Alan Williamson

Amazon Lambda now accepting SQS events directly (nearly)

Amazon has closed the gap between Lambda and processing events directly from SQS, opening up a world of possibilities.

The Gemini PDA 2018; hands on review

By Alan Williamson on May 22, 2018

After a few weeks of usage, learn what makes this Psion revival a wonderful addition to the Android smartphone world
3 simple guidelines to protect our ever connected ‘smart’ device universe

By Alan Williamson on December 5, 2017

As we become more beholden to companies to keep our smart devices functioning long after purchase date, I propose 3 guidelines to address this imbalance and risk.
The browser war is over; guess who won?

By Alan Williamson on November 13, 2017

There is no more browser war. We’ve already traded our data and privacy which yields us unable to fight in the war. Like our music, movies and photos, our browsing has fallen, the powerful internet corporation’s have quietly taken another scalp.
Couple of tricks to manage a Zero Inbox

By Alan Williamson on November 8, 2017

A zero inbox is that wonderful feeling of knowing you’ve taken care of business. Discover a couple of wee tricks to make this easy to maintain.
‘Save’ has all but been eliminated on the web; when will it die on the desktop?

By Alan Williamson on October 31, 2017

We live in a ‘save’ less world online, but the humble desktop has yet to catch up with this, forcing me to think of when to save my process.