A few days after Amazon released their SimpleDB service, they also added the new DevPay service to their web application infrastructure stack, which makes it easier for developers to charge Continue reading »

There are a lot of websites where you can share information and discussion about the forthcoming US Presidential election - but ¡México Decide! may be the most interesting one I've Continue reading »

Last June, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ejected a credentialed reporter from a baseball game because he was live blogging the event for his paper's web site. The reporter Continue reading »

In his former occupation as a programmer at Microsoft, Daniel Oran developed the "start" button for the Windows 95 taskbar. As an author about to publish his second novel, Oran Continue reading »

Some people say that the bubble's going to take a downturn in the next year or two - that huge numbers of copycat startups are going to shut down, people Continue reading »

Lazyweb, a site envisioned by Matt Jones and built by Ben Hammersley, was online from 2002 to 2006 before being shut down due to an overabundance of trackback and Continue reading »

Kwout (as in "quote", I think?) is a novel new web application that adds utility to screenshots by making them clickable. The site offers a bookmarklet that automatically tees up Continue reading »

Karma, as they say, will always come back to get you. So why not start 2008 off on the right foot by giving to some charitable causes online. These days, Continue reading »

10 years ago, in 1997, I wrote an article called Playing Against 5 Aces for a technology magazine in India called Dataquest. The article looked at how the deck Continue reading »