Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: Life
3 Feb 2008I don’t often (ever) talk about my musical taste. It is unremarkable for the most part, with flights into madness and impulsiveness.
Lately, I have discovered Icelandic music. Mainly Sigur Ros, Mum, Apparat Organ Quartet, Aniima, and (of course) Bjork. Apparently Icelandic music is all the rage, with people trying to understand how such a small [...]
In: Blogging| Technology
19 Mar 2007Today, I want to talk about what happens when you aggressively adopt an online strategy, but leave your print subscribers behind.
I subscribe to a great architecture and design magazine, whose name I will exclude from this discussion, with a fantastic and informative online presence. The archive and articles available to subscribers are a fantastic resource [...]
My wife doesn’t understand my fascination with Hunter Thompson. There are only a select few who do.
What most people don’t understand is that living with manic bipolar is living with Hunter inside your head every day. Raging. Screaming. Shooting at the peacocks while the sun rises. Spraying my optic nerve with a rogue fire extinguisher. [...]
In: Life| RANTING| Technology
16 Jan 2007Ok, now that I have your attention…
Nissan has a test program in Japan that is placing receivers in cars to alert drivers when children wearing special RFID/WiFi bracelets are in the area. This is supposedly for the protection of the children. [here]
Do you see a few problems with this, mainly due to the naivete of [...]
Ok, the Blogger blogs all use GZIP compression.
BUT! The Blogger.com homepage does not.
Ummm…attention to detail? Anyone?
Technorati Tags: Blogger, Upgrade, HTTP+Compression, Web+compression, QA, GrabPERF, Web+Performance
This post has two underlying reasons for existing: 1) to test out the new MSFT Live Writer Beta; and 2) to talk about a great story that GigaOm pointed us to today.
Om Malik pointed out a story in the Seattle Times today that talked about “Broadband in the Boonies”. Having grown up in the boonies [...]
Wow!
Engage. Participate. Be fully present. No auto-pilot.
Meetings and multiple appointments are a fact of work-life; the least we can do is be on time so they can start on time and our peers are not kept waiting.
Respect the attention of your peers. Come prepared means come prepared.
Always have a pen and paper for note-taking. First, [...]
Followers, hit-counts, and the Attention Economy
In: Commentary
8 Aug 2008Since I migrated the blog back to my own servers a few days ago, I have realized something: I have fallen back to my old habit of watching the hit count.
This is weird, considering the lack of interest I had in my blog and its stats over the last year or so. But having my [...]