As many of you know, I'm deep into the #Occupy movement. My early involvement with #OccupySeattle including but was not limited to videotaping arrests as a witness. Long story short, I edited out one instance of police action that was a.) not representative of the Seattle Police Department and b.) outside of acceptable behavior by a police officer IMHO. I filed a formal complaint through OPA even though the action wasn't directed at me. Today I have the opportunity to sit down with the officer in question along with a mediator. The happy conclusion? The officer and I shared openly and honestly. We watched the video I shot. Officer JL was honest, forthright, and professional, and for that, I thank him from the bottom of my heart.
Om mani padme hum!
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Twitter Boycott Alternative: foneFrame
If you're concerned about Twitter (#TwitterBlackout, #TwitterCensored, #J28) try using foneFrame as an alternative. Your own and control your own site, files are stored on your machine, and it includes a digital fingerprint (SHA-256 HMAC) for authentication.
Best of all? Your site's files are uploaded to Dropbox where they're hosted for free! That's right: your files on your machine under your control hosted for free.
Try foneFrame for free.
Best of all? Your site's files are uploaded to Dropbox where they're hosted for free! That's right: your files on your machine under your control hosted for free.
Try foneFrame for free.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
How Techies Helped Win Libyan Revolution
The nerd who helped win the Libyan revolution speaks: Listen & learn sisters & brothers: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/25/238259/revolutionary-wants-technology-to-transform-libya
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
foneFrame is now a Kickstarter project!
foneFrame, the mobile web framework, is now a Kickstarter project. foneFrame is a suite of tools that makes creating making web pages easy.
foneFrame is a set of templates, two web apps, and a even a skin for Twitter. Find out more about foneFrame & Kickstarter.
foneFrame is a set of templates, two web apps, and a even a skin for Twitter. Find out more about foneFrame & Kickstarter.
Monday, January 09, 2012
The Chinese Attack Tor
I'm a big fan of Tor and run both a bridge & a relay. Here's bad news but it sounds like a fix is in the works. More evidence why we need to keep our eyes on the Chinese. https://blog.torproject.org/blog/knock-knock-knockin-bridges-doors
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Simple key & password techniques
Learn about salts and nonces, used to strengthen weak keys with a simple key lengthening technique using a dollar bill, or three.
Avoid Facial Recognition Software
Wary of CCTV cameras coupled with facial recognition software? You should be.
Wondering how you can obscure your face in public to thwart such efforts? Here's how.
Wondering how you can obscure your face in public to thwart such efforts? Here's how.
Sunday, January 01, 2012
New Year's Eve Fireworks at Seattle Space Needle (video)
The Space Needle hosts a fireworks display on New Year’s Eve and the 4th of July every year.
Here’s video the fireworks New Year’s Eve 2011, welcoming in 2012. Video by Carter Films in Seattle WA.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
RSS Feeds Double As Mobile Web Pages Too With foneFrame
SEATTLE - foneFrame creates RSS feeds that are also mobile web pages for smartphones. Read foneFrame RSS feeds on your Android device or iPhone using your favorite web browser, not a feed reader. Make feeds that double as mobile web pages too. [ www.foneFrame.com/RSS/ ]
Millions read feeds and follow podcasts but most people switch to a dedicated feed reader. Your phone's browser is your best friend and goes with you everywhere, so why not use it to access your favorite feeds too? With foneFrame you can!
Link an RSS 2.0 file to a foneFrame stylesheet and convert simple feeds into fully customizable mobile web pages. foneFrame uses CSS3 stylesheets to format feeds; edit the stylesheet to quickly modify your mobile page.
- foneFrame feeds are mobile pages on smartphones
- compatible with Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone, as well as computers & tablets
- Create & maintain your feed on your computer, under your own control
- Fully customizable because foneFrame uses CSS3 stylesheets
- The basic foneFrame framework is free, released under Creative Commons
- The basic foneFrame framework is hosted in the cloud for decreased latency
- Support for PubSubHubBub & message authentication codes
- And it's free!
RSS files are often machine-generated, exported from applications or generated dynamically. Feeds lend themselves to timely alerts and updates pushed out to smartphones, as well as syndication.
foneFrame is a mobile web framework from Azalea Software, Inc. built using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It's free, open source, and licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0). This means you're encouraged to edit, change, modify, and mashup foneFrame
foneFrame is available as a template for those who build their own pages, as a web front end that generates mobile web sites, a hack to 'skin' Twitter feeds, and now an RSS wrapper as well. The basic foneFrame framework is stored in the cloud for speed and ease of use. Your web files are kept on your computer, under your control, using HTML5's local storage. foneFrame is a decentralized tool, free from the constraints of a third party site.
"foneFrame is like a lucky penny: it turns up everywhere! Our HTML5 template was first. Then we turned our attention to the web. Using your browser you can write and maintain feeds stored on your computer, not some possibly non-secure third party site." says Jerry Whiting, Azalea Software's founder & president. "We call these 'feeds with style'. Yes, they're feeds but they're also mobile pages. One file, two mediums."
Every feed entry includes a digital fingerprint that provides author and message authentication using an HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) based on SHA-256.
foneFrame is a project sparked by the use of social media during the Arab Spring and the American Occupy movement. Governments can block access to sites like Twitter and Facebook. What if you could create mobile web pages through your browser? What if cryptography provided authentication automatically? What if foneFrame was hosted for free in the cloud? Would you try it? What would you do with it? How can we make it better?
Azalea Software, Inc., founded in 1992, publishes barcode printing software [ www.azalea.com ], an Android QR scanning app [ www.QRdvark.com ], and mobile dev tools [ www.foneFrame.com ]. Located in Seattle WA, we enjoy writing good software almost as much as we love The Three Jewels.
Media contact: Jerry Whiting, Azalea Software, Inc. jerry@azalea.com +1.206.341.9500
#foneFrame #RSS #feeds #podcast #CSS3 #smartphone #Android #iPhone #PubSubHubBub #mobileframework #mobilewebsite
Millions read feeds and follow podcasts but most people switch to a dedicated feed reader. Your phone's browser is your best friend and goes with you everywhere, so why not use it to access your favorite feeds too? With foneFrame you can!
Link an RSS 2.0 file to a foneFrame stylesheet and convert simple feeds into fully customizable mobile web pages. foneFrame uses CSS3 stylesheets to format feeds; edit the stylesheet to quickly modify your mobile page.
- foneFrame feeds are mobile pages on smartphones
- compatible with Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone, as well as computers & tablets
- Create & maintain your feed on your computer, under your own control
- Fully customizable because foneFrame uses CSS3 stylesheets
- The basic foneFrame framework is free, released under Creative Commons
- The basic foneFrame framework is hosted in the cloud for decreased latency
- Support for PubSubHubBub & message authentication codes
- And it's free!
RSS files are often machine-generated, exported from applications or generated dynamically. Feeds lend themselves to timely alerts and updates pushed out to smartphones, as well as syndication.
foneFrame is a mobile web framework from Azalea Software, Inc. built using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It's free, open source, and licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0). This means you're encouraged to edit, change, modify, and mashup foneFrame
foneFrame is available as a template for those who build their own pages, as a web front end that generates mobile web sites, a hack to 'skin' Twitter feeds, and now an RSS wrapper as well. The basic foneFrame framework is stored in the cloud for speed and ease of use. Your web files are kept on your computer, under your control, using HTML5's local storage. foneFrame is a decentralized tool, free from the constraints of a third party site.
"foneFrame is like a lucky penny: it turns up everywhere! Our HTML5 template was first. Then we turned our attention to the web. Using your browser you can write and maintain feeds stored on your computer, not some possibly non-secure third party site." says Jerry Whiting, Azalea Software's founder & president. "We call these 'feeds with style'. Yes, they're feeds but they're also mobile pages. One file, two mediums."
Every feed entry includes a digital fingerprint that provides author and message authentication using an HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) based on SHA-256.
foneFrame is a project sparked by the use of social media during the Arab Spring and the American Occupy movement. Governments can block access to sites like Twitter and Facebook. What if you could create mobile web pages through your browser? What if cryptography provided authentication automatically? What if foneFrame was hosted for free in the cloud? Would you try it? What would you do with it? How can we make it better?
Azalea Software, Inc., founded in 1992, publishes barcode printing software [ www.azalea.com ], an Android QR scanning app [ www.QRdvark.com ], and mobile dev tools [ www.foneFrame.com ]. Located in Seattle WA, we enjoy writing good software almost as much as we love The Three Jewels.
Media contact: Jerry Whiting, Azalea Software, Inc. jerry@azalea.com +1.206.341.9500
#foneFrame #RSS #feeds #podcast #CSS3 #smartphone #Android #iPhone #PubSubHubBub #mobileframework #mobilewebsite
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Social Media Revolutions
An article about the role of Facebook and Twitter in social revolutions like the Arab Spring and #OccupyWallStreet. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/gladwell-vs-shirky/
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Web Cookies (sic)
Grandpa Jerry made cookies with Audrey today. My 8 yr old granddaughter kept asking me to explain what the abbreviations stood for.
The seed has been planted...
HackADay.com Has A Story About ME!
I read HackADay.com each and every day. Imagine my surprise when I saw the video of my "Computer Security 101" talk for #OccupySeattle and the Tibetan community show up as a story.
"Hey, that's me!"
I may not be in Wikipedia or IMDB, haven't been slashdot'ed yet but I've been in hackaday!
"Hey, that's me!"
I may not be in Wikipedia or IMDB, haven't been slashdot'ed yet but I've been in hackaday!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Time Cover, Person of the Year, the protester
Ben over at Door Number 3 did a great job "fixing" the Time Magazine cover for the Person of the Year, who in 2011 was the protester. Ben nailed it on the head because I'm always wearing my baseball cap.
Download the PDF here
FBI Speaks Out on Hacktivists
The FBI speaks out about hacktivists like Anonymous and LulzSec: http://www.cio.com/article/696793/FBI_Warns_Hacktivists_You_re_Breaking_the_Law_
Friday, December 16, 2011
Twitter in Mobile Web Pages
Press release about using foneFrame to embed Twitter in mobile web pages. All courtesy of HTML5!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Twitter in foneFrame Mobile Web Pages
Tweets into a custom web page for smartphones. That's right, Twitter into a mobile web page. How? foneFrame, that's how!
"Computer Security 101" video
I gave a talk on "Computer Security 101" for #OccupySeattle and my Tibetan sisters & brothers on Sunday. Here's the video.
Computer Security 101, part 1
Computer Security 101, part 2
Jerry Whiting, 11dec11
JetCityOrange.com/crypto/
Computer Security 101, part 1
Computer Security 101, part 2
Jerry Whiting, 11dec11
JetCityOrange.com/crypto/
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