Brief hiatus

David Hornik has a very interesting opinion piece on C|Net today that should come as almost no surprise to anyone who blogs. Even though I haven't been blogging long, I've already figured out that many blogs (and social networks) are about passion. People (myself included) are passionate about blogs and blogging and passionate people like…

This is an interesting article…mostly for the first two paragraphs. I think the biggest problem facing SMBs is the cost of a website and that funny feeling that you might not be getting your money's worth. Do all businesses need a website? Maybe not. Do all businesses that have a website need one that works,…

I don't think this is a terribly new idea, but one that has been used under the guise of “Typical user”, etc. Regardless, the philosophy behind personas is powerful and important: “Design with your users in mind.” Of course you might have several different personas to manage. A browser, an existing customer, a potential customer,…

This seems so much like Prohibition that it isn't even funny. P2P networks are a tool. A tool that, granted, is being used for some not good things. Trying to ban something like this just won't work. Groove is a P2P network. One could shuttle all kinds of information, completely encrypted, to a group of…

Robin Good posted this interesting discussion on looking for a non-Western bloc hosting provider (therefore non-American, Canadian, or European, I gather). Is this paranoia? I'm not sure. I don't think that a site would go down, per se in the event of a terrorist attack. The Internet as a whole might slow down to a…