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Archive for August, 2008
Web Performance Concepts Series – Revisited
In: Commentary| Web Performance| Web performance concepts| WebPerformance.Org| Work
31 Aug 2008Two years ago I created a series of five blog articles, aimed at both business and technical readers, with the goal of explaining the basic statistical concepts and methods I use when analyzing Web performance data in my role as a Web performance consultant.
Most of these ideas were core to my thinking when I developed [...]
The Dichotomy of the Web: Andy King’s Website Optimization
In: Commentary| Technology| Web Performance| Work
30 Aug 2008The Web is a many-splendored thing, with a very split personality. One side is drive to find ways to make the most money possible, while the other is driven to implement cool technology in an effective and efficient manner (most of the time).
Andy King, in Website Optimization (O’Reilly), tries to address these two competing forces [...]
In praise of found technology and the waste we treat it
In: Commentary| Life| Technology
30 Aug 2008The title is a deliberate misspelling. An event in the last two weeks has got me thinking about EWaste, and the way it is treated in the US, and likely the entire developed world.
About two weeks ago, #1 son told my wife to “STOP THE CAR!” as they were driving down the road near our [...]
Streaming v. Torrent – The true promise of on-demand
In: Commentary| Streaming
29 Aug 2008Steve Gillmor comments on TechCrunch today that Comcast’s caps on bandwidth may finally drive people from the land of torrents, and to the land of streaming. [here]
While I agree that the promise of streaming is long overdue, there is the one area that streaming still can’t fill: The mobile viewer. I don’t mean folks on [...]
Streaming and the Beijing Olympics – Is it live? Or is it NBC?
In: Commentary| Streaming
29 Aug 2008Over at NewTeeVee, there is a detailed look at the way that the streams were served and who served them. They also have a great discussion of the P2P and Torrent downloads, serving as an alternate method of getting the high quality streams out to a larger audience.
But John Furrier poses an interesting question, just [...]
Bylined Article up at StreamingMedia.com
29 Aug 2008My bylined article Industry Perspectives: Best Practices for Flawless Web Multimedia Streams is up! Go check it out!
The discussion centers around how to approach monitoring and measuring the performance of Streaming Media, an area that is far more challenging than traditional Web page and site performance measurement.
There are a number of challenges an organization faces [...]
Immigration: Thoughts on the Green Card Process – A Personal Story
In: Canada| Commentary| Immigration
26 Aug 2008Being a Canadian in the United States for the last nine years has been an interesting adventure, to say the least. Although our nations are neighbours, there can be two more different approaches to the same problem so close to each other.
I can’t claim to be an expert on how Canada processes new immigrants, but [...]
WGBH – TV: Wasting airspace, again
In: Commentary| RANTING| WGBH
25 Aug 2008WBGH, again you win the contest as the most clueless PBS station in the world.
There is this small news event occurring this week, called the Democratic National Convention.
And what are you showing tonight?
John Denver, a man and his music.
Are you completely clueless?
Another year, another lack of donations from me.
When will you start showing the programs [...]
IP Addresses by Country and Registrar — August 2008
In: Commentary| Technology
25 Aug 2008The five top-level IP Registrars (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC) manage tens of million IPV4 and IPV6 addresses, assigning them to networks around the world. These addresses are key to accessing the Internet for all end-users.
About once a year, I generate the statistics out of the IP address database I maintain. The last one was [...]
A US Presidential Election Survey…for Immigrants and Visa-Holders
In: Commentary| Polls
31 Aug 2008This is a poll designed for those of us who are here legally, but who cannot influence the outcome of this election which will affect us so profoundly. Tell us here at Newest Industry what scares you the most.
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