Category: thoughts

  • Experiencing Enterprise

    Over the years I have watched my share of Star Trek (you are shocked I can tell!) and my favourite episodes were always the alternative universe episodes -Spock with a goatee, rebel Sisko etc. Yesterday I was reading the Gartner report on Web Content Management systems aimed at ’enterprise’ clients (there is the first tenuous…

  • Exploring the e-essay

    I spend *alot* of time on public transport – usually longer than scheduled due to the involvement of First Group in my journies – and one of the things I have noticed (and it has been hard to miss) is the rise and rise of the Kindle. On the train to London particularly it isn’t…

  • First Four Follow Fridays #ff

    Follow Friday has been around on Twitter since the early days but I have never really bothered – in fact I can’t remember ever taking part (but there is every chance I did once or twice in the early days I guess.) That said I have been realising again recently how much I lean on…

  • Betagov blues..

    While in many (most) ways the great work going on as a part of Betagov and the wider Government Digital Service is inspiring it is also considerably adds to my frustrations at the moment. I am wondering whether I need to turn something of a ‘blind eye’ to the posts etc coming out of the…

  • Leaving fingerprints on the web

    While I was researching a cookie-free diet for my websites I came across the idea of ‘browser fingerprinting’ which seemed have been a bit of a story last summer but one that completely passed me by. According to the EFF disabling cookies only actually protects your privacy so far and that; “When you visit a…