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Instagram upsets its users.

18/12/2012 1 Comment

instagramThere’s been quite a lot of talk about the changes of terms and conditions Instagram announced to its users. From Januray 16th – Instagram claims rights to use submitted photos as they like.

To be honest, I was very surprised at this reaction… really? Did no one see this coming? Once Facebook bought Instagram – surely this neglect and utter disrespect for ownership was a foregone conclusion, was it not?

If you are using Instagram – it will be worth reading up on this, a few related articles: continue reading ➤

One Laptop Per Child : an Ethiopian story

02/11/2012 3 Comments

There are times when you just have to love people and their wonderful initiatives for others :)
This is when Twitter shines a light through the mist of noise with stories like this - please make sure to read this article about an OLPC action, giving children in Ethiopia thousands of XO laptops and observing their very first experience with computers.

read the article:
Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction

ethiopian kids with tablets, image © dvice.com :: dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php image © dvice.com

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FACEBOOK: I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK

24/10/2012 2 Comments

If you are an avid Facebook user – you might find the following articles an interesting read, to say the least. Via Brian Suda, see tweet below.

Don’t make -webkit- prefixes a de facto standard

11/02/2012 Comments Off

Please stand with us now by

1) Telling Microsoft, Mozilla, and Opera not to implement the -webkit-* vendor prefix, and
2) Pledging to update every site you can to use the other vendor-specific prefixed (and non-prefixed) versions of each -webkit-* property you find, even if you’re not sure it exists yet.

Together, we can stop this madness.

A petition started by Aaron Gustafson

more on Webstandards.org by Rachel Andrew

Mozilla Festival

26/08/2011 2 Comments

Mozilla Festival on Media, Freedom & the Web

hackasaurus super girl © mozillafestival
The Mozilla Festival is a three-day gathering of passionate, creative people using the web to bend, hack and reinvent media.

We're solving real problems and building prototypes with talented designers, world-class journalists, resourceful media-makers, and cutting-edge developers.
Media, Freedom and the Web is Mozilla’s second annual innovation festival. Three days of passionate people using the web to bend, hack and reinvent media.

To find out more and to register ~ visit mozillafestival.org.
[image courtesy of mozillafestival.org]