I really dislike IE6. I hate having to support it for some of my clients, and really wish they could work out how to convince their customers to upgrade. But, my clients are real world guys; they de…
I recently found this on my Twitterfeed: @jakebrewer: Yes! Note from newly devised Hippocratic oath for Gov 2.0 apps: "Don't confuse novelty with usefulness." It is so true - and that comes from some…
Well, I guess that as someone with technical credentials I should comment on the unveiling of Apple's new tablet machine, the iPad. The first thing I will say is that I'm not an Apple fanboi, and so …
Have you heard of ACTA? How about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? No? Well, you're probably not alone. After all, here in the UK the Government won't even put documents regarding the Agre…
As anyone who's ever heard me rant about the 'numbers game' side of networking - especially on sites such as Ecademy, Linked in or Facebook - will testify, I'm a great believer in quality rather than …
Today is a bad day for anyone who likes the idea of integrity and common decency. Take a look at this news story from the BBC about the ADE-651 bomb detector. This baby sells for up to $40,000 a p…
I'll admit it. Deep within me is a snob. As far as I'm concerned, the online world started heading down hill when you no longer had to know how to install a full TCP/IP stack to use the Internet. M…
I recently commented on whether Web 2.0 had 'jumped the shark' in terms of strange applications, and also remarked on whether the biggest threat to online privacy was ourselves. However, I don't thin…
Are we heading for a 'speculative bubble' effect in the portions of the media and IT economy that are tied up with Social Media and Social networking? Regular readers will know that I'm something of …
Although this little gem of a story happened in the US, I have no doubt that given a few more months it's likely to happen here. Well...I don't know...at least the Yanks encourage science and technol…