Passions are funny things. The more you’re passionate about something, the more measured you need to be in how you show it. So when two of your passions overlap, it’s a marvelous but tangled mess of aspirations, frustrations and inevitably disappointment. We’ve seen the world evolve a lot. Even since the first post in this … Continue reading
Recently a blog post gained some traction talking about the pay structure at Mozilla. However, I don’t think baulking at the pay of the Mozilla CEO in isolation is helpful. In order to be either helpful or insightful, there needs to be a comparative analysis. Moving the conversation beyond pay, I notice that a lot … Continue reading
There’s no escaping the fact that we live in a capitalist society and whether you’re a fan of that fact or not, there’s a question that keeps being raised and we’re going to have to answer it sooner or later. As Elon tanks Twitter with his managerial ineptitude and Meta joins the Fediverse, causing masses … Continue reading
Before we get into specifics, we have to talk about the fact technology has evolved to exploit its users. Gone are the days of things being made because they’re fun or interesting. Everything is ultimately about profit now. Even the few shining lights we have, are being drowned out in the darkness of a world … Continue reading
It goes without saying that we’re in the entitlement era. It’s an era where everyone expects things for free and in the cases whereby they use an alternative service that is more free, they hold that service to a much higher standard. But if most people expect most things for free, how do you generate … Continue reading
Once upon a time we lived in an age where most users of the web would do so from a single device. Time quickly forgot that age and with the advent of cheaper personal computing devices such as laptops and then devices such as smart phones and tablets, our devices became truly became personal. Not … Continue reading
Google once again gathered the developers of the world for their annual developer conference widely known as Google IO. It’s at these conferences that they would previously release the latest iteration of Android, right up until last year where they switched a model that would only unveil the latest iteration and release a preview. Of … Continue reading
For a long time now, people have been saying that Google is getting better at design quicker than Apple is getting better at services and as though to show this off, Google unveiled a brand new design language. Though this time it wasn’t only for the mobile platform of Android but they’ve also unveiled it … Continue reading
CyanogenMod, the hugely popular after-market mobile device firmware group recently made the transition from hobby group to viable business offering and with that managed to raise a lot of eyebrows. This reaction was surprising given the fact that the community had in fact pushed for the very goal that CyanogenMod is now pursuing. However the … Continue reading
To answer the question about the failure of the often heralded meteoric rise of the Linux desktop, you have to first look at the community.What it’s doing right and what it’s in fact doing wrong. The lack of oversight in the Linux community is in fact its biggest hindrance. The lack of a Linux desktop … Continue reading
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