Dave Gray wrote a long post (since removed from the internet) called Wrangling complexity: the service-oriented company. I confess I got lost in some of the details of it, though I found a few good thoughts like this one, Most businesses… Continue Reading →
One factor determining your Google page rank is site speed. The speed of your site can be impacted depending on how you integrate buttons Facebook, Google+, and Twitter. I’ve been running a really helpful speed profiling tool (free) at Pingdom.com (on… Continue Reading →
If your hosting provider runs Plesk, Sucuri has an important article on it. I don’t know anything about Plesk, but plain text passwords would be my first reason not to use it.
Shared hosting can be great economically, particularly a provider that allows hosting of unlimited domains. I used to think one of the beauties of shared hosting was also that you could have a bizillion sub-domains and WordPress instances for free…. Continue Reading →
I had mixed feelings about the public reactions to the passing of Steve Jobs. I think it is interesting how we often have a tendency to emphasize one aspect over another. It’s natural, but I think it is even more… Continue Reading →
If you’re installing the OpenShift Origin LiveCD to a local hard disk, you must have NetworkManager running before starting the install process. Before you start the install-to-disk routine, make sure you start NetworkManager. $ su -c ‘NetworkManager’ The other day… Continue Reading →
Jonathan Fields has an inspiring review review of Chris Guillebeau’s new book, “The $100 Startup.” Johnathan’s FTC disclosure at the bottom is hilarious and worth reading even if you have no interest in Chris’ book. It is a really good book…. Continue Reading →
I listen to a variety of podcasts and currently I’m on a start up kick. Andrew Warner produces a constant stream of interesting interviews at mixergy.com. One such interview was with Tom Preston-Werner, one of the founders of GitHub. The… Continue Reading →
A quote from this article on ZDnet made me think of Gnome 3 as it relates to my use of it. The biggest problem with Windows 8 is that it wasn’t born out of a need or demand. I don’t have a need… Continue Reading →
One notion of open source software that often surprises people not familiar with it or its culture, particularly in business settings, is to make the source code completely available for free. Open sourcing everything may not be a familiar conversation… Continue Reading →
I’ve been asking myself, and you might be asking yourself too, “Where is John’s blog going and what is it really about?” I break one of the golden rules of good blogging which is that your blog should focus on… Continue Reading →
If you want to run the Windows 8 Beta on RHEL 6 you need the `virtio-win` package installed. You can get it by subscribing to the “Supplementary” RHN channel. Silly me. I thought I could just download the Windows 8… Continue Reading →
Excellent interview at Mixergy on The Power of Habits and how to point them in a new direction so you end end up where you want to.
My current diagramming program of choice is yEd. It definitely has it’s quirks, but I haven’t found anything this powerful that is free. I’ve been running it for a long time on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit) and… Continue Reading →
The other day I set out to write a post on getting a WordPress instance running on OpenShift. I got sidelined in the confusion of determining the best place to install rhc tools from. I’m trying to be more deliberate… Continue Reading →
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