In honor of Valentine’s Day… Even if you’re not a techie or a developer, you’ve probably “Logged in via Twitter” or “Connected with Facebook.” If so, the following (in very general terms) is what’s going on when you click one … Continue reading
I’ll try to make this quick, since I feel like it’s painfully obvious. Arguing either that social media “caused” these events or had “nothing to do with them” are both stupid arguments. Clearly people are marching in the streets because … Continue reading
I think the two huge things that technology is changing in online advertising are 1) targeting. And 2) what I am starting to think of as “applitisements”, which is to say: display and mobile ads are going to become more … Continue reading
I’m not a designer but also not wholly ignorant of design concepts, so at the moment the body copy is Meta Serif and everything else is Meta Sans. I feel somewhat guilty that I’m messing with someone else’s thought-out theme … Continue reading
I put together a little primer at work on the FCC’s new net neutrality rules. As I was fact checking myself, a thought struck me… Might the new wireless rules be a politically brilliant policy disaster? Hear me out. After … Continue reading
I’m mainly putting this here for my own memory. If you’ve ever tried to install an SSL cert and sat there in terror of restarting your webserver cause you just know it’s not going to work on the first try, … Continue reading
Actually, mime-type is always important to set, but usually your webserver is smart and you don’t even notice. Anyway, I was having some headaches at work with really poor video performance on certain browsers and devices for videos we hosted in … Continue reading
Well, since everyone is doing lists… Best moment The US electing Obama. Worst moment Katrina. Yes, it was worse than 9/11. Sorry, it just was. 9/11 may have had a more profound impact on world events and American politics, but … Continue reading
I got a Google Wave invite (thanks nick) and I am remarkably unimpressed. Essentially it’s a threaded discussion system with the ability to insert different kinds of media and it works in realtime. For one thing, this is not actually … Continue reading
Backblaze built their own crazy 67TB 4U servers made up of 45 1.5TB drives configured in 3 RAID6 pods of 15 drives each. All I can say is WOW, when are they getting into selling these things? I’m thinking of … Continue reading