Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
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5 Sep 2008In April 2007, I tried out the Joost desktop client.  [More on Joost here and here]
I was underwhlemed by the performance, and the fact that the application completely maxxed out my dual core CPU, my 2G of RAM, and my high-speed home broadband. I do remember thinking at the time that it seemed weird to have [...]
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 [...]
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8 Mar 2006I heard (via TechCrunch and Om Malik and PubSub) that there is some … transition at PubSub.
Now, I have a soft spot in my heart for PubSub, because Bob Wyman was the first person to really notice and appreciate the things I was doing at GrabPERF. I wonder what the future holds for this team.
Frankly, [...]
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7 May 2005Wondered why I couldn’t get my GMail for a while…
Om Malik reports on the Google Domain Hijacking.
Om has heard from Google and it looks like they were doing some DNS work. This is one the oldest parts of the working Internet, and it is the most complex and devious thing to get right. Entire companies [...]
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6 May 2005Uh oh! Serious issues are starting to appear with the Google Accelerator, including security/authentication issues.
More here and here and here
C|Net’s take.
geeked’s take.
Geek News Central
Om Malik hits for six by declaring: So What? [here]
Radar has a learned discussion on the GWA’s impact on my other fave whipping post: 37 Signals BackPack. [here]
Tim Yang brings on more [...]
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28 Apr 2005Om Malik points out a potential threat to blogs: OSX 10.4 “Tiger”. The new Safari that ships with this OS comes with the RSS reader turned on by default!
That upgrade while great for the consumers, could come as a big shocker for those blogs whose feeds are included as part of SafariÂ’s default starter package. [...]
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8 Apr 2005Om Malik is bouncing this idea around. [here]
As I said to a colleague, the deal can only go ahead if NorTel shows its “Get Out Of Jail Free” card.