Phil Shapiro

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Smiling librarian standing in front of bookcase
Washington DC-area

Phil Shapiro has been an educator, teaching students from pre-school to graduate school for the past 35 years. He currently works at a public library in the Washington, DC area, helping youth and adults use their public Linux stations. Between 2007 and 2012, he blogged for PC World magazine on various technology topics and currently writes for Ars Technica, MAKE magazine, FOSS Force, TechSoup for Libraries, Computers in Libraries, Information Today magazine, and Opensource.com. Visit him at his antique ebook store.

Library Journal Movers & Shakers Award, 2024

GoFundMe for medical expenses

And see his library dance videos on YouTube.

Octave Ukes

Stories menu (old)

New stories menu (new)

Pairs Math Game

Updated resume (2022)

WashPost - The Man Who Gives Computers to Kids (May, 2000)

PCWorld - Does Free Software Restore Dignity?

PCWorld (original article)

I like to teach. David tenor guitar

The Day My Mind Became Open Sourced

Professional associations and organizations I support:

Internet Press Guild
Women in Film & Video
Washington Apple Pi
Northern Virginia Linux Users Group
Virginia Macintosh Users Group
Omaha Linux Users Group
Columbia Area Linux Users Group
Let's Play America
HacDC
East Harlem Tutorial Program
Higher Achievement
Small Things Matter
Carpe Diem Arts

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Journalism I support

MAKE magazine
NPR
Hackaday
CoolTools
FOSS Force

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"All of the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today." - Chinese proverb

"The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." - Eden Phillpotts

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Thanks for asking, Danny. I'm a fan of some of the online language learning services - which are sometimes free via a person's public library. Mango Language Learning and Little Pim come to mind. DuoLingo is quite popular, I hear. And a search for "Rosetta Stone open source alternatives" turned up this web page. http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/3-free-rosetta-stone-alte…

I noticed that the Internet Archive has translated copies of The Story of My Life in Arabic and Tamil. See

https://archive.org/details/storyofmylifetra00byhe

and

https://archive.org/details/storyofmylifetra00hele

If you know any Arabic or Tamil speakers learning English (or vice versa), kindly share this info with them.