Muammar Gaddafi Killed

by Matthew

Seems my blog is just all about death. I’ve not intended it that way! Not good, but that’s all that’s been happening out there. Muammar Gaddafi was reported captured and later killed earlier on today. I don’t like people getting killed regardless of what they have done, so I wanted to see him captured and brought to the International Criminal Courts at The Hague to be tried for his war crimes. This man was deluded and in my opinion sick mentally (its said he was bipolar).

However in terms of changing Libya, I don’t think it will make that big a difference. Democracy has to be formed. The country has no history of democracy. Weapons have to be called in and accounted for. A insurgency could still form. This is just one step. Bringing his government down was one MAJOR step this is a MINOR step in my opinion. The country will progress however. Of course after 42 years of brutal dictatorship the Libyan people deserve to celebrate this moment… but its not over. This is merely the beginning.

I feel I have more to write on this. If I think of something I will come back to it. It’s late! Red-eye!

Some articles on him from the guardian below.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/20/gaddafi-how-did-he-die

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/20/colonel-muammar-gaddafi?newsfeed=true

Steve Jobs, May you rest in peace

by Matthew
Steve Jobs Rest in Peace

Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs

I really meant to post this yesterday but had work and panic after.

Steve Jobs, Thank you for bringing us the first computer with a mouse. The iPhone, the iPod and for all you done to change people’s lives.

You will be remembered and missed.

Mistakes you wish you never made!

by Matthew

Do you have that mistake you wish you NEVER made? Please tell me I am not alone 🙂

I sold a forum (Let Politics Talk) back in 2008 because I was heading off to university and didn’t have time to manage it. I hadn’t been for months prior to the sell anyway. Unfortunately I sold, I could have got a lot more for it but I needed to offload my projects so I could commit. When I sold up I made it very clear of the direction I wanted the community to take. I wanted someone to take care of it continue development and create a less centralised moderation team.

One of the first errors I made (when I was part of the team) at LPT was leadership. We had a dictatorship more then anything and not a very diverse moderation team. This lead to one member being banned mainly because others didn’t believe with his views and thought he was a extremist. Which I believe now is entirely the wrong course to take. At the time I should have seen it too 🙁

I can only put that down to inexperience on my part, and the lack of having a diverse team from different backgrounds who are able to see things from different angles. We were all pretty similar unfortunately.

… And under the new leadership

Under the new leadership nothing much has changed. Apart from lots of great SEO and lots of awful spam. The forum still has the same broken parts as I left it back in 2008. This leads me to believe the software hasn’t been upgraded at all! Fair enough if we were only talking visuals. As visually its not too bad. I don’t want to be critical of the current owner as he has done more with SEO then I could have. I’m looking to become involved with it again if I can as I’d love to be of some use.

However, looking back on it now. Would I give my baby up again? Never 🙂

Novenet Limited is coming along…

by Matthew

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Novenet Limited is coming along. When I say that I mean still in the planning stages. A few things are confirmed though. It will be the local business arm focusing on providing web services to local business initially.

We have a prototype logo (as you can see above) which will change when we have a found one that represents our image. I can’t remember if I posted it before. The logo is above. I have clear plans of what we should focus on. It’s just getting it down actioned on and the like. There still is a skills drain which needs filling. If anyone is looking for a experience to put on their CV and is located in the UK please contact me! 🙂

Terror Victims

by Matthew

R.I.P the 2,976 Americans who lost their lives on 9/11. R.I.P the 48,644 Afghans and 1,690,903 Iraqis who paid the ultimate price for a crime they didn’t commit, and the hundreds of thousands of people who die through terror attacks around the world.