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This is a necropost, resurrected from an old blog. To find out more about Hack the Police events, civic tech, and policing technology, visit: Police Rewired

This is a necropost, resurrected from an old blog. To find out more about Hack the Police events, civic tech, and policing technology, visit: Police Rewired

To find out more about Hack the Police events, civic tech, and policing technology, visit: Police Rewired

This is a necropost, resurrected from an old blog.

Wriggler

It was 1998 and I was 17. My tool of choice was QBasic and this is a game I wrote based on a concept I stole from another game called Wriggler.

Software Self-Defence 101

The first time I met Glyn Wintle, I embarrassed myself.

Touch pairing is an exploration of intimacy and closeness at a distance, from Sex Tech Hack 2017.

Hacking the Police

Hackathons are everywhere these days, and if you know what they are already then do please skip on and learn why the police are so hungry for innovation! A hackathon is an “invention marathon”, where teams of independent coders and designers innovate for prizes in different categories. Nobody knows what the outcomes will be, and presentations are judged at the end of a long hard weekend of work and play.

This article was originally posted to Medium.

3 excellent ways to build trust with your users

I don’t see why it needs that permission!

This article was originally posted to Medium.

5 reasons refactoring your project can give you back your competitive edge

It didn’t used to be so expensive to change one little thing…

This article was originally posted to Medium.

Why are some projects so expensive? Need they be?

This article is adapted from a response I gave to the Reddit post for the Medium article How I replicated an $86 million project in 57 lines of code in r/coding by Tait Brown