The future of the web browser. It’s an interesting topic in and of itself. It’s even a more interesting topic for a guy like me who makes his living developing stuff that runs in said browser. Lately I’ve found myself asking a lot of questions, both to myself and to the people I know who [...]
Archive for the ‘Web2.0’ Category
Twitter: the Revenue “Problem” Solved
I was disappointed when Twitter announced their @anywhere platform a few weeks back. Not that it’s not a good idea. I think it’s logical to want to compete with Facebook Connect. But it doesn’t solve their number one core problem – they are spending gobs of money and still don’t have a business model. When [...]
What Matters Now (or the best free eBook ever)
I’ve had a cold the past few days. I’ve only been able to mentally handle a few hours of work per day. I’ve been spending a lot of time sleeping, reading and watching TV (and by TV I mean a little Hulu, some DVDs, and Sports Center). Lucky for me I’ve been enamored with a [...]
Another Business Magazine Bites the Dust
Last night I picked up the latest issue of Fortune Small Business magazine and started flipping through. I almost never read the letter from the editor, but the headline ”Hail and Farewell” caught my eye. I thought maybe the editor was leaving and moving on. Turns out that this would be the last issue of [...]
snailmailr is Brilliant!
I recently discovered snailmailr, a nifty website that lets you send real mail (i.e. “snail mail”) online for only 99 cents per letter, postage included. As you can see from the picture, the interface is dead simple. You can write your letter with their online editor or you can attach a Word Document, PDF, Powerpoint [...]
I Just Tried Google Chrome OS And…
I think people are kind of missing the point. If you haven’t had a chance, watch the short video below and read the live blog of the event from TechCrunch. I installed it as a virtual machine using VirtualBox, as you can see in the picture above. Given that there aren’t any guest additions, it’s [...]
The New Brazen Careerist Launches Today
Young entrepreneurship blogging networks are an interesting concept to me. Over the past several years of blogging I’ve developed a lot of great relationships with other young, passionate business owners. When I sit back and think about it, I’ve met the majority of them through one of the blogging networks I’ve participated in, primarily either [...]
Computing in 2019
On my way to work I’ve been listening to a bunch of the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Podcasts. They are all fascinating. I feel like it’s such a better use of my time than just listening to music. I actually look forward to my drives because these talks just turn my creative side loose. The [...]
Z.ips.ME Launched!
After URL shortening service tr.im closed and then re-opened this week due to the public backlash, I thought it would be a good time to release Z.ips.ME, the URL shortener for PHP & MySQL that I started working on a few months back. We’ve been using it internally for our Twitter accounts and it’s worked [...]
Announcing Z.ips.ME – Your Very Own URL Shortener
Background When I started using Twitter, one of the first things that piqued my interest was URL shorteners. Not only does it make no sense why Twitter doesn’t officially have their own URL shortening service (although bit.ly is sort of official now), but it really made no sense to me why everyone used either bit.ly [...]
