Posts in “Opinion”

Keybase, Zoom and Me

Zoom have acquired Keybase. This has sparked a lot of consternation within the open source community and a lot of people have decided to delete their Keybase accounts.

📅 08 May 2020

Confession: I Have No Idea How To Use Git

I have a confession to make - I have no idea how to use Git. Pull requests, commits, branches (what the hell do trees have to do with it?) It's all jargon to me.

📅 07 May 2020

Recommended Read - A Biker's Life By Henry Cole

I couldn't put this one down; I read it in two days. I think that's because Henry's book resonated with me on a number of levels. Let me explain...

📅 05 May 2020

Is Dark Mode Good For Your Eyes?

I've decided to stop using dark mode across all of my devices, because research suggests that going to the dark side ain't all that.

📅 28 April 2020

My Thoughts On Ubuntu 20.04

I've been running Ubuntu 20.04 on my Thinkpad for a day or so. It's now setup to my workflow, so read on to hear some of my thoughts.

📅 26 April 2020

The Case For WordPress

Apparently, WordPress is slow, insecure and hard to maintain. I disagree and wanted to take a minute to explain why I think none of this is actually true.

📅 04 February 2020

Categorise Or Compartmentalise?

Regular readers of this blog will know that it's very much a tech focussed site. However, I have three main passions in my life, which are tech (obviously), fish-keeping and motorbikes.

📅 02 January 2020

Moving To Progressive Web Apps

Where possible, I have decided to transition from native apps to Progressive Web Apps (PWA) on my mobile devices. If you want to know why I think they're a much better solution than native apps, please read on.

📅 22 December 2019

Librem 5 - My Thoughts

The Librem 5 is way overpriced for what it is. I'll be surprised if they sell a single unit.

📅 18 December 2019

Reasons Why Zoho Mail Is Better Than Gmail

Zoho mail is a far better product than Gmail and in this post I intend to prove it to you.

📅 14 December 2019