Article archive - page 5

One feature away from desktop Linux
Sunday, October 11th 2009
There is only one real reason Linux isn't ready for prime time desktop usage - but it is close.
A 3 minute read (785 words)
Web Directions South 2009 - Cloud Sourcing the Business
Friday, October 9th 2009
I recently gave a presentation at Web Directions South which was fantastic (the conference I'm referring to here!). The session was on cloud computing and I hope everyone got something out of it. I've put the…
A 23 minute read (6.1k words)
An unofficial endorsement of the Android platform?
Wednesday, July 29th 2009
As TechCrunch reported: Pigs Fly as Facebook and Google work together on an Android App - there's been a few indicators that this might be happening, particularly with some random mentions here and there on Twitter but…
A 1 minute read (331 words)
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 3 minute read (819 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 2 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 2 minute read (486 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 4 minute read (922 words)
Easy product or class rating system
Sunday, April 27th 2008
Build a rating system that won't set your servers on fire.
A 4 minute read (891 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 2 minute read (504 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 1 minute read (345 words)