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Brighton CityCamp Day 2
It’s been a long day at City Camp Brighton, and I was late (as ever) for the start. But also enormously productive and interesting. I’ve sat in on discussions about everything from digital inclusion and how to help people facing benefit cuts to save money, to a fascinating idea about using QR codes to make…
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And we’re off: City Camp Brighton 2012
I’m attending the weekend long hackathon that is City Camp Brighton this weekend, which started today with an afternoon at the Sallis Benney Theatre on Grand Parade. It moves to Falmer Stadium tomorrow where 150 people get together to come up with ideas for improving the city. The concept is straightforward. Coders, community workers, council…
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This is going to sound nerdy
But I really wish I could find a decent ergonomic keyboard with mechanical keyswitches. I don’t think I could work without Microsoft’s Desktop 4000 anymore, which is a joy to write with. Except that my (third) one is starting to feel a bit spongy already. What I want is the same keyboard…
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How to screw up bank security
In some alternative universe, this clearly makes sense. I don’t want to be a Barclays customer. But they just bought Egg, with whom I took out a credit card years ago that I never use. Egg’s old site got closed down today, so I’m trying to log on to clear the balance so I can…
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Falling out of love with the Kindle
I’ve owned a 3rd generation Kindle for just over a year now. My wife bought me one for our wedding anniversary last October, and I’ve found it to be one of the single best designed gadgets and most useful I’ve ever owned. Other than using Calibre on a smartphone to read some Sherlock Holmes novels,…
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Multithreading in Bibble 5
If ever you want to know how to write a program that really, really does multithreading well, talk to the developers of Bibble. It’s really quite good at it.
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Yes, that’s clearly how it was
Except for the lightsabres, maybe.
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How important is open source for international development?
Interesting questions raised over at the journal of IT and International Development in a special issue published today: Open Development. I’m still reading it, will share thoughts when I’m done.
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One million Spotifers
As a big fan who pays a monthly fee to Spotify, I’m really pleased that they now have over a million subscribers. Given that that suggests a monthly revenue of £10m plus whatever they make from advertising, though, I do hope that there’s a plan to revise the rates that they actually pay artists in…
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Lenovo X220T to have IPS screen – Everything About Tablets
I’m currently hunting for a new laptop/tablet ultraportable to replace my netbook with something that can edit photos and video on the go. The obvious choice is a MacBook Pro, but I really dislike Apple’s whole business model. Just spotted that the Lenovo X220T is going to have an IPS screen. That could be…
