I've been using OpenStreetMap¹ for about two years now. I migrated from Google Maps, mostly for philosophical reasons to do with data collection and licensing.

I think the biggest difference between the two can be summed up as:

• OpenStreetMap has much better coverage of obscure places (particularly things like …

I've been using CyanogenMod pretty much since day one after I got my Samsung Galaxy S4 which was my first Android phone. After the best phone I ever owned, a Nokia N900 got to the point where battery life was about 8 hours I felt that I needed to upgrade …

I once heard Google Analytics described as crack cocaine for marketing folks and webmasters. Now I've never tried crack cocaine, but I have tried Google Analytics and I can see why once you have had it, it's pretty hard to let go.

It gives you a bunch of information, most …

I'm planning on writing a series of posts tagged with "Good bye Google" that will cover my progress over the last few year in leaving the Google eco-system and moving to open source self hosted alternatives.

I wanted to start with this post first though to explain my rational behind …