Been using Google’s Chrome browser for a day, and so far it’s a great experience.
No. Sorry. That’s an understatement. It’s revolutionary. As the comic describes (yes, Google released a comic to introduce Chrome), this browser takes the web to impossible places. It makes the web more like an operating system, allowing each site (tab) an independent [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Architecture'
Chrome after a day of use
September 3rd, 2008 ·
Tags: Architecture · Chrome · Firefox · Google · Internet Explorer · Prediction · Safari
Easy way for spammers to follow more than 2,000 on Twitter (and get better results)
August 12th, 2008 ·
The 2,000 follower limit, it would seem, was put in place to prevent mass following and spam on Twitter. This was pretty frustrating for me since I fell in to their beyond-the-limit zone (I followed over 6,000 people because I loved the information, but couldn’t add any more).
I’m not complaining too much, as I’m enjoying [...]
Tags: Architecture · Facebook · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · Twitter
How to build a really successful web 2.0 service on top of another service and screw it all up
July 30th, 2008 ·
Twicecream - a fake service to demonstrate a point about single sign-on…
In web 2.0 there is a determination to screw up potentially great services. It’s my number #1 pet peeve with software development these days. Here’s a fictitious example of a service you might create…
You’ve built a service that automatically Twitters your geo-position and the [...]
Tags: Architecture · Etiquette · Flickr · GPS · Life Streaming · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · SnapTweet · Social Networking · Software Development · TwitPic · Twitter · Web Services
Crossing the streams - large numbers of Twitter updates
June 29th, 2008 ·
Chris Bilson (@cbilson) had a good description regarding my post about Twitter’s scaling/architecture challenge.
“Kevin Rose and Leo Laporte tweet at the same time = crossing the streams”
I dunno if Proton Packs have exponential load challenges, but the end result for a server can feel similar. Is my post I pointed out that Twitter has to [...]
Tags: Architecture · Blogging · Database · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · Social Networking · Software Development · Twitter · Web Services
Twitter’s one-to-many scaling impossible?
June 27th, 2008 ·
Twitter has been having all kinds of scaling challenges. There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of posts on the subject. Dave Winer pushed an idea for a decentralized Twitter (and has since admitted the power of Twitter is in its centrality). There is a single, simple, reason for Twitter’s challenges - Math is against [...]
Tags: Architecture · Blogging · Flow · Math · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · Social Networking · Software Development · Twitter · XMPP
Flow - Jabber/XMPP as an RSS over HTTP replacement
April 18th, 2008 ·
Twitter on XMPP is just the beginning…
Courtesy NASA Glenn Research Center
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I’ve been using Twitter as a main source of news and entertainment (it’s entertaining and informative to have commentary coming in with links, events, articles, and photos). Most everything pertinent to my areas of interest are discussed, so the latest news is passed around as [...]
Tags: Architecture · Flow · FriendFeed · RSS · Web Services · XMPP











































