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Category Archives: Wordpress and Blogs
Rinse and repeat
Forgive me, reader, for I have sinned. It has been over a year since my last blog post. Life got busy. Paid work. Another round of challenges managing my chronic illness. Cycle campaigning. Fun bike rides. Friends. Family. Travels. Other … Continue reading
Posted in Wordpress and Blogs
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New comments methods
After years of resisting it, I’ve added the least evil Twitter/Facebook comments plugin I could find to this blog as a test and updated the comments policy a little. Please kick the tyres and try commenting to see if it … Continue reading
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I’ve got anti-spam, so why am I still seeing some spam?
So you’ve got lots of shiny spam-detection software (not eyetests or similar rubbish) installed but are still getting some spam on your email and your website? Why aren’t your spam detectors and preventative measures effective at dealing with it? Basically, … Continue reading
Comments with OpenID
Readers who look at our blog itself (rather than one of the lovely sites that reprint our articles) may have noticed that you can now comment in either the usual WordPress way (Name/Email/Link) or by logging in with a social … Continue reading
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Welcome Back
I’m back. Where have I been? I was in Portishead, Plymouth and Taunton in Co-operatives Fortnight back in late June/early July. I seemed to spend July flat out with work trying to catch up again, then I fell ill just … Continue reading
Posted in Wordpress and Blogs
Tagged business, co-op, cooperatives, event, Koha, mobile
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2009 Top 10 Software Cooperative News
Amazon Kindle Un-selling Books was the most-viewed news item on my blog this year. Once again, a lock-out/bad-business story takes the top spot. I don’t think that one got as much coverage in the mainstream media as they usually do, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives, Koha, SPI, Wordpress and Blogs
Tagged #ukgovOSS, amazon, apache, authentication, board, Cooperatives, foundation, httpd, j2me, kindle, midp, pam, richard, rothwell, security, SPI, ssh, top 10, windows 7
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WordCamp UK, 17-18 July 2010 in Manchester
Advance notice of WordCamp UK 2010 on 17-18 July 2010 in Manchester. Ticket sales expected in early April 2010. I voted for the Portsmouth bid, so of course Manchester won(!) I’ve passed the event details to our co-op for consideration. … Continue reading
Posted in Wordpress and Blogs
Tagged 2010, conference, event, july, manchester, uk, wordcamp, wordcampuk, wordpress
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#ukgovoss and Poor gov.uk Websites
Using gov.uk websites is an ordeal at the best of time. Even the most polished websites tend to reflect the structure of the government body, which I find counter-intuitive – and I’m a councillor who pays attention to these things. … Continue reading
Posted in Wordpress and Blogs
Tagged #ukgovOSS, cms, overspend, suppliers, tech worker co-ops, website
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Consumers, Boycotts and Cooperatives
A couple of days ago, daniel stone: boycott insanity compared Boycott Novell to “people on the street shouting at the sky about the government.” Previously, I’ve explained here why I think Boycotts are consumers doing judo on corporations and it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives, GNU/Linux, Wordpress and Blogs
Tagged boycott, consumers, cooperatives-uk, ed mayo, novell
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identi.ca and twitter OLPC – One Line Per Contact
I’ve been having fun with identi.ca and twitter recently, but some of my contacts, friends, followees, subscriptions (or whatever you want to call them) send many more messages than others. One contact gave a running commentary on his progress up … Continue reading
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Tagged identi.ca, microblog, script, status, twitter, xsl
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