It’s true as they say, you’re only as strong as your weakest point. Just look at Achilles. Without the cursed heel he’d be more a god than man. The great Skype outage of 2007 was amazing in that it was one of the rare major blackouts to hit Skype in all their phenomenal growth. The [...]
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I hope this post title doesn’t bring on a cease and desist… I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of web apps lately along with the “return to simplicity” movement we’ve seen of sorts. At the core of the issue is that we’re all human and with it come all the quirks and flaws [...]
The nice thing about the internet is that people can fight and bicker but at the end of the day everyone comes out a winner. In real fights people lose teeth, eyes, pride, and much more. Bystanders would be foolish to jump into a crazy brawl but on the internet everyone just jumps right in. [...]
I was just going over Time.com Top 50 and can’t help but wonder what kind of criteria they used to select these sites. Now, many of the sites are well known and solid choices but if you spend any amount of time online (no pun intended) you’d already know about them. The other choices are [...]
Dear neglected blog, This week I did nothing but work. Despite the fact that the project I’m supposed to cut my teeth on hasn’t started I’ve been busy looking busy doing fun and exciting things like coding a toy app that will never see the light of day, looking up obscure APIs, playing with the [...]
I see a lot of review sites popping up these days. It’s probably the next thing that comes to mind after vertical search engines. With the rise of social networks I think online reviews will get a new breath of life. The fact is, most of us will go around cruising random sites or blogs [...]
I pray for the day that Microsoft falls. It’s the same with Google. It’s not out of bitterness or hate but simply because I want to see all the great technology they’ve got locked away in their dungeons unleashed onto the world. Just look at Microsoft Surface. Looks a bit familiar. Kind of like a [...]
They say the porn industry is one step ahead of traditional content in the realm of tech. If that’s an indication of anything, I think traditional content has much to fear with the steady decline of porn on the web. Of course, there are many differences with regular movies but maybe some of the trends [...]
Google search is a staple to anyone’s internet diet like rice or bread. It’s the food with calories to sustain you and keep your body moving through the day but is it the main dish? I know you’re thinking, “but is there anything other than Google?”. To an extent it’s true that there’s no better [...]
First, I use the word startup loosely (from Silicon Valley venture capital funded companies to unemployed geeks hacking away in a basement). So you’ve been hacking away at a project in stealth mode doing the typical “hard to get” act. Alluding to friends that “you’re working on something” while not giving away any details other [...]