January 2008 - Posts

• Time Management

  Over the past 6 months or so, I have had a revelation about time management. In the past, I thought it was all about being organized and careful planning. While these things are important, I no longer believe they are the answer. I now firmly believe... Posted Jan 28 2008, 06:23 AM by Simpable Filed under: Life

• Graffiti Beta 2

  I am really excited to announce the release of Graffiti Beta 2 . There are well over a 100 fixes, updates, and enhancements in this release. This should be the last release before the we ship the final 1.0 build in the next 2 to 4 weeks (depending on... Posted Jan 22 2008, 10:51 AM by Simpable Filed under: Software

• The Best SEO Advice Ever

  One of the best pieces of SEO advice I have every seen. Concentrate on building a quality service. One that people will actually WANT TO BOOKMARK and comeback to. [ Jeremy Schoemaker ] There are certainly software and functional things you can do to improve... Posted Jan 17 2008, 09:45 AM by Simpable Filed under: Technology

• Scaling Twitter

  I don't quite remember when Twitter first launched, but their inability to consistently scale the service is inexcusable. While it is a free service, I still think they owe their users a much better experience. The constant downtime is an insult to... Posted Jan 15 2008, 02:22 PM by Simpable Filed under: Technology

• Not an Emergency

  I generally do not make New Year's resolutions (especially 2 weeks into the New Year :), but a passage I recent read really resinated with me, so I am making it my goal for the New Year. The first step in becoming a more peaceful person is to have... Posted Jan 15 2008, 10:59 AM by Simpable Filed under: Life

• Modifying Your Vista Hosts File in Just Six Steps

  I guess some bad things can happen if a hosts file is changed without the user's knoweledge. However, the number of steps required to do this on Windows Vista is a little over the top and cost me some valuable time this morning. Before we go through... Posted Jan 14 2008, 12:15 PM by Simpable Filed under: Software

• Graffiti v. Wordpress - Part II

  Charles Stricklin wrote a post called, " Graffiti disses WordPress " because of an adSense campaign run by Telligent. However, Charles believes this is really about open source vs. commercial software. What they seem to be saying, without coming... Posted Jan 04 2008, 12:55 PM by Simpable Filed under: Software