New Zealand (South Island)
Seth Kenlon is a UNIX geek, free culture advocate, independent multimedia artist, and D&D nerd. He has worked in the film and computing industry, often at the same time. He is one of the maintainers of the Slackware-based multimedia production project Slackermedia.
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Anything serving as a workaround to the patent system is OK by me. I've long wanted a mark that would easily identify open hardware, so when the open hardware logo started popping up on boxes and boards, I was hugely appreciative. I hope to see it on a lot more in the future.
It would be nice if there were a mark for "open compatible", as well. Not really in terms of licensing, but in terms of what can drive the hardware. I'm thinking specifically of laptops and computers and printers; it would just be nice to have an assurance before buying that yes, I will be able to use $thing with nothing but open source software and firmware, even if some of the internal components (WiFi chipset, for instance) are not open themselves.
I'm a fan of KTimeTracker. Not exactly a study tool, but it's great to see how long you've studied. It's a simple stopwatch; it doesn't auto-detect what you're actually doing, or anything fancy like that, but it helps me track time spent on various tasks.