Lately I’ve re-discovered twitter as an outlet and connection to pretty much everybody. It’s a slick way to communicate what you’re doing without wasting time. Friends from across the country can stay up to speed on what’s going on in each other’s lives. Professional acquaintances stay in touch with achievements. It’s [...]
Entries from January 2008
Mentality of Twitter
January 18th, 2008 ·
Verizon - 5th time’s a charm
January 17th, 2008 ·
So after three weeks, five calls, two visits, and a reinstall of the twisted pair to-and-inside my house, DSL is back up and running. Ironically, Verizon’s EVDO was the only thing keeping me connected.
Of interest: Verizon’s EVDO is faster than their cheapest DSL. If there wasn’t the 5GB monthly cap, I’d switch [...]
Tags: Reviews
Cruise in 2016?
January 17th, 2008 ·
Tom Cruise’s latest interview promoting Scientology sure makes me think the guy has lost it. Did he make any other point besides being in or out? Onboard or not? He’s getting a ton of press out of the deal, and I’d bet the number of people joining and learning about Scientology is at an all [...]
Sun acquiring MySQL - Terrorism wins with the OSAMa stack
January 17th, 2008 ·
That’s a cheap dig, but I heard this news this morning and couldn’t resist. “Shockwaves” don’t describe it, but it’s a big shocker for the web dev community this week. What will it mean for those of us that implement MySQL? Probably very little actually.
Sun will keep it open and we’ll still [...]
Tags: Database
Twitter announces Starling
January 16th, 2008 ·
Just after getting sucked in to plunking three comments down on Dave’s post about decentralized Twitter I read up on Twitter’s Starling open-source release. Were the developers at Twitter reading the minds of the community or what? Or are they really that in sync with their customers? Great news all around. And a wise move.
Primarily [...]
Tags: Blogging · Software Development · Twitter
Twitter is a service, not a channel
January 16th, 2008 ·
There has been a lot of talk in the last couple days about the decentralization of Twitter. What? A few top bloggers got annoyed that Twitter keeps going down during peak use and here we are. Lame.
Back when Twitter first launched, my boss couldn’t say enough praise for their use of Ruby [...]
Living Disconnected - BlackBerry 8800 back to life
January 15th, 2008 ·
A BlackBerry 8800 had been my mobile of choice for about six months in early 2007 prior to picking up an iPhone. I moved to the iPhone and the honeymoon lasted for a while, but the loss of instant email and being able to use real software ultimately killed the love. If you [...]
Tags: BlackBerry · Blogging · Reviews · Wearing · iPhone
