I have written before about Anne Currie's rather excellent "Panopticon" series of books. I actually thought I had written up my thoughts about all the books in the series so far, but it seems that I Read more

Hacking - clever, innovative solutions to computer and telephony problems - fascinates me. "Underground" is a detailed look at the relatively early days of computer hacking, with a focus on the Read more

I asked recently for recommendations for sci-fi books that I might enjoy, and a few people recommended Anne E Currie's "Pantopticon" series. "It will be right up your street!" one of them said. And Read more

You may well think I am a bit of a grump in writing this. That's fine, because this did make me grumpy. You might think I am ungrateful. I don't think I am ungrateful, just eager to reduce barriers Read more

I asked on Twitter for some reading recommendations: Do you have personal recommendations for near-ish future, tech-aware /focussed, fiction, please, ideally available as an ebook? Dystopian stuff is Read more

Paxton never thought he’d be working Security for the company that ruined his life, much less that he’d be moving into one of their sprawling live-work facilities. But compared to what’s left Read more

My theme of hacker / hacking-related books continues, and last night I read "Hacker: The Outlaw Chronicles". I read it in one sitting, and it was... fine. Not brilliant, not terrible. Fine. The Read more

Living in the Los Angeles wasteland can be tough – especially when you’re just some dude whose only real skill is computer hacking. So, Artie Gonzalez spends most of his days building drones, Read more

Having written yesterday about a book I would not recommend, I thought I'd balance it by writing about books and training that I have found valuable in running decoded.legal. (I buy a mix of ebooks Read more

tl;dr: I want a refund. A friend recommended that I read "Rehumanize Your Business” — a book about using short video clips instead of relying so heavily on email. Or, I should say, "friend". I Read more