Technology

21st Century Voting

 Steven Kellow    Politics, Technology

Compared to other sectors of politics and government, the fundamental process of electing public officers is still rather archaic.  Everyone is sent a piece of paper telling them that they can vote and where to do it.  They go to a physical polling station, hand over their piece of paper, receive another one and then cast their votes.  All the votes at a polling station are then taken to a count where they are all tabulated by hand.  Finally, the winner(s) are announced and the — Read more →

The Music Social Network: Last.fm

 Steven Kellow    Music, Technology

Social networking is absolutely everywhere in this modern world, permeating every layer of our culture in a revolutionary way.  Each performs a specific function: with Twitter and Facebook providing the more general messaging services, YouTube conquering the video market, and LinkedIn being the professionals’ network of choice. One area where our personalities might be more social in nature than anything else is our music taste.  The bands we like and the songs we like are as much an expression of our identity as the clothes — Read more →

The Decline of YouTube Gaming

 Steven Kellow    Technology, Video Games

It’s perhaps an unusual concept to some – the idea that people would like to, and even rather, watch others play a video game on the internet than play themselves – but with the simultaneous growth of YouTube and the launch of the HD generation of games consoles, that’s exactly what millions of people, myself included, began to do.  From being a novelty in the early days, back in 2006/07, it has become a livelihood for many of the most successful Youtubers because of advertising — Read more →

The What, How and Why of SEO

 Steven Kellow    Technology

Chances are that you’ve never heard of search engine optimisation, or SEO as it’s more commonly known.  But behind every Google search (or Bing if you’re into it), there is a dark art of bringing up the most relevant of trillions of webpages for your query.  This dark art is SEO.  I’ve had some experience in the discipline, working for a website-based company for almost a year (split over summers) and I’m going to explain, in basic terms, what it is, why it exists and — Read more →

The Next Generation Has Dawned

 Steven Kellow    Technology, Video Games

A year after the Wii U made its’ timid debut, the 8th generation of video game consoles has truly begun with the worldwide launch of both the Xbox One and PS4.  It has been commented by many of the reviews for both consoles that there has never been two consoles as similar in terms of performance at launch, and the gist of reviews is that both consoles are a significant step forward compared to their predecessors.  It has also been noted, though, that both aren’t — Read more →

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