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Almost everyone recognizes Google as the king of the internet. But, as far as I see it, there is someone that is challenging Google for the crown; even if they don’t know it yet. In my opinion, Facebook has positioned itself to become that go-to website; the one that everyone uses as their homepage. You [...]
The sentiments in this entry have been brewing for some time now, and I feel it’s high time to tell the world how I feel. It’s about WordPress and Automattic, Inc., and it involves that big chunk of the blogging community that uses WordPress.
Just as many others, I love WordPress and will probably continue using [...]
How old are you?
Wait. Don’t tell me. Why? Because I don’t care.
On this great series of interconnected tubes we call the Internet, age is something that doesn’t take precedent over your skills, knowledge or talent. Sometimes. Whether you choose not to disclose your age is completely up to you, and it’s much like a game [...]
MySpace has long been the dominant social networking tool with a huge numbers of users, endless news stories surrounding it’s use as well as mis-use, and almost becoming a buzz word itself. Those days are eroding as MySpace loses it’s news coverage, and begins to become more of an annoyance then [...]
Another form of this question I am trying to answer is when your favorite site gets acquired (I don’t mean lil ones like Wisdump, but large players like last.fm) is it always a bad thing? When Myspace was acquired by Fox Interactive Media many expected a huge corporate fallout because Myspace had gone corporate. That [...]
Note: This post comes from the Whitespace archive and was originally posted by Scrivs on March 28th, 2006. Links referred to herein may have been moved or modified.
When I came up with 9rules back in 2003, the only other company that I was aware of that used a number to start off their company [...]
In case you didn’t already know, Microsoft today announced a table top computer that interacts with whatever is touching it. Zunes, Cameras, Credit Cards, Drinks, hands, feet, whatever. The new product titled Microsoft Surface was formally announced by Microsoft at midnight, however there was news leaked of the impending release several hours earlier. [...]
Yesterday I was taking the usual 15 minute drive back home from the office, taking time to relax, listening to Zero7 and taking in some of the great views of the river front as I drove over it when seemingly from out of nowhere came a rust speckled older model ford swerving wildly around me. [...]
Every once in a while I come across a comment about 9rules saying how the community is either dying or isn’t what it used to be. “Dying” in this case usually means the original spirit of 9rules is gone where we were simply a link directory pointing people to sites with great content. Then we [...]
Let’s ignore the grammar and focus on the message of this comment:
Strong competitors, this is the reason number one, why to release your stuff for free.
I figured this was going to be one of the arguments brought up as to why you release your products/services for free. It is basic Business 101 that if you [...]
