Safer Internet Day. What a marvellous cause to educate younglings (and their parents and trusted teachers) about how to be safer online. Yes, of course we should be encouraging ‘good’ behaviours in all walks of life and that now of course includes our digital lives as well. We teach children please and thank you; not…
Tag: privacy
Being open, private and just less ignorant
I have never really thought of myself as an activist before, for anything. Sure, I have had interests that I have felt quite passionate about, for instance it was about two years ago that I was knee-deep into researching about ‘opening’ the archive into digital environments. Luckily for me, I had a great opportunity to…
Opening the backdoor to vulnerable communities
“We don’t know how to make a backdoor that only good guys can go through” Cory Doctorow I hope that the debate over the Investigatory Powers bill is common knowledge. I know that I am particularly concerned about my online privacy and security so much so I am often met with a lot of resistance…
Probiotic-ful
I think everyone I see regularly is starting to get a little tired of me babbling on about probiotics. But I managed to brew/ferment/culture my best yoghurt batch yet, bursting with probiotic goodness and I can’t help but tell everyone. Weekend of wellbeing: taking care of my inner tube with low FODMAP diet and probiotics…
Mediactive: the Next Generation
I have just finished reading Dan Gillmor‘s book Mediactive and you know what, it’s bloomin’ brilliant. I don’t want to over-sensationalise things but it’s kind of the bible of being a consumer and producer of media (of any kind) on the web. "Welcome to the age of information confusion." Picked up @dangillmor's book today- I'd recommend it…