Author Archives: Ben

Stupidity

…is when you think that you won’t get hurt by someone, again, then do. Inspired by this post.

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With you, I miss you.

I’m not really a poetry kinda person… but here’s one I prepared earlier. I miss the times that were meant to be closed, but you let me in. I saw and shared, and enjoyed those times you had, you spoke … Continue reading

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Think less, do more

Oh how I would love to take my leave, and start again, from the beginning changing little but making the little changes huge. It’s always the little things that cause confusion. I was talking with a friend, SinĂ©ad (She’ld crucify … Continue reading

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Protected: A lack of nothing

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Argumentitive. But I can change?

I’ve been thinking longer and harder than I ever have before recently and I’ve come to the slow and somewhat bitter realisation that I really don’t have any good friends. Now to qualify this I have to add a few … Continue reading

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Capitalism, Copyright and Equality

Capitalism is the economic system that we currently use. It is a system of governance whereby companies are privately owned and in it to make a profit. In that companies are unlikely to be willing to share for free in … Continue reading

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Privacy and facebook. Let us be fair!

This post is a response to a piece on WIRED Blogs on May 7, 2010: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/ People who complain about the lack of privacy on Facebook are often just misguided as to what Facebook is. Facebook is by it’s nature … Continue reading

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An open letter to app developers and UX designers…

Increasingly frequently I am seeing that application developers (in the online and network desktop applications) are trying to make sure that users do not know who is and who is not blocking them. The 2 key applications that I use … Continue reading

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Education, the last revolution?

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on the education system, my place in it and my feeling towards it. As well as thinking about it, people have started talking about it. The Google vice president of Global Ad Operations … Continue reading

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Welcome, here’s an intro

I’m Ben Chapman and I’m a 17 year old student living in Ireland who loves to code and take pictures. Continue reading

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