User Agents for the Social Web

Musings on how user agents could interact with the social web as the technology develops going forwards

Archiving the old SWFs

I was looking through some old folders on my PC and found some old files with the suffix SWF. I used flashpoint to restore and archive them.

2021-08-12 — Music, Technology — 6 min read

I wanted to export my data from deezer, as is my right. The experience was lengthy and unsatisfying.

Online productivity tools, forms and automation, leaves me frustrated and could be improved a lot.

Why I’m banning all unknown connections out of my PC, and some of the tools that help: the Windows Firewall Notifier and Windows Firewall Control.

After recently reviewing my privacy settings for Microsoft, I noticed something that was both alarming and reassuring.

Technophobe yells at cloud

I was visiting some charity shops recently and had a thought about how to give them a boost – and the whole high street.

A tag for internet donations. Easy interoperable ways to support websites and creatives, without any need for ads.

There are lots of streaming apps for TV shows and films nowadays. I think that’s good, but it does have downsides: The Myriad Apps.