Web Application Developers Can Learn A Bit From WordPress
Just the other day I wrote about cloud computing versus SaS terminology. A web application isn’t necessarily a cloud computing or SaS platform. It can be one or the other,...
I Think Fragmented Communities in Social Networks Are a Good Thing
I was listening to the last week’s episode of Net@Night and they were complaining that the Twitter community has become fragmented. This is true in the online world, as well...
Afraid Of Your Data Being Confiscated At The Border?
We’ve all read the articles flying around online over the last couple of months about your data being confiscated at the border and analyzed by the border patrol. The simplest...
Blackouts Suck
Yesterday during a windstorm we lost power. Well since my wife was out all day, it’s more apt to say that I lost power. It’s a lot harder for me...
Worried About Skyhook Mapping Your Wifi Router To a GeoLocation?
I was reading a story on slashdot about how Skyhook Wireless has been wardriving the United States mapping MAC addresses from the wireless routers it detects to your geographic location....
An RFID Enabled Loyalty Card — Big Brother
First of all this is just a thought on where things are headed. As far as I know for the moment none of the loyalty cards I use have an...
Have You Replied To Your Commenters Today?
They (don’t ask me who "they" are) say that to grow a blog you need to create a social environment around your blog. This theoretically will make people want to...
Thou Shalt Not Covet — Really?
Today while I was driving home from work and I noticed a new church sign put up on the roadside in front of a country church. The sign was one...
The Crossposting God Series Part 8 — Using A Lifestream to Keep Track of Your Crossposts
In part 8 I was going to write about crossposting to blogger, but that’s been delayed for the time being. I’ll get back to that subject as soon as I...
Mashable Doesn’t Really Like Ping.fm
There was an article on mashable today questioning if ping.fm and hellotxt were helping the web world or hurting it. I understand the author’s point that if you are using...