Month: July 2012

  • 1Password has My Back

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    So the best password cracking tool (John the Ripper) is being set up to try and crack 1Password keychains. Not to worry 1Password has our back. There is way more technical detail than I can get in to here. Go read the post on how 1Password (and a strong Master Password) makes sure you’re totally…

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  • Twitter Really is the Bad Guy in this Story

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    So I wrote briefly about the censorship of a journalist that was critical of NBC and they’re Olympic coverage. Sure NBC was dumb for filing the complaint but it seems Twitter is the real bad guy in this journalist censorship story. It’s hard to remember now that Twitter was once the darling of techies everywhere.…

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  • Most People use the Native Twitter Client Anyway

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    I’ve talked more than once about Twitter restricting it’s API. Sure most people I know don’t use the native Twitter clients, but most people I know easily qualify as power users of pretty much anything they use. It seems that the general Twitter user uses Twitter’s apps or the website. Twitter has these stats as…

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  • Twitter, Not Only Screwing Around with Their API

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    So not only is Twitter screwing around with user data through their API, they’re getting in to censorship now. The article on The Huffington Post has more detail. Ultimately, the email address was public. Saying it’s not is like saying my email is not public (see my contact page). NBC just through some weight around…

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  • Here Goes Twitter Screwing Around

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    [As I talked about][talk] a while ago, Twitter is starting to get jealous with its data and API. Just recently the gave [Instagram the shaft][inst] by shutting it out of the API which allows Instagram users to find other Twitter friends. While I can certainly see that Instagram is a heavy user of the API…

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  • Awesome Thoughts on JetPack

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    I don’t post much about WordPress here anymore but this post on JetPack is right on the money. I use JetPack and have all the same thoughts as Brian. Not much else to say really, read his post for my view.

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  • Say No

    Say No

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    The most important thing you can do to manage your time is to say NO. Most freelancer’s I know don’t say no to almost any project. This means they end up not having time to do the work they want. I bet if you take a look how you spend your time during the average…

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  • Stay in Touch with What Your Users are Using

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    Good story about errors cropping up because the developer wasn’t in touch with what his users were using. Like most folks in the developer community, it’s been years since I last used Internet Explorer as my daily browser. Oh sure, we all keep copies around for web development work, but Firefox, Chrome, and Safari now…

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  • Sparrow was Purchased

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    In what is entirely a talent acquisition ([they say as much][much]) [Sparrow was purchase by Google][purch]. Marco Arment [has a great post][talent] on talent acquisitions. Without a doubt most products and people are for sale for the right price. Marco event hints that there might be a price at which his team of one is…

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  • What Metric Makes a Site Successful?

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    As I’ve been increasing my posting frequency I’ve also been trying to work out the metrics to follow to judge if my site is being successful. By a strict visitors game, I have been increasing traffic continually, more people have been coming to my site. Even better is that my bounce rate hasn’t increased from…

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