Category Archives: Web Development

Social Network Wishlist

2015-01-08 by mjr

All I want for 2015 is a Free/Open Source Software social network which is: easy to register on (no reCaptcha disability-discriminator or similar, a simple openID, activation emails that actually arrive); has an email help address or online support or … Continue reading →

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Why co-ops and social enterprises should avoid publishing Word files

2012-11-06 by mjr

I sometimes ask other co-ops and social enterprises to publish things as web pages, PDFs, ODFs or basically any standard format instead of Microsoft Word Doc files. Doc files have the practical problem that they look different even in different … Continue reading →

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DLT is better than CAPTCHA

2012-04-10 by mjr

Stop using CAPTCHAs. It’s time to switch to DLT: Design, Limit and Trapdoor. “[a certain website] has the evil bad wrong Google reCaptcha on the edit page to stop disabled users, so screw it. Google’s reCaptcha seems to be spreading … Continue reading →

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Signed the PDFreaders Petition

2012-02-24 by mjr

We, the undersigned, hereby state that we expressly and unequivocally oppose the advertising of proprietary software products on government websites. Such advertising breaches impartiality and encourages citizens to employ technologies that unnecessarily restrict their freedom. The role of government is … Continue reading →

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FixTheWeb is Coming!

2010-10-19 by mjr

I travel across the Sedgemoor/North Somerset/Bristol council borders, so I’m a big fan of FixMyStreet which puts fault reporting for things like potholes, flytipping and broken lights behind a common interface. Credit to the MySociety charity project, once again. So … Continue reading →

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What’s a Good Payment Service?

2010-10-01 by mjr

There was a lot of news coverage like Credit card fees being imposed by councils, says Which? earlier this week. People seemed outraged that councils were making a small surplus over the year in total. Interviewees suggested that councils should … Continue reading →

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Paypal and Ethical Business

2010-03-03 by mjr

DoctorMO is calling Paypal the Pocketing Police after this “Paypal […] decided we were scammers and took our money” comment by Daniel Stone during the Xorg foundation election discussions. Our co-op has avoided Paypal for a number of years for … Continue reading →

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SPI February 2010

2010-02-10 by mjr

The meeting agenda is already posted for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) SPI board IRC meeting which will be at 2000 UTC (an hour earlier than last month, back at usual time). It’s another pretty lean meeting and I don’t know why. Last … Continue reading →

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Critical Eye: Google, China, DNS and an Event

2010-01-25 by mjr

My Google Bugs page started off as a blog post back in 2006, but I’ve moved it to a more permanent home and started to bring it up to date. Recent additions include the China Controversy updated, a recent search … Continue reading →

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In Berkeley or Boston? Want to work for a co-op?

2010-01-21 by mjr

Our four comrades over at Quilted co-op are looking for a new worker-owner, either a project manager, a developer (Drupal, WordPress, Rails, Perl and/or PHP), or a designer based in Berkeley or Boston. The eventual plan is to all be … Continue reading →

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