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Bridging the app gap

Ian Wrigley looks for easy ways to write apps across multiple platforms

How to write interactive fiction games on Windows or Mac

Ian Wrigley reveals how to use open-source tools to create games from a bygone era

How to stay safe against session hijacking

Staying secure online is more vital than ever, says Ian Wrigley, as Firesheep highlights how vulnerable many sites still are

How open source is changing the face of business

Ian Wrigley muses on the open-source world and the changing nature of business

Limited by your router? Try replacing the firmware

Ian Wrigley explains how a firmware refresh could bring new life to your router

Sikuli: scripting with screenshots

Ian Wrigley discovers a brilliant new scripting tool that uses screenshots to perform commands

Give your website some open-source sparkle

Ian Wrigley reveals a few of his favourite open-source applications for giving your website a lift

Understanding the "NoSQL movement"

Ian Wrigley takes a look at an alternative to relational databases: the so-called "NoSQL Movement"

Open Twittering

Ian Wrigley demonstrates how a twitter clone, laconica, can provide a sensible way to keep all the members of a development team in the loop.

Programming for kids

MySQL fan Ian Wrigley discusses computer programming for children, and goes back in time with linux.

Ian Wrigley runs W A Communications, a Los Angeles-based technology consultancy. He's an advocate of open-source technologies, particularly on the server side, and is on the board of directors of the British Academy of Film and Televsion Arts/Los Angeles.