I was a bit overwhelmed with a ton of captivating articles in my Twitter feed earlier tonight. I wanted to get caught up on Twitter, so I just popped the most interesting looking articles open in my browser, then went back to TweetDeck to finish up. I’ve finally managed to blaze through reading all those links. Here’s what I learned…
Category Archives: Technology
MUST-Read Weekend Links – SXSW, Google, iPad 2, Crazy-Busy, Android, DHH, Twitter and more!
Posted by swedegeek on March 13, 2011
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The Singularity will occur in 2045
Posted by swedegeek on February 13, 2011
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So, I’ve definitely heard of Ray Kurzweil and the notion of the Singularity quite a bit, but I’d never actually read much about it. This was a very interesting read that explains the premise behind it and Kurzweil’s efforts to engage (debate) anyone who doesn’t believe it’s coming:
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2048138,00.html
Some of it honestly sounds like it’s straight out of the sci-fi series by Peter F. Hamilton I’ve been reading lately, so I’m interested to see what people think. Enjoy, and see you in 2045 when we all get assimilated!
p.s.- Apologies if I’m years late to the Singularity party and everyone I know is bored of discussing it. If that’s the case, who has the signup sheet?!?!
Startup Concerns for Scaling and Coolness
Posted by swedegeek on October 12, 2010
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Of recent, I’ve been getting involved in a side project with two burgeoning, smart entrepreneurs. The idea we’re working on is really exciting (but secret!). We’re now getting passed some of the initial brainstorming and trying to get some prototyping done.
As we move into actual development, there have been some conversations over the technology stack we should use. Specifically, I was asked to make a comparison between PHP with MySQL and Ruby on Rails with a NoSQL option. The perception being that Rails and NoSQL was better, more scalable and certainly cooler than using PHP with MySQL.
Being I’m supposed to be the lead in this area, and seeing it as an opportunity to share knowledge, I did a bit of research to come up with decent backing for my thoughts. I realize this has been discussed many times before, by smarter people than I, but the end result of my response seemed worth sharing with a wider audience. So, here it is with some minor modifications from the original…
Wardriving in the Name of Research
Posted by swedegeek on June 7, 2010
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I’ve been wrestling with Father Time of late in getting a chance to get some more blog posts rolling out. As you may have noticed, the old man has been seriously overpowering me. But, then I got to thinking, I already generated a bit of content that could be re-purposed and posted here. This amazing thought came about as I was working on my most recent homework assignment for the Business Data Networks and Telecommunications (aka, INFS-750) class I’m taking this summer. It’s one of the core courses for the MSIS program at Dakota State University.
This really was one of the cooler assignments I’ve had to do so far for my Master’s program. I was required to go wardriving in my neighborhood and write-up my findings on “conducting the wireless survey,” which is just PC-speak for wardriving. So without further adieu, here is what I submitted for the assignment, with some minor edits, plus a bonus mention of a possible business venture/idea. Continue reading »
Extremely Extreme Programming at Menlo Innovations
Posted by swedegeek on May 18, 2010
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Last week, several us from the office took a 60-minute jaunt down the road to Ann Arbor. No, we didn’t battle the torrential downpours for lunch at Zingerman’s or Blimpy Burger (still never been there). We actually took a tour of one of our industry peers and generous hosts, Menlo Innovations.
I’ve been Lifehacked!
Posted by swedegeek on June 10, 2007
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Just a little while ago, I went through approximately 100 posts from the Lifehacker.com. That may seem like a lot, and it kind of was, but I pre-lifehacked my Lifehacker reading. After much cajoling, I finally was convinced to start using Google Reader. To sum it up, it’s awesome. All my favorite sites with an RSS feed can now be read from a single source. How lifehack-ish is that?
Now that my brain is full of all sorts of neat ideas to save time, money and sanity while enjoying it all, I need to share some of these with you my loyal readers. I recommend the following for all three of you. Some of these go to other sites, but I found them first on Lifehacker. Continue reading »
Why Selfish Blogs Suck
Posted by swedegeek on April 22, 2007
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And… If You Wanna Teach a Man to Fish, Teach Him to Fish!
It’s a month old now, but I’ve been meaning to write on this post that, from its title, claimed to be a tutorial on Unix-based command line redirection. I use *nix systems on a regular basis, and I actually got suckered into clicking to this article. It was a waste of time. And then I got even annoyed by thinking about things on a deeper level. I hate thinking. Continue reading »
Google and Nazis Come to Lansing
Posted by swedegeek on April 19, 2007
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Last night I went to 2 very different events. Right after work, the head of Google’s Ann Arbor office, Grady Burnett, gave a presentation at the Lansing Center. From there, I stopped at home to pick-up Megan, then we went to a played called “Meeting in Munich” at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Continue reading »
Using find – Essential Linux Command
Posted by swedegeek on March 21, 2007
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Yep, I’ve been a bit lax in posting for the past month, and I still have a couple unfinished posts I need to get back to. But, I just read a great synopsis of the find command for *nix-based systems and had to share it. For those of you working in such environments, and don’t know the power of this utility, you definitely need to check it out. I’ve used a good many of the options described in the article for my own purposes. Everything from to just a straight up ‘find this file’ to using it in a quick bash script to purge archived files older than 6 months. Combine find with the xargs command (also mentioned in the article) and you can do a sorts of cool file manipulation in a single line. Fun stuff!
So endeth the lesson.
User-Generated Media Explodes in 2006. Now What?
Posted by swedegeek on January 24, 2007
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It’s official. 2006 was the year of user-generated content. With the likes of YouTube and MySpace in the vanguard, end-users finally became what really mattered on the Internet. With those two sites alone cashing in over #more-17.5 billion on acquisition deals, more than a few took notice of all the content being created by countless, nameless and often unpaid Internet users. Continue reading »