As a follow-up to my post last week where I said beware of what Facebook does now that Google+ is here, I’d like to say I called it! Read this: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/09/24/facebookIsScaringMe.html And this: http://nikcub.appspot.com/logging-out-of-facebook-is-not-enough It will take 10 minutes and will make you more informed about how Facebook is ABUSING your personal information and website browsing habits. What you surprised they been tracking you all along… And once you done that, GET OFF FACEBOOK and join Google+ if you want social media. At least they look after your privacy. Yes they collect data too, but…
Category: Technology
This is where I express my Geekness
Man… I been fighting with an install of drupal commerce installation for days now… it’s in theory perfect for my requirement but is seriously in need of some usability work. When will folks realise that for a project to be usable… people need to be able to actually use it! I reckon 80% of those trying this are looking elsewhere after… I wish I was not so committed now, I’d change out of principle.
Cross post from: http://brendanpiater.com/?p=201 Completed a small scale backup solution today for the Metlife Mall administration office. They only have a couple of work stations but had no backup processes in place at all. Backups are only important when you need them. It’s not a case of if, but when you’ll need to restore a backup of your data. Certainly, backing up is one of the most important safe guards for your data. If you not backing up, start today. Hard drives fail, accidents happen. Personal backups are a pretty…
Hay Friends,
Busy putting together new little venture. I’m looking for first impressions, and be great to get some feedback please.
Firstly, I detest that I “have” to use Facebook. I wish my friends chose to use other more responsible companies to share news through. But they don’t. So I use it, and I do it because it’s the easiest way to to keep up to date with folks back home and my friends here. But I’m not wanting to get into the evilness of Facebook in this post, but rather explain how I interact with it.
I recently advised my dear Mother Duck on some software to install on her new Windows installation. Now those that know me well will now that I’m an advocate of Linux and open source software in general, but unfortunately it’s “just easier” to have her running Windows at the moment, long story.
However that does not mean that open and free software needs to go out the window…There some great apps out there and I tried to include some of these in my selections for her. I’ve listed these below in case they can help some others too. These are a mixed selection of propriety and open software, but all at zero cost.