Telegram video call quality is always HD and almost pristine on exactly the same networks and routes where our call quality is unusable on Signal.
Alec Kinnear
Creative Director
Alec has been working with video since 1995. Before founding Foliovision in 2004, he worked as a Head of Television for Grey Moscow and a TV producer at Bates, Saatchi and Saatchi Russia. Alec maintains a photography and culture weblog at uncoy.com. Alec holds an Honours B.A. from Trinity College at the University of Toronto in Modern Languages and Literature.
Merry Christmas and Peace on Earth
Christmas Greetings from Foliovision! A picture of Kittsee Schloss Christmas Market 2025.
Perplexity Pro for Developers: an in-depth review with privacy guidelines
Don’t miss your chance to experience Perplexity’s innovative AI search! Get a year free by 12/31/2025. But be very careful with private questions.
Out of the Box WordPress security vs ClassicPress
Advanced developers like us all waste hours and hours implementing them by hand on every site we build. Less advanced users simply live dangerously.
RocketChat support is incredibly awful
You're not prisoners, why do you keep using RocketChat? Here's the answer.
How to remove VirtualVoice books from Audible.com
Audible/Amazon doesn't offer a GUI checkbox to remove AI voiced books from results, but there's an easy workaround which requires no scripts.
Apple’s poor corporate behaviour in China
There’s no reason for Chinese to buy iPhones when their own phones are significantly better and Apple treat Chinese consumer so shoddily.
Kimai Time Tracker, a great open source replacement for Clockify (or Toggl)
Eight great reasons why you should (mostly) prefer open source and FOSS applications over commercial SAAS. Case study, Kimai vs Clockify.
How to see negative reviews on Gumroad
The initial answer is click a lot. But we've written a bookmarklet which will do the hard work for you. Enjoy seeing all the star ratings on Gumroad!
Ad free Simple History WordPress Plugin
Overnight, Simple History went from being one of the best FOSS WordPress plugins ever written to spammy adware. Here's a clean version.
Apple Security Theatre Tested
Apple should be protecting our privacy but is not. The security measures they have in place do more to prevent us from securing our computers
New FV Player Feature: Hide Title
The existing title stays in place in the back end to make it easier for publishers to manage the videos.
For and against frameworks: React, Vue, Angular, Ember, JQuery, Bootstrap, Tailwind, Pure, Ruby-on-Rails…
To require javascript to display "Hello world", a brochure website or even a basic weblog adds complexity for complexity's sake. Go native.
Blackmagicdesign forum real names rule: good policy or privacy violated?
It's hard to run a clean professional public space even without anonymity. People who seek privacy can and should build online personas.
How to Move Fast and (not) Break Things
Start by building automated testing, live monitoring and versioned deployment. Improve your safety systems. Fix the bugs you know. Ship.
How to Type Mac Keyboard Symbols into Forums and Web Pages
Have you ever wondered how to type Mac keyboard symbols like ⌘ and ⌃ from the keyboard. Today you will find out.
The Cost Imperative: Why Western Software Firms Must Embrace AI in Coding
Programming houses who successfully adopt AI to accelerate their productivity will outpace those who don't.
Akismet Black Friday 2023 Offer: Bait and Switch?
Automattic should improve their ethics and when they put a service on sale it should be the full service and not 1/10th of the service.
Worst Save Routine in Christendom: MarsEdit
The most important single task of a developer is to protect a user's work from accidental deletion. MarsEdit doesn't do this.
Are Sony lenses more fragile than Nikon or Canon?
Repair is a long way away, and overpriced when you need it. Sony photography technology unfortunately remains mostly throw-away.
