On catching up with the articles that appeared on Slashdot over the Bank Holiday weekend, I was particularly interested to find a link to this Live Journal entry. It’s by someone who shares my concerns about Google’s failure to open …
Read moreOpen, or just ajar?
Google’s new chat and VOIP service is based on the open XMPP protocol. So why have they closed their doors to interoperability with the existing XMPP network?
Read moreWould the real John Smith please step forward
As the previous post describes, I had a brief dalliance with Blogger before I set up WordPress to handle my blog. Although my primary reason for migrating was due to the feature set, Blogger didn’t really do themselves any favours …
Read moreOne post in, and time to switch
After only one post I’ve hit the limitations of blogger, so it’s time to move…
Read moreMy Green Life
Several years ago, when the web was a relatively new phenomenon and archie, veronica and gopher were the internet protocols of choice for the discerning undergrad, I started writing magazine articles. As a student I had grand plans of supplementing …
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