Category: "Society and Politics"

Tech for Good Meetup - September 2013

On Monday I attended the first Tech for Good Meetup, a showcase for startups aiming to solve social and environmental problems. The format was a series of lightening talks, an introduction from the sponsors followed by short presentations from five sta… more »

OpenTech 2013

It's been a while since I've written a proper blog post but now that my 'professional' writing obligations are mostly out of the way I've been meaning to get back to things. As I attended OpenTech 2013 at the weekend I thought this was a great opportun… more »

The Social Impact of the Web: Society, Government and the Internet

Last Friday I attended The Social Impact of the Web, an event organised and hosted by The RSA. It was one of two events I attended last week, but the only one I managed to be on time for :roll: so the only one I'm in a position to present my summary and… more »

Software Patents

This is a subject very close to my heart, I think software patents are a very bad idea, quite a lot of software industry people in the UK agree with me, and yet the government is all for it anyway. Software is created from language, and I believe it s… more »