Have you been a digital angel? - Main contents

Today a “guest blog” from a very special, topical contributor. (For a full biography, see here!)

For many years now, I have had

The task of sorting good from bad

To tell the little girls and boys

Which get punished, which get toys

But this year I have changed my style

I’ve noticed for a little while

That more and more you’re out of sight

Using broadband night after night

So now I’ve realised that it’s time

Sinterklaas himself is going online

These days, you see, it just won’t do

To post a message up the flue

So now you can just send a tweet

To @SinterKlaas or @ZwartePiet

From now on all you do online

Each site you visit, email you sign

Will decide if you go in Piet’s sack

Even if you asked for “do not track”…

So beware: online bullies, fraudsters, trolls

Piet and I will take your mortal souls

And off to Spain we’ll all be homing

(But at least you’ll save on the mobile roaming)

But never fear! If you’ve been good

You’ll get a present like you should

So: did you choose safe passwords? Go open source?

Help your neighbour do an online course?

Did you crowdsource solutions? Were your efforts tireless

To invest in broadband (fixed and wireless)?

Did you Skype your gran? Use open data?

Been an entrepreneur or innovator?

Such digital angels have nothing to fear

For the rest of you: there’s always next year

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  “Sinterklaas”