The secure messaging app Signal has made the news recently with various members of the US Government using it to avoid accountability (possibly) and to inappropriately share their thoughts on secret operations with journalists and then the rest of the world (accually). I am a Signal user – I like …
Because It’s Friday – Put the kettle on…
Here is a short video explaining something I am sure all of us of a certain age knew about: This is one of the reasons for Electric Mountain. Is this retro-tech? More! That video was going to be it for this week’s “Because It’s Friday“, but as I was writing …
Signal app in the news.
I use, and recommend to clients, the secure messaging app Signal, for those communications that do not require accountability but do require good cyber security. However, it is not an app suitable for government communications that usually require a higher level of security and should always include accountability to the …
Because It’s Friday – Bottom
A “click bait” title for this week’s “Because It’s Friday” article. From the BBC archive comes an excellent Tomorrow’s World episode, hosted by James Burke, looking at the technology that kept people alive and working in Antartica in 1967. Every trick to either keep things warm or cold and plans …
Because It’s Friday – Retro Tech
There is a very odd reference in this 1989 article from the BBC Archive comparing using a Walkman to mental illness! But I am sure that is what happens when you turn something so basic into high-brow! It is interesting how the American advert manages to put a hyphen between …