SCAMP Presentation

Posted 02/07/2010 – 14:54 in: Hardware, Internet, Speaking

Great set of talks yesterday, some really interesting stuff. I believe the everyone’s deck will be available at the SheSays SCAMP web page, or you can grab mine below. Download: SheSays Presentation Deck (PDF 1.05MB)

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Speaking at SCAMP

Posted 01/07/2010 – 10:24 in: Hardware, Internet, Speaking

I’m looking forward to be speaking at SheSays UK’s event SCAMP this afternoon. I’ll be talking about how the digital world is becoming more and more visible in the physical world. I’ll be covering everything from out door displays to holograms and internet enabled 50′s technology. Tickets are sold out, but I’ll post the presentation [...]

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Nokia Feeling the Sat-Nav Pressure

Posted 21/01/2010 – 13:40 in: Hardware, Internet

Nokia has announced a free map service for it’s handsets. It’s previous mainstream service only allowed basic information and they charged for additional features. This was one of the things that turned me away from Nokia. But their new Ovi map service offers this and turn-by-turn navigation for free. They even claim that developers will [...]

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Keeping the momentum

Posted 29/07/2009 – 22:09 in: Industry, Internet

I was recently shown the new Westminster Council website which has been given a complete makeover. They’ve gone a Google look and feel, as well as execution. As you can see from the screen shots it mimics the Google style almost in its entirety. For a council website this is quite a break from the [...]

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OSSAT

Posted 11/04/2009 – 22:25 in: Internet, Meetup, WordPress

The Open Source Show and Tell (OSSAT) at the Team last week went well. A great turn out for it’s inaugural outing. So a big thanks to all the speakers. I think a special mention for Phil Whitehouse who pulled it all together and Steve Blackery for rapidly getting the wi-fi working! Thanks to everyone [...]

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Facebook and User Privacy

Posted 26/03/2009 – 11:55 in: Internet, Security, Social Networks

I’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 [...]

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Speaking: Open Source Show and Tell

Posted 25/03/2009 – 22:29 in: Internet, Speaking, WordPress

Just 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/

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IE8 Released

Posted 20/03/2009 – 11:09 in: Internet, Opinion

It’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 [...]

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Google Street View UK

Posted 19/03/2009 – 20:29 in: Google, Internet

So 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 [...]

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Facebook’s New Look

Posted 18/03/2009 – 13:00 in: Internet, Opinion, Social Networks

So 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 [...]

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