My dissertation is about internet security and internet privacy issues. The fact that they are both such large parts of everyone’s online experience and yet they seem to constantly battle against each other for supremacy. Can there be harmony or is there an inherent paradox between them meaning they can never function in equilibrium? As part of the dissertation… Read more →
My main concern with any kind of legislation regarding internet monitoring and privacy issues is that they are decided without full understanding of the technologies and people involved. There is simply not enough debate about it. The fact that this has been rushed through the troubles me greatly but is not at all surprising regardless… Read more →
During my final project ‘Webit’ at Ravensbourne I learned the difficulty and value of adequately presenting ideas in a way that is easy to understand for the masses. The initial presentation idea was to have a super-real representation in a real-world scenario and show how Webit would be used. Sounds perfect until I tried to… Read more →
I am not sure how long this functionality has been available from YouTube but I recently noticed a small tab underneath the video showing a link to download the music from the video via iTunes. Now while I would probably not buy the music from iTunes (although they have rethought their DRM policy) it does… Read more →
Slylish Allows you to change the CSS of any page on the web. There is a large community already that have made scripts for you to use. Simply use the ‘find scripts for this page’ feature. Great for removeing text ads from Facebook, Google etc. ADD IT HERE Adblock Plus Removes LOADS of ads from… Read more →
Today I discovered a previously unknown password facility within Firefox 2 that is simply brilliant. While discussing password security and allowing Firefox to save username and password combinations so you dont have to with a colleague the other day I became aware that if my laptop got stolen… there was a hell of a lot… Read more →
I am now using Lightview to test it compared to Lightbox 2. On the plus side it looks a lot prettier (if that were possible) and its transitions are sleeker. It has two key features that Lighbox does not… It has the ability to have a slideshow in the same screen with the click of… Read more →
Whilst searching the interweb last night trying desperately to find a way to block google’s ‘sponsored links’ within its gmail system, I came across a brilliant little add-on for firefox that does that plus much more! It’s so simple too. Its called ‘stylish’ and essentially overwrites the existing css of the page by using !important…. Read more →
If the creator of the web itself, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says he will change his ISP if they start to monitor his web activity then we are in a sorry state of affairs. In interview with the BBC he said “consumers need to be protected against systems which can track their activity on the internet”… Read more →
There is a new application about to become a public beta that could change the way people sync data between machines but also the way people share data with each other. Its called Dropbox and its a revolutionary system for syncing across multiple platforms and requires no sophisticated setup, in fact very little setup at… Read more →