Category Archives: IT

Abandoning Twidroyd

Twidroyd/Twidroid is a Twitter application for the Android platform.  I really quite liked it, until they were bought by Tweetup.  Why?  Well, during the name change they added a huge EULA.  However, the important part is (highlighted part by me): … Continue reading

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About Googlegate

I was reading this at El Reg. I like Privacy International. I share many of the same values but I’m not sure that Alexander Hanff has any idea of how code is written at Google. I don’t, but I’d hazard … Continue reading

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Migrating Mail – Part 1

At the time of writing, June 2010, I run my own mail server.  I started running my own mail server when commercial providers didn’t have good spam detection, didn’t store much mail and weren’t as convenient as using your own … Continue reading

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Opinion: To iPad or not to iPad?

This is the first of two posts on Apple.  This one deals with their consumer products, the iPad, iPhone, etc.  The second deals with how I perceive they are relating to developers. Cory Doctorow wrote an interesting opinion piece on … Continue reading

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Version Control: developing on branches rather than master/trunk

I’ve changed my mind.  It now seems that it is much more sensible to develop on branches rather than on master or trunk.  What am I on about? Well software source control or version control systems.  I tend to use … Continue reading

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TDC kicks off to a 2nd great day

The Thinking Digital Conference kicked off to a great start on it’s second (and last) day.  The comedy of Tom Scott was a fabulous tonic to the rest of the first session which kicked off with an exploration od “Digital … Continue reading

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Miguel de Icaza – more foolishness?

A, sadly, unsurprising interview that I read at derStandard.at, but alerted from the Boycott Novell blog.  de Icaza has been lampooned in the past for his unpopular views on Microsoft, .net, and C#, but this interview really takes the biscuit.  … Continue reading

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Why my data isn’t in the cloud

This blog post is one of the best reasons why my data isn’t in the cloud: Suddenly, Nick can’t access his Gmail account, can’t open Google Talk (our office IM app), can’t open Picasa where his family pictures are, can’t … Continue reading

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OpenMoko: Software and Hardware bugs

Let’s be clear: this is not a phone (yet) for the masses, but I think it is definitely heading in that direction. It has GPS, accelerometers, GPRS, Bluetooth, WiFi and an open software stack on which practically anything could be … Continue reading

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OpenMoko: Software stacks

My OpenMoko arrived a few days ago, and comes with the stock OM2007.2 software. I upgraded it with the opkg update command and then tried to use it for a few days at the LUGRADIO Live 2008 event. It didn’t … Continue reading

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