Book review: The Open Revolution
Even before attending a very thought-provoking keynote by Rufus Pollock at the European Data Summit in Berlin this October, I had already decided that his latest book „The Open Revolution“...
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Installing Flarum on Cloudways
So if like me you’re intrigued by Flarum, and you find it even more intriguing, that – as opposed to Discourse – Flarum runs on a regular PHP Stack with...
IT Strategy and Tourism
Governments, public agencies or other institutions contemplating the drafting and implementation of digital, IT-based strategies, can turn to a number of model projects for inspiration. IT strategies will in many...
10 Great WordPress Plugins
If you manage a lot of WordPress pages (in one capacity or another, I currently care for about 10 installations), you know the constant search for the best plugins to...
Book review: Freedom
When I read The Corrections more than a few years back, I was encapsulated by Franzen’s outstanding family saga, the pop cultural references, the skillful writing and the familiarity of...
How to Upgrade Mediawiki using Cloudways App Cloning
There are many ways to upgrade a Mediawiki installation. The process has become smoother over the years, but it still requires moving files and executing shell commands. What makes upgrading...
Why I turned my back on Simple Machines (and phpBB)
I grew up with bulletin boards. Online forums, message boards, however you want to call them, have for almost decades defined how discussion on the internet took place. Then came...
Book review: Pax Technica
I was looking forward to a book that would tackle the complex technology policy challenges to come with the advent of the internet of things. I was bitterly disappointed by...
Installing Ubuntu 14.10 on a MacBook Air for Dummies
I am mostly happy with the 11″ MacBook Air (2013 model) as my primary workhorse. Even though it has its downsides (see previous blogpost), it mostly works reliably, has long...
My review of the Macbook Air 2013
I am on a short break from Ubuntu, here’s my review of an 11″ MacBook Air (2013 model) I love Ubuntu. I have been a convinced and curious Linux user...
