Max has a day off school, I’m ‘working at home’….
Watching Vista
[As ever, this is on the BBC News website, and it was also picked up on Slashdot where the discussion has been extensive… and not entirely supportive!]
The launch of Window Vista last week was accompanied by widespread criticism from advocates of open systems, open networks and the free flow of information.
Particular attention was lavished on the digital rights management features of the new operating system, the tools that determine whether you can play or copy video or audio on your computer.
How to annoy your customers
I have a Barclaycard, and registered for their online service as it’s useful to be able to check statements and such like. When I moved house I forgot to tell them – my post is redirected so I didn’t notice – so today I thought I’d do something about it.
I couldn’t find an obvious way to notify them of change of address on the site, but the feedback section had a pull-down list of subjects and ‘Address Change’ was there. So I selected it, typed in my address, hit submit – and got this.
Clearly they don’t actually bother to think about their customers.
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Blogged with Flock
Let’s Lisp again
Lisp is one of the oldest and best-loved programming languages around, but it gets relatively little attention from programmers despite its flexibility and power. Now the organisers of the 2007 International Lisp Conference hope to raise the language’s profile by inviting entries for their latest programming contest.
Around the web
Not everything I write goes up here – I’ve recently started writing features and a monthly column for BBC Focus magazineBBC Focus magazine and am also now blogging on the TCS Innovations blog.
Vista launches
Who’s the hairy geek about 2 minutes in on the BBC report, though? And welcome to anyone who heard me on PM on Radio 4 this evening – please note that comments are moderated on this blog, but I’ll get to them as soon as I get home from London!
Time for digital literacy
[Also available on the BBC News website]
A senior manager at lottery operator Camelot has discovered that adopting different online identities is not as straightforward as it might appear, and it seems to have cost her her job.
The contract to run the UK national lottery comes up for renewal in 2009, and Camelot is obviously very interested in the competition.
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Learning from the locals
[As ever, you can read this on the BBC News website, and it was also picked up by Charles Johnson on lgf]
The students in my online journalism class at City University this year must be wondering whether they have made the right choice.
Getting a professional qualification in journalism, with its shorthand classes, endless lectures on ethics and numerous assignments designed to hone students’ reporting skills, may well look like too much effort in the world of citizen journalism.
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Oxford Media Convention
Still working hard…
Oxford Media Convention
In the session discussing news online, and The Guardian’s Jemima Kiss is working hard at the front of the room for Organ Grinder