines in September. A more recent storm approached the northern tip of the country, dithered, then moved northeast to... (more)

I've been promising myself to write about the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, for which I had a press credential, but which has now been in the rear-view mirror for a month. My idea had been to talk about Indonesia and its plans to press the case for Southeast Asia, now that this coun... (more)

I've been promising myself to write about the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, for which I had a press credential, but which has now been in the rear-view mirror for a month. My idea had been to talk about Indonesia and its plans to press the case for Southeast Asia, now that this coun... (more)

The images were beamed to a worldwide audience: a big typhoon had hit the Philippines, several hundred people drowned, and floods covered much of the nation's capital, Manila. "Ketsama" (or "Ondoy" as it was known locally) had dumped a month's worth of rain in about 12 hours. In ... (more)

The Philippines on Ulitzer There's been an outpouring of concern and aid from many people in the US and elsewhere to help victims of the flooding caused by Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines. One place to send aid--an organization that's not as well-known as it should be--is the P... (more)

There's been an outpouring of concern and aid from many people in the US and elsewhere to help victims of the flooding caused by Typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines. One place to send aid--an organization that's not as well-known as it should be--is the Philippine Coast Guard Auxili... (more)

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If you want to sell some stock in the US, you just call your broker or go online and accomplish the task in minutes. It’s fast, efficient, and represents a fair market price for what you are selling. But what if you want to ... (more)

If you've been reading my blog, you can see I have trouble coming up with good headlines. I don't like the aspect of the Google Age that has eliminated creative headline writing by demanding a focus on keywords. So my cutesy skills have atrophied, and I usually just try to pinpoi... (more)

SourceForge claims to have the largest collection of open-source tools and applications in the Wide World of the Web. With 230,000 projects registered by 2 million registered users, who am I to complain? With such reach, maybe this interview will get slash-dotted--slashdot.org b... (more)

I managed to meet up with SourceForge's Ross Turk at OSCON in San Jose several weeks ago. I finally managed to transcribe and edit our discussion, and just posted it at the NOW Magazine syndication site: http://readnowmag.ulitzer.com/node/1125646 As I wrote in the article, "Ross co... (more)

I've now posted my interview with Symbian Contributing Community Manager Lars Kurth. I met him at OSCON, and then followed up with some specific questions for him. One nice quote: "Becoming a 'rock star' in our community is about what individuals do for the community and whether ... (more)

Lars Kurth is Contributing Community Manager at the Symbian Foundation, based in London. A recent interview with him at OSCON in San Jose revealed a witty, experienced architect who is serious about community development. Lars has somehow retained very youthful looks during his ye... (more)

Even though I had mean things to say about OSCON's location in San Jose this year (see earlier post), it was convenient enough for me to head over to the convention center and interview some key people in the industry. One of those people was Bluenog co-founder and CIO Sastry Taruv... (more)

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Open-source software company executives were out in force at the recent OSCON in San Jose. Bluenog co-founder and CIO Sastry Taruvai was there, and we caught up with him for a few minutes. Sastry holds a BS in Chemical Enginee... (more)

One of the great things about the Philippines is you can walk in traffic. You can't cross a major thoroughfare like Roxas Blvd. in Manila against the light; you'll get run down here as surely as you would on New York's Fifth Ave. or any street in Italy. A few other major streets ... (more)

The Associated Press ran a story this morning, picked up and run prominently in Manila and elsewhere, about how the big Asian countries who belong to the G20 want "more input" into how the world is run. http://tinyurl.com/nrjbeh Based on GDP, China is at the forefront of this group... (more)

The Associated Press ran a story this morning, picked up and run prominently in Manila and elsewhere, about how the big Asian countries who belong to the G20 want "more input" into how the world is run. http://tinyurl.com/nrjbeh Based on GDP, China is at the forefront of this group... (more)

The Associated Press ran a story this morning, picked up and run prominently in Manila and elsewhere, about how the big Asian countries who belong to the G20 want "more input" into how the world is run. http://tinyurl.com/nrjbeh Based on GDP, China is at the forefront of this group... (more)

During a recent trip to Asia I read many reports about relative competitiveness. Even though I want to focus most of my efforts on Southeast Asia, I'm compelled to rant a bit about China and India as well. I have no answers here, just some initial impressions based on recent travel... (more)

There are five countries that stand above the rest in Asia: China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. China and India are the twin colossi of growth right now. Japan and Korea are the finished products, having produced their own economic miracles (Japan after WWII until the 70s and K... (more)