Jordan Glass

Thoughts on Technology and Urban Design

I'm Jordan, a Cyber Security graduate also interested in motorsport, data privacy, open source software, and state-backed cyber groups. I currently volunteer at Suffolk Archives and the local NHS trust, and I'm looking for work where I can learn foundational, hands-on skills that will set me up for my career. For more, see my About page.

This blog is created with Zola using my theme Shuttle, based on Apollo. Content is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, but the theme, fonts and some other components have other licenses. For more, see the About page.

Latest Post

Shuttle: A New Look For My Blog
13 April 2026
Back when I started this blog, I simply wanted an outlet to prove that I could get to grips with the type of work I'd be doing in the IT sector. Being in my last year at University, the idea was that an online presence would help land me a job.
Three years on, it hasn't. This technique might, in another time, have worked among the global corporations or start-ups of Silicon Valley or London, but the job market here and now is different - and demands worked experience above almost all else.
It has, however, served as an outlet to discuss a variety of topics from messaging apps to propaganda and bridges. But while my writing has advanced in this time, the look of the blog it appeared on had not. After seeing some inspiration, I decided it was time to change that.…

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Does Ipswich Need A Northern Bypass? A Driver's Perspective
12 October 2025
Ipswich has a problem. It's a town of 140,000 people entirely reliant on one road, the A14, to move traffic around the town. This includes lorries destined for the Port of Felixstowe, the UK's busiest port (*1).
Today, these HGVs go around Ipswich - but before the A14 bypassed it in the eighties, the only way was straight through.
Perhaps this road's most defining feature, the Orwell Bridge, is also its most fallible. Its closure sends all this traffic through Ipswich once again - but today, car ownership and usage are higher than ever.
The result: the town grinds to a halt as streets designed for local traffic are lumbered with arterial traffic too. So, what can we do?…