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Pirate Party UK – 3 years old today

Ever since I first heard of the Swedish Pirate Party, I thought to myself that the UK needed something like that, and that if it had something like that I would love to be a part of it. I didn’t however investigate sufficiently or I might have come across the several attempts to do just…

July 30, 2012
Pirate Party a single issue party?

In this ‘blog post I would like to challenge the perspective that calls the Pirate Party a single issue party. Upon cursory inspection, that seems the case, but I hope that I can persuade readers that when you dig a little deeper there is more to the Pirate Party. I do not just mean the…

May 8, 2012
Moodle 2 Frustrations

With over ten Moodle 1.9.* installations that all need upgrading, the next few months are going to be exciting. I have a clean Moodle 2 install, and a test 1.9 -> 2.1 install, and have been frustrated by some of the changes. I should note that I am also pleased at other changes, but those…

March 23, 2012
Ten for trust

Following on from my last blog post, I am responding to connect.me’s call to blog about those I trust. One aspect I think that could do with some improvement in the way connect.me handles vouches, is the lack of evidence associated with each vouch. I hope I am trusted that when I vouch for someone…

March 3, 2012
Reputation Networks

I have recently joined connect.me, a new reputation network. I have been asked why, with all the other social network sites available, did I join (and pester friends/colleagues to join) this one. Firstly a reputation network is NOT a social network, well, not exactly. A dedicated reputation network would seek not to compete with other…

March 3, 2012
ECHR vs Bill of Rights

Will Tovey has written an interesting ‘blog post criticising Theresa May’s recent announcement of a new Bill of Rights that would replace the Human Rights Act (HRA) and withdraw the UK from the oversight provided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). I’d recommend reading it to anyone interested in going beyond the superficial…

February 17, 2011