William Heath’s blog

This felt like a great way to spend a Friday night, in a local place I didn’t know, among many people I didn’t know (and hald a dozen I did) all trying to work out for whom to vote at the next election.

So what on earth is the right way to chair a hustings which includes the likely next Culture Minister, the BPI’s chief lobbyist (author of parts of the anti-Internet #DEBill) [UPDATE: or perhaps not: see comments below] and candidates from the Pirate Party and the BNP?
[UPDATE: BNP candidate has withdrawn "owing to a prior [...]

Here is the issue, wonderfully explained:

I’ve done a review of the new Chris Morris film below. Note:
i) there’s no specific plot spoiler, but it does describe the general outcome
ii) I declare an interest as an investor. When zillions of people go, I may get my stake back.

A year after Godalming Friends adopted the “database state” as a corporate concern, the main party political manifestos published this week suggest the tide may have turned over control of personal data. On Monday we had:
We will explore how to give citizens direct access to the data held on them by public agencies, so that [...]

Public support is so important for policing and safe society. I want to be part of that supportive public, in a safe society.
I hate this “in yer face” surveillance and confrontation. I think I’ll head along to Friends House for this:

Last night MPs approved a new law about the Internet: The Digital Economy Bill. It’s as mediocre as it is complex.
Open Rights Group has fought an exemplary campaign to keep the net open and unblocked, to keep free wifi feasible and to maintin due process and the presumption of innocence. But the vested interests [...]

We’re all good at some things and rubbish at others. I’m pretty useless with technology, which is ironic given my business and voluntary work is almost entirely with geeks.
But, the grindingly slow journey of learning continues.
This weekend I learned how to use C-Panel and to upload more photos, correctly sized, for this blog. [...]