Monthly Archives: March 2009
Facebook and User Privacy
Posted 26/03/2009 – 11:55 in: Internet, Security, Social NetworksI’ve recently been asked about privacy within Facebook applications. Basically there were concerns about messaging when adding an application to your profile. There is a screen that pops up to explain what the application has access to. This is described as photos, friends information, basically everything the application needs to run. There was concern about [...]
No Comments | Tags: applications, data protection, facebook, Security, user dataSpeaking: Open Source Show and Tell
Posted 25/03/2009 – 22:29 in: Internet, Speaking, WordPressJust announcing my next speaking event, the Open Source Show and Tell in London. I’ll be presenting alongside a great group of speakers covering a variety of different open source technologies.
So come along to for a great evening and a few beers.
To find out more and register, visit: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2149675/
IE8 Released
Posted 20/03/2009 – 11:09 in: Internet, OpinionIt’s finally landed, IE8 has been released. It seems like only yesterday I was contemplating installing RC1, wondering if it will break my machine and bring development to a grinding halt. But I did install the beta and that seemed to work ok, particularly with the IE7 compatibility mode.
My colleague has installed it and so [...]
Google Street View UK
Posted 19/03/2009 – 20:29 in: Google, InternetSo Google have finally launched Street View in the UK. It seems they’ve tried to uphold privacy by blurring number plates and faces, although this seems to be an inexact science. I’ve checked out my street and it looks pretty good.
Seems quite useful for checking out your journey, as well as the novelty exploring without [...]
London WordPress Meet
Posted 19/03/2009 – 00:27 in: Meetup, WordPressI’ve been thinking about organising a meet in London for WordPress users. I think a mix of talks on technologies and tactics would be good. We’ve just moved into new offices and there is a great space that would suit a fair number of people. What do you think?
No Comments | Tags: london, user group, WordPressFacebook’s New Look
Posted 18/03/2009 – 13:00 in: Internet, Opinion, Social NetworksSo once again Facebook has decided to change the layout of the homepage. It really does resemble Twitter now. It got me thinking as to why they keep changing their homepage. Basically tho only two reasons I can come up with, to keep things fresh and generate media buzz.
Let’s take the latter to start with, [...]