Category Archives: Business

Thoughts on Tech Conferences

Posted on 2012-05-20 by Graham

This post is being, um, posted from the venue for GOTO Copenhagen 2012. It’s the end result of a few months of reflection on what I get out of conferences, what I want to get out of conferences, what I … Continue reading →

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Software-ICs and a component marketplace

Posted on 2012-04-28 by Graham

In the previous post, I was talking about Object-Oriented Programming, an Evolutionary Approach. What follows is a thought experiment based on that. Chapter 6 of Brad Cox’s book, once he’s finished explaining how ObjC works (and who to buy it … Continue reading →

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Culture, heritage and apps

Posted on 2012-04-15 by Graham

I said earlier on Twitter that I’m disappointed with the state of apps produced for museums and libraries. I’d better explain what I mean. Here’s what I said: Disappointed to find that many museum apps (British Library, Bodleian, Concorde etc) … Continue reading →

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On my newer competence

Posted on 2012-04-04 by Graham

This time last year, I evaluated myself against the programmer competency matrix. So where am I one turn around the daystar later? I have to admit that this was mainly because I was jet lagged in a hotel room in … Continue reading →

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More about the privacy pledge

Posted on 2012-03-25 by Graham

Plenty of you have seen—and indeed signed— the App Makers’ Privacy Pledge on GitHub. If you haven’t, but after reading it are interested, see the instructions in the project README. It’s great to see so many app makers taking an … Continue reading →

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On advertising’s place in the tech industry

Posted on 2012-03-01 by Graham

Dave Winer said the way is open for a non-ad-supported tech sector: The tech industry has been absorbed by the ad industry, and vice versa. However, there is, imho, still room for a tech industry that is not merged with … Continue reading →

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On privacy, hashing, and your customers

Posted on 2012-02-08 by Graham

I’ve talked before about not being a dick when it comes to dealing with private data and personally-identifying information. It seems events have conspired to make it worth diving into some more detail. Only collect data you need to collect … Continue reading →

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On standards in free software engineering

Posted on 2012-01-08 by Graham

I have previously written on the economics of software insecurity, and I quote a couple of paragraphs from that post below: One option that is not fully explored in the book, but which I believe could be worth exploring, is … Continue reading →

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Want to hire iamleeg?

Posted on 2011-08-03 by Graham

Well, that was fun. For nearly a year I’ve been running Fuzzy Aliens, a consultancy for app developers to help get security and privacy requirements correct, reducing the burden on the users. This came after a year of doing the … Continue reading →

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On BizSpark

Posted on 2011-05-27 by Graham

You’ll remember that recently I reviewed Windows Phone 7 Mango from the perspective of an iOS guy, and actually came back pretty impressed with it. You’ll also remember that through my company, Fuzzy Aliens Ltd, I offer app security services … Continue reading →

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