Convenience has won
Last week I took a couple of days off to have a long weekend away with a friend of mine…
Posts in category "Random Musings"
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…
The case for open source
Imagine buying a car from your local dealer and six months later having them come to you and say…