Itches
Personal itches are the best way to get started. After all, if your dissatisfied with what is out there, chances are, other people are as well. One of the worst things you could ever do is assume that just because a space is crowded means…
What's better then Kent's GDrive?
Kent asked "Where's my G-Drive?" where he pondered what it would be like to have your computer dropboxed (verbing the noun). He went on to dream of a time when your computer was essentially just a thin client connecting to a remote server run by…
It might be your data, but it’s not your API
Normally the commentary is good over on Hacker News. However, a post I read today concerning Google changing it's terms for API use caused a bunch of concerned posters to chime in with remarks about how it's their data, and if they want to give…
Crazy predictions for the next 5 years
Here are my crazy predications regarding the future of computing, at least as far as operating systems go. At the moment, there exists three dominant operating systems out there: Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. You could argue that OSX is a BSD, and say that…
3, good, white noise sites
More and more often, I'm finding 'white noise' sites online. The idea is simple. Each site provides you with background noise, or white noise, that will play in the background. For many people, white noise is comforting background music for both better sleep or concentration…