Why a blog? Why now?
For a long time I’ve been reaping the benefits of free software - this is one of several projects I’m launching to give something back to the libre software/open source community.
I haven’t had a personal website since the company that hosted it fired me back in about 1996 - over ten years. I remember a few people getting excited over my site because it had a background - it was probably one of the first websites to do so (remember when websites were grey?) It was pretty-much content-free - built it in about 1994 because a company asked me to write an HTML training course. I agreed immediately and then rushed home to find out more about HTML than how to spell it.
Since about 1994 I’ve been a user of various F/OSS tools. I went to the dark side for a long time, and spent years working as a programmer on proprietary systems. No more. I spend a lot of time (most of my waking day) working with open source software. Given that I spend so much time reviewing, testing and comparing Open Source packages, I thought I’d start publishing some of that work for others to use. My key interest is in applying Open Source software to real-world problems and how this can provide real, measureable business benefits.
So, expect reviews, how-tos, and articles on open source topics and how they relate to businesses in the UK.
Hell, I might even write some code , too.