May 4, 2016
An elegy for computer languages past
A new TV show about the early days of the personal computer revolution evokes memories of Commodore 64s and the last time amateurs could bend a modern graphic user interface computer to their will.
computer programming
Apr 15, 2015
Why is good interface so hard?
Why do so many pieces of software leave us lost, frustrated and railing at their arcane and ugly buttons, choices and placements? Wayne MacPhail presents four reasons.
Apr 16, 2014
Heartbleed: A heartbeat away from the death of security
A hapless programmer's little error has escalated to a cardiac arrest across the Web, has cost billions to fix and has potentially been used by a secretive and near-rogue government agency.
