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Opinion: Windows 8 [Guest Post]
Opinion: Windows 8 by Knightwise originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine issue 71. As I’m punching this out on my old but trusty HP Pavilion DM1, I’m somehow overpowered by a sense of nostalgia, and …irony. I remember getting into computers years ago, starting out on machines like these, back in the days when they … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part Three [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. This is about being more conscious with privacy. The problem of social media platforms with their default “public” settings and their clever terms and conditions that few of … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part Two [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. Many corporations and social media zealots are attempting to link openness with a kind of moral duty in all of us to heal humanity by taking down the … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part One [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. In the Digital Inferno, privacy is one of the major battlegrounds between individual and corporation. It’s a war taking place largely without the conscious and active participation of the majority … Continue reading
Opinion: Why Ubuntu Phone Will Fail [Guest Post]
Guest post by Ed Hewitt Earlier this month, Canonical held its first press event to unveil its phone operating system, Ubuntu for Phone. This is a product many have speculated would happen after the launch of Unity, providing a touch interface, as well as Canonical bringing Ubuntu to Android devices. While Ubuntu for Android allows … Continue reading
Opinion: Losing the Human Right to Delete [Guest Post]
Re-posted from Digital Inferno: Losing the Human Right to Delete, February 6, 2013 by Paul Levy (rationalmadness) This is an over-dramatic sounding article about what, at first glance, might look to be a fairly insignificant and harmless phenomenon. It has crept in to social media platforms such as Linkedin and Facebook among others, in recent years. … Continue reading
Opinion: The Google Conundrum [Guest Post]
Re-posted from David Wilkins blog: Uneasy Acquisitions and Polluted Ecosystems: The Google Conundrum Regular listeners to the Full Circle Magazine podcast will know that I have spent a great deal of time pondering the value of “ecosystems” in the world of technology. What is meant by this term in context, much like its ecological equivalent, … Continue reading
Opinion: Eleven Things I Hate About Ubuntu
Much as I evangelise about Ubuntu, Linux and the Open Source ethos, help out with testing on Ubuntu Quality team from time to time and report bugs whenever I can, a ‘bad Ubuntu day’ only serves to remind me that as a product, it is simply not ready for mass-market, main-stream adoption. It needs a … Continue reading
Opinion: The Whole SEO Industry is…
“Hello Web Admin, I noticed that your On-Page SEO is missing a few factors… On-Page SEO means more now than ever… wait there’s even more Now what if I told you there was a simple WordPress plugin that does all the On-Page SEO, and automatically for you? That’s right AUTOMATICALLY, just watch this 4minute video … Continue reading
Opinion: The Ownership Switch from User to Manufacturer
I took away an interesting snippet from a story on the OS News site last week, in which editor Thom Holwerda discussed the Kindle tablets. The Kindle Fire HD is ad-supported, but now Amazon allows you to permanently remove the advertisements from your Fire HD for a $15 fee. Amazon was clear at the launch … Continue reading
Opinion: New Explorer Ribbon in Windows 8
“Once you get used to it, you’ll love it” (Microsoft) Time for another unpalatable truth. It has been quite a few years, we’re used to it and still don’t love it. How many users do you know who find the ribbon on MS Office a confusing quagmire? Are you one of them? It’s a terrible … Continue reading
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