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File: April 2007

Okay, so I’ve sent out the alpha invitations and I’m sure glad I’ve only sent it out to people whose support I appreciate because it’s been a very very rocky start. I hope to iron out a bunch of uptime issues and build out some core functionality (I plan on using it myself soon if [...]

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2007-04-28 :: baron // Uncategorized
Twitter is…

The beauty of twitter is that it can be anything to anyone but these days it’s starting to feel like a massive link promotion tool. Of course, I’m not saying that my twitter friends are spammers. I think it basically boils down to several factors. Some people don’t want to bore you with the mundane [...]

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2007-04-28 :: baron // web
Twitter is…

The beauty of twitter is that it can be anything to anyone but these days it’s starting to feel like a massive link promotion tool. Of course, I’m not saying that my twitter friends are spammers. I think it basically boils down to several factors. Some people don’t want to bore you with the mundane [...]

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2007-04-28 :: baron // links
links for 2007-04-27

monit (tags: monit rails monitoring mongrel)

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2007-04-25 :: baron // links
links for 2007-04-24

FAQ : Tech.Chick.Blog A tech blog written by a hot chick in various states of undress. This could catch on. Almost but not quite NSFW. (tags: blogging) Study: Fat Workers Cost Employers More The term “fat” is now a relative term more or less. (tags: obesity health)

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2007-04-24 :: baron // web
Keeping it Minty Fresh

Despite the lack of updates I’ve been (ironically) thinking about keeping things fresh, for web services that is. This is something that affects services that cater to users and rely on the community to support it. It’s hard to imagine a world where MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, or whatever doesn’t dominate but back in the day [...]

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Web development forces you to be a jack of all trades by its very nature. You have to at least have a rudimentary knowledge of html & CSS, how to use a database like MySQL, how to use a unix system and maybe even some design. This is all on top of whatever language it [...]

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2007-04-22 :: baron // links
links for 2007-04-21

Delusions of skill and of grandeur TechCrunch asks to be trashed, someone obliges in style. (tags: startups blogging) Full Text vs Partial RSS Feeds Debate is Over Now Full content + active commentators. (tags: blogs) Porn Found On One In Four Corporate PCs Surprise surprise. (tags: web) Female Internet users outnumber males Invisible majority. (tags: [...]

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2007-04-19 :: baron // links
links for 2007-04-18

The Fishbowl: Newsfire Aftermath Shareware activation woes. (tags: mac shareware)

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2007-04-17 :: baron // web
Did dodgeball Even Have a Chance?

The founding developers of dodgeball.com have left google for good. I guess free food and a nice banner over your cubicle is not enticing enough to keep the entrepreneurial types satisfied. Twitter and dodgeball look like a tale of two cities on the surface but lets be realistic. Dodgeball was on the scene a long, [...]

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