Category Archives: Web 2.0

Does positive reinforcement make you want to do more?

Posted: 8:46 am
November 1, 2007
Vladville, Web 2.0
3 Comments

Last night I was bouncing a couple of emails with a fairly influential person in the small business sector, very good friend as well because he somehow managed to be more hated by Microsoft than I am, something that definitely … Continue reading →

Whois Sunset & Privacy

Posted: 1:14 pm
October 30, 2007
IT Culture, Vladville, Web 2.0
2 Comments

From the Captain Obvious Department: Internet has changed since Al Gore invented it. ICAAN, the international body governing the top level domain policies, is meeting tomorrow to decide the faith of the whois system, originally designed to help organizations identify … Continue reading →

The RSS Flush of Forgiveness

Posted: 7:10 pm
October 27, 2007
Web 2.0
on The RSS Flush of Forgiveness

It’s been about a month since I logged into the Facebook. It’s been about two weeks or so since I even looked at Yahoo groups (sans one bad day I ended up wasting on the drama of Senseless & Hopeless); … Continue reading →

What a difference a year makes…

Posted: 9:42 am
October 19, 2007
IT Culture, Vladville, Web 2.0
3 Comments

For what its worth, if you’ve ever wanted to visit Florida, this would be the time. The weather is absolutely phenomenal. But if you have to be stuck indoors, looking at the world through the web eyes, the world seems … Continue reading →

Berries Out Of Touch

Posted: 9:54 pm
September 7, 2007
Web 2.0
on Berries Out Of Touch

Third time in about two weeks that Blackberry went off the deep end. Second time in two months that the outage was global, with no ETA on resolution and no notification at the time of the outage. As much as … Continue reading →

Truth in Logistics

Posted: 1:29 pm
September 7, 2007
Web 2.0
on Truth in Logistics

Sometimes honesty is not the best policy, courtesy of FedEx: Nothing just screams romance like knowing that the gift I just bought personalized for my lovely wife is being cranked out by a 5 year old sweatshop worker in China … Continue reading →

Is it safe to say Apple now owns the digital convergence?

Posted: 6:53 pm
September 5, 2007
IT Culture, Web 2.0
5 Comments

As much as I hate to say this, and as much as I hate Apple, and as much as I very strongly feel their computers are nothing more than homosexual accessories and toys for toddlers… I think it’s time to … Continue reading →

Windows Live Installer – Get it all with one click

Posted: 6:43 pm
September 5, 2007
Microsoft, Web 2.0
1 Comment

Nutshell: Microsoft enters round 1 with Google, nearly 2 years late, and knocks it out.Conclusion: Nobody cares this time around either. Google first came out with Google Pack a long time ago with hope of making it easy to install/update shareware/freeware … Continue reading →

Amazon Web Services: This Is Why Chicks Dig Vlad

Posted: 12:58 am
July 31, 2007
Vladville, Web 2.0
7 Comments

Warning to the opposite sex: Reading this blog post may (0.000% chance) affect your sexual desire for me. You’ve been warned. Have you ever said something to a girl and just had her eyes roll straight back in her head? Let’s … Continue reading →

First Step in Learning

Posted: 11:18 pm
July 23, 2007
Programming, Vladville, Web 2.0
on First Step in Learning

So a little while back I wrote a thanksgiving post explaining how I would never have made it to where I am at today if there weren’t some incredible people along the way kicking my ass to do bigger and … Continue reading →