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I find algorithms very interesting, particularly compression (especially for media) and encryption. However, they can be challenging to explain to a less-technical audience. »

Today there have been problems at Tesco Bank. Transactions have been frozen after 40,000 accounts had fraudulent activity detected. This reminds me, yet again, of the dangers of moving to a cashless society. »

I have an iPad that I use for testing things, but I rarely get it out. I store it with WiFi off to stop the battery from getting drained, otherwise it would poll for notifications and be dead when I need it. »

I’ve created some lightweight live departure boards for mobile use, in the same vein as my mobile friendly pragmatic tube status. »

Almost a year ago I built this prototype railway station information kiosk. It was my team’s entry in a train themed hackathon. »

Update: It appears that Google have pushed out at least two new on‑by‑default features since I wrote this (not that long ago). »

This is the final part of my three part cloud trilogy: AWS vs Azure Lock-in Pricing (this post) Pricing As mentioned in the first post in this series, cloud hosting may not be the best value option for you. »

I help run Cleanweb Jobs, a site that matches people to software jobs in the environment sector. The statistics of what skills candidates have compared to the skills employers are looking for are quite interesting. »