Archive for the 'miscellaneous' category
Posted on August 26th, 2008 in miscellaneous with no comments
Definitely a posting for the random category, but having waited 7 years for a new album since his excellent album Missing You, I figured the release of Baaba Maal’s new album was worth blogging about. He’s an absolutely amazing live performer. Do yourself a favor and check him out. Especially if [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2008 in Programming, Uncategorized, Web Design, Web Development, miscellaneous with no comments
It’s far from complete, but launched a Twitter swap site tonight. The basic idea is to have creative folks offer their skills or services and swap skills with others to get things done without the taint of cash. We’ll see how it goes…..
Link to other Twitter mashups.
Posted on July 26th, 2008 in Programming, Web Development, miscellaneous with no comments
Some interesting resources and news in the world of web site optimization recently. Good stuff for those who care about this sort of thing. I look forward to clogging up my works print queue with Velocity presentations on Monday even though printing is a bit evil.
Posted on March 20th, 2008 in miscellaneous with no comments
Interesting New Yorker article on the current microfinance vogue. Sites like Kiva are unquestionably great, but I wonder if they’re maybe missing an ingredient?
“What poor countries need most, then, is not more microbusinesses. They need more small-to-medium-sized enterprises, the kind that are bigger than a fruit stand but smaller than a Fortune 1000 corporation.”
Posted on March 9th, 2008 in Uncategorized, Web Design, Web Development, miscellaneous with no comments
Location, location, location.
Now this is interesting…. In some industries they say location can be everything…
Posted on March 9th, 2008 in Programming, Web Design, Web Development, miscellaneous with no comments
Interesting post from the High Performace Web Sites Blogs. Perhaps not surprisingly, efficient page serving is good for your users and our environment.
Posted on March 9th, 2008 in Mac, Uncategorized, miscellaneous with no comments
If you haven’t yet checked out ExpanDrive and you do a lot of remote file editing, you’re missing out.
Posted on March 5th, 2008 in Programming, miscellaneous with no comments
What language will feel the love next?
Posted on March 5th, 2008 in Programming, Web Design, Web Development, miscellaneous with no comments
Interesting news for OpenID usage