Good reads in tech, Nov 6th 2012
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Recent good reads from around the Web concerning online voting, AI applications in education, the semantics of how Twitter labels things, and interviewing for analytic thinking. Continue reading
Why you’re wrong about which Avenger is the greatest
The most influential of all the Avengers is a character who makes no on-screen appearance, yet commands the respect of the most dominant among our heroes. Continue reading
Apache ZooKeeper: Part 2: Introducing ZooKeeper-rw, a command-line interface
In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed how we are using ZooKeeper to handle distributed applications. ZooKeeper is used to store application configuration, application state and handle workflows using queues. Here I’ll present how we accomplish this by utilizing a … Continue reading
Think your passwords are secure? Think again! (Part 3)
No matter how good a password is, it provides little to no security if it is not stored and managed properly. Unfortunately, many online services have heinously-poor security practices. But that does not mean yours has to.
Think your passwords are secure? Think again! (Part 2)
Following on from last week’s post, today we will look at how to make better passwords, how to manage them and how to detect potentially insecure Web sites before giving them a password. If you missed the previous post, you … Continue reading
Think your passwords are secure? Think again!
What used to be considered a secure password is far from it now. See why and how to improve the situation for yourself, your products and your business. Continue reading
Showing why bloggers need to know (more than just) a little about semantics
Did you know that the reading level at which you write your blog post (say, 6th grade level versus 11th grade level) can have a lot to do with how much the post is shared on social media? Continue reading
The Twitter IPA: Let’s get real
I admire Twitter for adopting their new IPA (Intellectual Property Agreement) promising their employees to use patents only for, well…noble causes. I really do admire this move. It’s just that it won’t work. Continue reading
What was the score 7 years ago? A tech retrospective
Federated Media recently celebrated its 7-year anniversary and, in honor of that, I invite you to look back with me at the world of tech then versus now. A good place to start is CES. CNET’s “Best of Show” awards … Continue reading
Conversation Targeting Put Before Experts
Yesterday I presented some facts about Conversation Targeting at the Semantic Technology and Business conference — a crowd of experts in semantic technology and applications. We had a real breakthrough to talk about, with the stats to back it up. Continue reading