Category Archives: Web
The Clear Six Apart Open Web
One of my inspirations Simon Willison, as well as his excellent deep analysis on numerous web development issues, provides pithy links and comments in from “elsewhere” on his blog. I highly recommend subscribing to his feed.
Today, he shared this quote … Continue reading
Also posted in Free Culture
Tagged Anil Dash, datacide, Export, Open Web, Six Apart, TypePad, Vender lock-in, Vox
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Gmail’s Opportunity to Help Protect Against Tagged.com Mistake, Spam, and Phishing
Now for the part of the Tagged.com story, I really wanted to tell. As I mentioned in “Tagged.com Spam? Phishing? Nice Guys? My Personal Story” I try to look at situations and problems from different angles.
There is a clear opportunity … Continue reading
Also posted in Web Development
Tagged Address Book, Andrew Cuomo, Cloud Computing, Email Addresses, Email Spam, gmail, Hotmail, New York Attorney General, OAuth, phishing email, Social Networking Sites, Tagged.com, Yahoo! Mail
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Tagged.com Spam? Phishing? Nice Guys? My Personal Story
Today, the story broke about the New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo suing Tagged.com . This situation has a personal element.
Brad Stone’s New York Time (NYT) article today “New York Attorney General Sues Tagged.com” begins:
“Turns out our recent article on … Continue reading
Also posted in Opinion
Tagged Address Book, Allen Morgan, Andrew Cuomo, Brad Stone, gmail, Greg Tseng, Lawsuit, LinkedIn, Mayfield Fund, New York Attorney General, Phishing emial, Rafat Ali, Raj Kapoor, Reid Hoffman, spam, Tagged.com
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Watch Videos Online? I Download Later When the Tubes are Clear
I’m a web worker. My work is online, and it all slows to a snail’s pace if I’m streaming or downloading a video.
I have “High-Speed Xtreme-I” which promises “up to” a-lot, but the metered download rate is much, much lower … Continue reading
Google Chrome’s Greatest Challenge? Open Source Development and Support of a Consumer Desktop Product
I’ve seen a lot of fantastic articles about what Google’s beta web browser Chrome is and isn’t, will and won’t be.
My good friend Chris Messina wrote a very interesting article, which in many ways comes down to a large, influential … Continue reading
1st Olympics on Television? America, Of Course! Wikiality
“1960 Winter Games. CBS paid $50,000 for the right to broadcast the games in the United States, and this marked the first time the Olympic Games were televised.”
Sharing Files Online, Box.net
I was helping a friend last night find a solution to easily share Microsoft Office and PDF documents for review and for sharing with students of his seminars. After looking at what is out there, we settled on box.net.
Delicious Finally Fixes Most Blatent Usability Issue
It’s web address. Although, Delicious Social Bookmarks has had the delicious.com URL as long as I can remember (3yrs?), it’s only now retiring del.icio.us in favor of it.
The Survey for People that Make Websites
The A List Apart web professional survey took maybe five minutes to fill out, and the results will be well worth your time.
No Skype Report this User?
“And of course, like its complete lack of real-time customer service, Skype has no “report this user” function. So, you Skypers are on your own.”, Jim Higdon, “What’s the Deal with Skype Spam?”
Having my weekly dose of Skype Spam, I … Continue reading
