TCP3 Tiny URL Google AppEngine Experiment
Any application that needs to scale needs to designed to do so from the beginning. Or at least that’s what I used to think. Even when Amazon introduced EC2 and S3 there were still design requirements...
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I joined Twitter a little over a year ago and have been learning how to be a good twitizen ever since. I would follow people that were interesting or who were talking about topics that interested me....
View ArticleNetflix Prize Winners May Be Disqualified
I’ve been following the Netflix Prize for years. This is the contest that gives all comers a chance to try and beat the formidable Cinematch algorithm that Netflix uses to give customers highly...
View ArticleThe Netflix Prize and the Kentucky Derby
In a previous article, I speculated that Netflix might be trying to get out of paying the winning team due to a technicality. While my speculation turned out to be completely unfounded, the final 30...
View ArticleI Put Borders Out Of Business, Target Is Next
My wife and I used to go our local Borders Bookstore and have coffee and read magazines and books. Inevitably, we’d leave with a bag of our favorite books and magazines. Sometime in 2009, that all...
View ArticleNetflix Earnings Play: Is Netflix Acquirable Or Is Icahn Wrong?
My whole family, including myself, are movie buffs. We’ve been Netflix members from almost the beginning. We have Rokus on every TV and I’m not at all unhappy with my Netflix (NFLX) account. But the...
View ArticleFacebook: Can You Hear Me Now?
Mark Zuckerberg Introduces Facebook Home Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s (FB) new mobile strategy. Starting April 12, you will be able to download and install Facebook Home directly from...
View ArticleApple: The Day The Music Died
When Apple (AAPL) launched the Mac in 1984 I was one of the first to by the Inside Mac developer series and started leveraging my skills as an Apple developer. I’ve been a fan ever since that time. In...
View ArticleApple: The End Is Near
Apple’s Performance Not So SweetApple (AAPL) had their Q2 2013 earnings conference call last night. The after-hours pop and drop was a mix of investor denial drowned by a flood of savvy investors...
View ArticleFacebook: Anatomy Of An Options Trade
If you’ve read my previous articles, then you know I’m a Facebook (FB) bull. I’ve always thought that Facebook had what it took to succeed where other similar social sites like MySpace have failed. To...
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