Tech is failing older people
[alternative titles considered: BT is failing people; or, late stage capitalism is a human catastrophe] Roughly three weeks ago, I posted this The tech sector is massively failing older people.I just...
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Choose the Fediverse
As I was settling into bed last night, for some reason, my brain was looping on the “Choose Life” monologue from Trainspotting. Now, that’s a deliberately cynical and subversive passage – so maybe...
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Highs and lows in 2025
tl;dr: it was not a vintage year, by any means. More on that, after some good parts. Talks and Travels The year kicked off with a lot of travel and speaking – this continued throughout the year, but...
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Retro-tastic!
There’s an exhibition of retro / classic home computing machines this week (Aug 21-28 2025) at Kingston University, so I had to drop in. It was fun to see some old favourites again, and it was nice to...
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Talks and travels: FrOSCon, Germany
Last Sunday, I had the pleasure and honour of delivering a keynote at the (milestone!) 20th edition of FrOSCon in Sankt Augustin, Germany. My colleague David (one of the core developers on the...
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Trying (and failing) to offload
Three hundred and sixty-four days ago, I started the #100DaysToOffload challenge, in an effort to get myself unblocked from actually writing again. The idea is to simply write, specifically, to...
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Opening up the Bambu
I finally decided to break out of Bambu’s increasingly-closed walled garden. I’ve had the Bambu X1C for a couple of years already, and it is a really, really great 3D printer. There’s no question...
View ArticleTalks and travels: PublicSpaces, and ECAS Day
A couple of weeks ago, I was on a panel at the PublicSpaces conference in Amsterdam. PublicSpaces was an event I’d been tracking for a while, but this was my first opportunity to be there in person....
View ArticleMid-migration
One of my favourite spots for making quick apps, Glitch, is going to be going away in a week or so – well at least, web hosting will stop then (they are going to offer redirects for another ~18...
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That purple feeling
Since I started my role as Head of Communications at Mastodon, I’ve been finding my surroundings becoming more and more… purple. Our brand palette is a set of purple / indigo hues, and of course, I...
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Part of the Rebel Alliance
I’m accidentally becoming a #FediMerch guy. Shiny stickers Last year, I wrote a blog post, Fediverse for Freedom – which was about the importance of a free and open Fediverse, and how and why public...
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Some lessons from building communities
I was recently interviewed by Michelle Goodall for her Meet the Community Builders series. I originally met her as a fellow member of the Community Pros of London meetup group. Michelle was also...
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Revisiting the clouds
Thirteen years ago yesterday, I was speaking at the first meeting of the London Platform-as-a-Service User Group (now, the London Platform User Group, aka LOPUG). I’d joined VMware a few weeks before,...
View ArticleFediForum Advisory Board
I’m really happy to have been asked to join the new FediForum Advisory Board that is helping to guide and steer the future of the event. We are proud to announce the first-ever FediForum advisory...
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Fediverse House at SXSW 2025
I’ve worked in tech for many years, and one of the events that has been a constant part of the calendar is SXSW. I remember signing up for Twitter back in 2007 just after I heard about it while...
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Heliocode
Our Forge & Craft “mini-masterpiece”1 for the Wimbledon Art Fair for spring 2025, is titled Heliocode. Throughout the past year, we’ve been experimenting with the use of paint as an element of our...
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NordVPN, Fedora 42, and iptables compatibility
I updated my Framework 13 to Fedora 42 about two weeks ago, just before the final release. It has been pretty solid! This evening, I went to start up my VPN (I use NordVPN, FWIW). No luck. Just no...
View ArticleThe Bootloader
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being asked to join Paul Cutler and Tod Kurt on their podcast, The Bootloader. I’ve been an avid follower of The Bootloader since it began. In my opinion, it is...
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Pen plotters and the history of computer art
Last year, I gave a number of talks on the subject of pen plotters / drawing machines, and how they have been used in different ways to realise different forms of art. I wasn’t immediately able to...
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By the fireside
A couple of weeks ago I was delighted to join Ozoned on his Fireside Fedi show to talk about… all kinds of things! Ozoned started the show to talk to the people who make up the Fediverse, and so far...
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