Tag: global digital divide

  • Expanding on the digital divide

    This week’s post follows on to last week’s to talk a little about the digital divide. It is adapted from a paper I wrote back in 2017 as part of my Bachelor’s degree with the Open University. The term “digital divide” refers to the difference between having and not having access to information technology. The…

  • Ensure redundancy for critical systems

    As I’m sure you noticed, Facebook suffered massive downtime to several services last week, including Messenger, Instagram and so on. Such events often serve to highlight what services we have rely on. While I’ve been (at least attempting to) phase out Facebook for some time, there are still some things that I actually need it…