Posts in category "Random Musings"
Convenience has won
Last week I took a couple of days off to have a long weekend away with a friend of mine…
Streaming TV – a rant
Isn’t it great there’s so much choice for streaming TV and movies? Well no, not really…
FizzBuzz!
Last week I saw an interesting video by Tom Scott about FizzBuzz and it made me have a think about programming…
As a user of open source
A couple of months ago I read an interesting article on what it feels like to be an open source maintainer, and I’ve been wanting to write a response ever since…
To do or not to do
Or much to do about nothing… bad Shakespearean puns mean it’s time for a post about to do list apps…
Encryption vs Government
I don’t do politics on this blog, but I have been thinking about the clash between politics and technology that seems to be brewing after the recent terrorist attacks…
Too many options
I’ve written previously that I think there are too many programming languages. I’ll expand that. There’s too much technology…
Resorting to IFTTT – a call for open APIs
IFTTT is a great tool for end users to set up simple automations by clicking or tapping through a few options…
When Big Brother gets confused
Technology’s great when it works and increasingly it just works. When it goes wrong it can be both frustrating and amusing…