Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter and Google+ diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people validate their own self-importance has no long-term value — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. 'Coz proper spelling is so last century.
- Why it always rains in The Cloud 02 April 2012 · 989 words (laps up about 5 mins)
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We’re told that cloud computing is the end of the road for bought software and piracy. That it’s the way of the future. So why does it feel like the 1990s all over again?
- Centre of the software universe 08 December 2011 · 602 words (munches about 3 mins)
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Here’s a novel concept: if I’m the user of a computer, shouldn’t I be the one in control of how I use applications I’ve installed?
- Virus protection no no no no no 07 December 2011 · 1476 words (kills about 7 mins)
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How effective is your virus/malware/rootkit protection? Do you think the software’s doing its job properly? I think otherwise.
- Have the bad old days of SEO gone? 31 October 2011 · 829 words (sucks up about 4 mins)
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Manipulation of search engine rankings leapfrogs between search aggregators and designers. Have we learnt anything in 20 years? It appears not.
- Version warz 09 September 2011 · 569 words (eats up about 3 mins)
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Quick, quick, release, release. Can’t get left behind or people will think our browser is stagnating against the competition.
- Label me mad 07 September 2011 · 435 words (wastes about 2 mins)
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Take one sheet of 21 labels in a 3×7 matrix.
Mix with Micro$oft Word.
Waste an evening trying to get the labels to line up.
