Somehow, this blog made it to 8 years old without me killing it out of boredom or lack of time. I do enjoy writing, regardless of how little time I have for it right now. As with every birthday post, I hold out hope that I will start writing technical and opinion posts again in… Read More 8 Years And Still Going
Valeria Maltoni starts our day with her latest post on Conversation Agent. She talks about APIs as personal systems, and it is an interesting look at our use of applications and our data. Andreessen Horowitz gives us 16 more startup metrics. Just like their first 16 metrics, this is another must read. Johanna Rothman adds… Read More Geek Reading September 25, 2015
Happy 7th birthday to RegularGeek and the community of readers. Much like last year, there was little time for writing original content. The daily links continue to keep the blog alive, but it is not the same as writing new posts. I still have a bunch of drafts waiting for me to finish, but I… Read More Happy 7th Birthday To Regular Geek!
Happy 6th birthday to RegularGeek and the community of readers. Well, this year’s birthday post is a few days late, and that speaks volumes about my blogging this year. This year was more about finding no time to do much of anything on the blogging front than anything else. The daily links make me feel… Read More Happy 6th Birthday To Regular Geek
I can’t believe I made it to 5 years and there are a few thousand people that read this blog. The whole journey has been a bit surreal at times, but it has definitely been interesting. I know that the original content has slowed a lot, but now you see a lot of what I… Read More Happy 5th Birthday To Regular Geek
I had no idea when I started this blog that it would last past a few months. Now, four years later, I am still blogging albeit a little slower lately. This year saw a typical blogging funk late in the year, mostly due to a lack of time, but also due to fewer big announcements… Read More Happy 4th Birthday To Regular Geek
Changes are coming to RegularGeek! These are not really big changes, but they are something. Because some of the changes affect the content on this blog, I wanted to give you notice of what is coming. First, I hope to finally update the blog with a new logo. I have had the logo for a… Read More Changes Are Coming
In this rare double-post weekend, it is time to celebrate the 3rd birthday of this blog. For a short time this year, I wondered whether the blog could continue as work continued to demand my time. There were periods of blogging funk, typically every late summer, when there is little news to talk about and… Read More Happy 3rd Birthday To Regular Geek
With social media, big data has come to the forefront of technology. Whether you want to continuously search Twitter, aggregate the social activity on several sites, or do some mining of people’s activity on Facebook, handling big data is critical. There are two questions you need to answer when looking at a project that will… Read More A Simple Introduction To Playing With Big Data
I have previously talked about digital curation and that you should follow my shares in Google Reader. The problem is that only some of you use Google Reader, some use Google Buzz and everyone else is using Twitter and Facebook. I do not want to clutter my Twitter stream with my 40 shares per day,… Read More Helping With Digital Curation
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