Things I have learnt over time ...

Life changer

Meeting someone who changed my life and didn't know it

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3 min, 580 words

I was fortunate enough to meet someone who dramatically changed my life but didn't know it. And when I met them I didn't even get the chance to speak to them or say thank you.

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Categories: life

Rites of passage

The rites of passage of children and their parents

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2 min, 337 words

"A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another."

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Categories: life

Valuing existing customers

Why do companies not offer the best price from the start for existing customers?

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2 min, 294 words

I wonder if there are a group of people in companies that set the prices for their products that still like the concept of bartering? They seem to like the negotiations of trying to find the highest price an existing customer will stay with them.

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Categories: life

Public/Private keys introduction

A very simple high level introduction to public and private keys and how they are used

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2 min, 329 words

I recently had to try and explain to some non-technical colleagues how part of our system works. This involved giving them a very quick overview of public/private key cryptography. So I thought I would summarise it here.

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Categories: misc

The Online Safety "Bull"

How the UK government does not understand security and cryptography and the impact of proposed changes

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4 min, 635 words

Imagine you wanted to send a message to a friend. The message has sensitive information so you want to send it securely.

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Categories: misc

Ignoring the bad

Overlooking the downsides of new technologies could be costly

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2 min, 347 words

Nearly every technology can be used for good and bad. Quite a bold statement but something I believe is true.

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Categories: technology ai