Leading our day, High Scalability has a post on which cloud service to use based on your requirements, like throughput or latency. It is an interesting perspective on the services, especially because most posts focus on cost. Wired reports on researchers who found a zero-day exploit based on the hacking team’s leak. For people looking… Read More Geek Reading January 19, 2016
Mozilla starts our day with a big post on privacy and protecting its users. There is not much in terms of new information, but it is good to see Mozilla take a stand. On Coding VC they talk about the 100-hour rule, as a different option than the 10000-hour rule. The reasoning is that you… Read More Geek Reading December 3, 2015
Leading today we have a post on Psy-Q’s Braindump about how we need to save Mozilla in order to defend the free web. I am not sure if I agree with the premise that Chrome and its engine are taking over the web, especially given the size of Facebook and its ecosystem, but it is… Read More Geek Reading December 1, 2015
Leading today, we have The Verge reporting on the FCC publicly shaming robocallers and telemarketers. For personal things, I am not a fan of public shaming. However, when it comes to fairly seedy business practices, I am a big fan, especially in this case. Mozilla announces their open source support program. This is just a… Read More Geek Reading October 26, 2015
Big business news kicks off our day. First, recode reports on Dell’s acquisition of EMC for $67 billion. Yes, that is a ridiculous amount of money. Next, AngelList gets $400 million for its large seed fund. It will be interesting to see how that much money changes the direction of AngelList. There are also a… Read More Geek Reading October 13, 2015
We start the week with recode reporting on the news that Grooveshark is shutting down. This should not be terribly surprising, but it is disappointing. VentureBeat reports on the Tesla announcement about Tesla Energy and the new batteries for home and business. I can’t wait to see how this changes the industry. Lastly, Mozilla has… Read More Geek Reading May 4, 2015
Mozilla brings us a cool memory scanner to improve server security. Anything that can make security easier is a top story. Another person that you should always read when he writes is AJ Kohn. On his blog, Blind Five Year Old, he talks about aggregating intent. Granted, his posts are billed as SEO most of… Read More Geek Reading March 16, 2015
Mozilla leads us off with a nice post on the net neutrality vote. While the vote was considered positive, it will be interesting to see how companies find loopholes for their own purposes. Microsoft talks about the new rendering engine that will be used for both IE and the new Project Spartan. Stress, anxiety and… Read More Geek Reading February 27, 2015
We start with Seth Godin talking about sunk costs, but more in the personal decisions space. Mozilla brings us a post about NetGain and the open internet. There are two startup related articles, but they can really apply to almost any business. First, Martin Buberl tells us why every startup should have a culture manifesto.… Read More Geek Reading February 12, 2015
Lately, more services have appeared with the hope of showing who has experience with various technologies. The idea is meant to solve two problems. First, influence is a hot topic right now, with people focusing more on general influence and sites like Klout or PeerIndex. How do you find people that know about things like… Read More Can Badges Fix Developer Recruitment?
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