Categorised under Mobile and Security.
My Twitter timeline this morning was filled with tweets about a recently discovered security issue on some Samsung phones. The original tweets from @pof state that any website can be setup to remotely wipe a Galaxy S3 that visits it using a single line of HTML:
<frame src="tel:*2767*3855%23" />
Categorised under Personal.
So I haven't posted on this blog in months and thought I'd better update you on what's been happening in my life.
Read more…Categorised under Utilities.
For a fair while now, Google has dominated the web analytics market - certainly in the personal and small business sectors. They provide a very comprehensive data set for completely free, and it’s easy to set up if you have Google account (which almost everyone in the industry does).
I’ve personally used Google Analytics for a couple of years, but not had any projects online to really benefit from it.
A couple of months ago I was introduced to GoSquared real-time Analytics by a friend and my entire perception of analytics has changed.
Read more…Categorised under Industry.
Today I’m updating my CV and it got me thinking about how best to provide it to potential employers.
Many web professionals have an online portfolio to show off their best pieces of work, introduce people to them personally, and generally convince employers to hire them. This is one of the main things a CV does, though in a slightly different way.
I’ve seen many people link to their CVs directly from their portfolio website, some as part of the site in HTML, some as separate PDF documents, and some as both.
How do you provide yours?
If you’re an employer, how do prefer to receive CVs?
Why?
Categorised under Industry and Personal.
Hidden away in Wood Street, in the depths of Bath’s city centre, lives the Riot HQ - A team of technical professionals who just want to “Get Drunk and Make Things”. In April, I was fortunate enough to spend three weeks interning at the HQ, eating Elliott’s bread, drinking from my official RiotHQ cup (pictured above), and occasionally writing code.
Read more…Categorised under Blogging.
Hello and welcome along to Mark Writes! I’ve gone and created a blog and this is it.
Over the coming months I plan to post articles about web development, the web industry, and general things that interest me. I hope this site becomes a source of solid information and discussion for many!
Many thanks to Ka-Chun for designing the lovely front end you see before you.