Category: Web

  • Digg Newsrooms Lured Me Back, and I Like It.

    Digg Newsrooms Lured Me Back, and I Like It.

    In the past couple years, Digg.com has taken its licks. After experiencing incredible growth soon after being founded by Kevin Rose in 2004, the site hit a high point in 2007 and Digg began to roll out changes that led to a series of user complaints which culminated in 2010 soon after the release of…

  • Rdio Launches Free, No-Ads Streaming Option

    It’s not everyday when you come across a media-streaming service that’s both free and has absolutely zero advertisements, but popular music-streaming service Rdio is bringing U.S. users just that (sorry, foreigners). They’re allowing you free access to their database of over 12 million songs without being bombarded with pesky ads and giving you the same…

  • Official Facebook iPad App Is Finally Here

    Finally do we no longer have to keep asking Mark Zuckerberg when his iPad app will be hitting the public spectrum. After months of speculation, delays, sneak peeks, and even a dead giveaway, us iPad users finally have our Facebook. Unsurprisingly, it looks almost identical to the hidden iPad app that was included in the…

  • Netflix Pulls The Plug On Qwikster Service

    Remember a few weeks ago when Netflix decided to split its instant streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two separate entities and introduced Qwikster? A lot of people were pretty peeved, to say the least, and it looks like Netflix has finally received the message. Basically, Netflix was going to move the DVD-by-mail service into a…

  • When Twitter Goes Bad: Celebrity Promotion

    I don’t believe Twitter was conceived as a tool for celebrities to voice their opinions and promote their latest moneymaking venture, but that seems to be what it has become. And I’m sick of it, quite frankly. I know, I know, I can just unfollow the handful of celebrities I currently receive tweets from, but…

  • Louis C.K. Invokes the Power of the Bootlegger on Twitter

    Louis C.K. Invokes the Power of the Bootlegger on Twitter

    Louis C.K. knows how to treat people; particularly, people who illegally record and (probably) intend to share his shows online. After a recent show in Ashville, NC, Louis posted this to Twitter: Naturally, most bootleggers wouldn’t respond to such a request fearing repercussions. Louis tried to dispel any distrust by quickly following with this: It didn’t…

  • SharePoint: Successfully Debugging Custom Timer Jobs

    I’ve developed and debugged my share of custom SharePoint Timer Jobs in my day, yet there is still a rather tricky ‘gotcha’ that seems to trip me up every time, even though I am well aware of it. Perhaps writing this article about it will help me remember next time?

  • SharePoint 2010: Mysterious Errors Using Query String Parameters

    One of the things I love about my job is that satisfying feeling of accomplishment that I get when I solve one of SharePoint’s quirky difficulties. If it weren’t for this feeling of euphoria that comes along every so often, I’d have gone insane long ago. Thankfully, SharePoint has no shortage of strange behavior and…

  • Three Websites That Will Keep You Stylin’ on the Cheap

    Three Websites That Will Keep You Stylin’ on the Cheap

    So, you’re a geek. That doesn’t mean you have to look like a basement dwelling, hacky-sack kicking, WoW playing, code jockey. You’re an interesting individual and a smooth operator (possibly) — your style and accessories should reflect that. Unfortunately, being vain and indulging in your appearance has one obvious downside. It’s expensive. Lucky for us…

  • Google Wallet: Changing the Way You Pay for Things… If You Can Keep Your Phone Charged

    Google Wallet: Changing the Way You Pay for Things… If You Can Keep Your Phone Charged

    I’m pretty jazzed about Google Wallet. For those that have never heard of it, Google Wallet is an app being rolled out by the Big G, beginning with the Sprint Network, that intends to change the way we pay for things by storing your credit cards on your smart phone. It makes use of a…