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Case Study: Django + Agile = Sportsgirl redevelopment
Sunday, July 26th 2009
I've decided to write this one up because there isn't much on large scale and high speed Django development as yet and this is all still fresh in my head so it's worth getting down on paper (or screen as it were). The…
A 5 minute read (825 words)
The Golden Age of mobile? Soon maybe...
Tuesday, July 21st 2009
Some would say that it's already been - during the heady days of GSM Data and WAP, some would say it stalled when European clients pulled all funding from mobile internet apps in the post-dot-com-crash GPRS days, some…
A 4 minute read (628 words)
EEEPC's power is in the network not the machine
Friday, May 9th 2008
It's official - I definitely am in love with ASUS' EEEPC. I liked the idea when they first came out and specifically trawled around Hong Kong computer markets to find one not long after they were launched. It's not the…
A 3 minute read (494 words)
Ubuntu 8.04 - truly desktop Linux
Friday, May 2nd 2008
I'm quite an Ubuntu fan, having followed the project since more or less it's original inception. Given the general lack of problems with it thus far you'll notice very few entries on this blog about it. Indeed various…
A 5 minute read (935 words)
Easy product or class rating system
Sunday, April 27th 2008
So you've got a lovely little ratings system going on your site. All of a sudden though you get slashdotted, dugg or just your marketing starts working and you have thousands of users all rating your products / services…
A 5 minute read (935 words)
Phorm over function?
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008
Phorm is, and will continue to be for some time I think a hugely divisive issue online. BBC have another story today about it, this time having spoken to the various security companies like F-Secure, McAffee etc about…
A 3 minute read (509 words)
Can Yahoo really get things so wrong?
Monday, April 21st 2008
Yahoo are one of the original dotcoms. They've been around for a long time so they should know their business. Imagine my surprise when one of my clients starts complaining that their confirmation emails to yahoo email…
A 2 minute read (347 words)
Security 101 : The user should be able to authenticate
Saturday, March 15th 2008
Security needs to be appropriate for the value of the asset it protects.
A 4 minute read (625 words)
DVD Jon strikes again
Wednesday, February 20th 2008
DVD Jon or Jon Lech Johansen as he is more commonly known gets a lot of love here. This great Norwegian famously broke the DVD encryption put in place by the big firms with the release of some software primarily aimed at…
A 3 minute read (581 words)
Why industries can still be revolutionised on the web
Tuesday, February 12th 2008
I'm a bit of a cynic really. Anyone that's trawled through the depths of this blog will know that I have a fairly acid tongue when it comes to technology. I am a walking example of the phrase "familiarity breeds contempt…
A 5 minute read (881 words)