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The Whitehouse can close the Barn Door but the horse bolted
Consent and the Fediverse
2024 Posts
A Few Thoughts on FOSS Sustainabilty
Legacy is what fills the hole you leave behind
Transparency isn't for everyone, especially if you care about Privacy
Legacy and Community
Consent and the Fediverse part deux: The Opt-out two-shuffle
2023 Posts
Five Years of NGI Zero
The Cobbles (2023)
Why the cobbles?
FOSS conferences and COVID
Seeing the Cobbles
2022 Posts
Is Google callous or careless with our privacy?
Google sells my search terms? Quelle surprise!
2021 Posts
Personal Politics and the bigger picture : Brexit
The Web and the Magic of Storytelling
On unintended consequences
Censorship? Mais Non!
Parler's poor choices lead to consequences
Cuckoos and Empire
The Fragility of Democracy
Coups and the Social Safety Net
Yule and Librecast
Lockdown
Scotland, Indy and Europe
Democracy and Plato's cave
On Losing European Citizenship
Old Writings
Nominet 4th Annual Conference 2010 Morning Session
The folly of programming closed source after opening up WWW
Open Source is freedom of choice, not necessarily a cheaper option
Social Innovation Camp Scotland
At Social Innovation Camp
The Public are Getting Open Source Aware
Messaging Forum in Edinburgh
Why I started using Linux
Ubuntu Linux and Coffeestayne