A historical collection of our writing.
There is so much going on with Wikileaks that it’s hard to know where to start. Here are some of the questions that I am thinking about:Will the cable leaks make diplomacy harder or easier? Is the answer different for the long-term versus the short-term? A foundational question for this is: what is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The team at 10gen has done an amazing job building and supporting MongoDB, a NoSQL database that supports both agile development and performance/scaling. This combination is particularly well suited to web development where frequent or continuous deployment are becoming the norm and sites can grow […] Read more
Yesterday’s post about the Google-Groupon deal generated a lot of views and comments and two important lessons. First, on a “meta” level there was a lesson about blogging. While I had known this to some degree before, for stimulating dialog it is far better to write about a current topic and take a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
On one hand I can understand Google’s aggressive interest in Groupon. Groupon appears to be one of the few companies that has cracked the code on making money from local businesses. Groupon’s revenues are rumored to be around $50 million per month, which is impressive. But there are at least two […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Whenever I have an idea for a blog post, I add it to a running list. The idea for today’s post came to me during Web 2 Summit and I wish I had posted it then because it would look more prescient. Oh well – here it goes a bit late. Yesterday reports surfaced that […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Over the holiday several events happened that illustrate that we are facing a clear and present danger to the freedom of the Internet.It started with the US government seizing a bunch of domains that were accused of participating in copyright infringement. The action and its aftermath illustrate […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
