Website Filtering Using OpenDNS
I happen to have a 15 year old at home who insists on using websites and chat services that distract her from more important academic activities. The ability to apply some website filtering is a topic I?ve learned a bit about over the past few weeks.
Switched to DuckDuckGo
I finally made the switch to using DuckDuckGo for search, full-time, and I couldn?t be happier. I tried switching from Google to DuckDuckGo then to Bing and back to Google within the last year. The search results didn?t seem to be a good as Google?s, but that has seemed to...
Product + Support - Hiten Shaw
I discovered a new series of interviews with entrepreneurs called Product + Support. It?s created by Ian Landsman?founder of UserScape. The first one is up with Hiten Shah?and it?s really good. The interviews talk about running a successful product business, which we can never get enough. The line up of...
Podcatch.com
Dave Winer is always working on something new, something creative and innovative. While running out of something good to listen to Dave cam e up with Podcatch.com, a curated list of podcasts from friends. > New shows from my friends’ favorite feeds. That’s what I need when I’m rushing to...
Reading List
Here is a great list of business book from Jonathan Stark. I’ve read many of these but found some I wasn’t aware of: via Expensive Problem - Business Coaching for Dev Shops.
ASP.NET 5 and More with Scott Hanselman
Microsoft has gotten a bad wrap for many years, I’ve done a fair amount of it myself. I think today’s Microsoft has a very different public-facing gorilla than it used to be. The MS Dev Show recently interviewed Scott Hanselman, where?he was very open about Microsoft today and dealing with...
Life Beyond Rails: A Brief Look at Alternate Web Frameworks for Ruby
I wrote up a list of alternative Ruby web frameworks some time ago and now Engine Yard has published a new list. Some of my original picks are in there, so it’s great to see they’ve continued. A couple notables include Volt, for running Ruby on the server as-well-as the...
Introducing Rails Rescues
Today I?m happy to introduce Rails Rescues. Rails Rescues?is?a service representing years of Ruby on Rails experience organized to help companies who have a Rails application but may be having some problems. Rails Rescues aren?t limited to a fixed set of services but can include: - Scaling your website Resolving...
Apple iPad Air 2 - The iPad for Which I Have Been Waiting
When Apple announced the iPad Air 2 at it?s press event on October 16, 2014, I watched with interest to see what the new device had under the hood. ?My current iPad Air constantly crashed (out-of-memory errors) running Safari with iOS 7 and I had been hoping they would bump...
The Future is the Apple Watch
I?ve been anticipating the official announcement of the Apple Watch since rumors surfaced many months ago. ?I?ve spent much time thinking about the features I?d like to see based on my day-to-day routine. ?Since I am an avid runner, my main use cases revolved around what I want related to...