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Telegram over WhatsApp??
I have been a user of Telegram for over 5 years now, and I have to admit that the main reason I don’t use it exclusively is because most of my friends and family are on WhatsApp.
I much prefer the Telegram application, along with its Desktop and Web Apps, to WhatsApp; simply because they always have features before WhatsApp does, and the app is vastly more simple to use, but even I didn’t understand just how insecure the application was.
In this blog article the founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, discusses the latest security debacle surrounding WhatsApp and why it will never be secure
https://telegra.ph/Why-WhatsApp-Will-Never-Be-Secure-05-15
The 9 mistakes you don’t know you’re making as a new manager
Another classic blog article from Clare Lew; I learned most of these points being a team manager in 2004, but it’s refreshing to see them articulated in such a beautiful way for today.
Stadia: a new way to play
Stadia: a new way to play https://www.blog.google/products/stadia/stadia-a-new-way-to-play/
Google’s Messaging Updates
The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts https://www.blog.google/products/messages/latest-messages-allo-duo-and-hangouts/
EU Link Tax to kill Google News
A clip from a renowned podcast debating the changes being made, and the validity of the argument for Article 11 and 13 from the EU
Laptop Surgeries: Going back to the beginning
When I first decided to stop doing my laptop surgeries last summer, I had realised that I had spent too much effort on these surgeries and that they had lost their direction.
But something has happened…
I found an advertisment on it4communities regarding conducting Laptop Surgeries on behalf of a library. After a little digging, I found this was St Johns Wood where I had originally started doing the surgeries almost 4 years ago.
I am starting them again on the 1st February, between 10am and 12pm. Perhaps sometimes it is good to start again at the beginning ?
First Laptop Surgery at Keats Comunity Library
Yesterday I had the privilege of offering a laptop surgery at Keats Community Library in Hampstead; for those of you who might not know what that is I offer a two hour drop in surgery for people to bring along their IT problems for my help in fixing them. These normally take the form of impartial advice on everything from whether they need to replace their current laptop, and if so which one to buy.
Normally when I get the last question I don’t normally tell them to buy this model or that model, or that apple is better than windows or vice versa; instead I give them a framework to understand the sales jargon. People often find this to be the best way because they feel they can make an informed choice.
There are so many good things that come out of these surgeries, particularly the satisfaction that is felt by everyone (myself included) that they have someone that is willing to listen.
Yesterdays surgery saw three people coming along, and with all the problems being fixed satisfactorily I hope that I get more surgeries like this in the future!