Author Archives: Tyler (Chacha)
Standardization: Why most people aren’t on the bleeding edge.
Everyday there are tons of new technologies that come out that push society as a whole forward. However, many of these new technologies will never see the light of day for years or even decades. Why? Because of a key … Continue reading
Do Something that Matters
When high school seniors leave for college, one thing people always ask them is to give advice to other high schoolers. After 4 years of experience, passing down tricks of the trade might just help out all those struggling underclassmen … Continue reading
The world is ran on indexes!
An index might be a strange word to some people. Generally it means a list of items that all have certain properties. If you were to create a list of all the cities in the world, you would have an … Continue reading
The Unending Battle
The faint murmur of lectures can be heard in the distance, the laughing of students, and slamming of books, the screaming of coaches, the footsteps of runners. But in the center, the air is heavy with silence. Each movement made … Continue reading
Habitual Email Procrastination
I have a weird urge to constantly check my email. It is this thought that if someone wants to communicate with me, I should immediately there to respond to them. I think in a big way it hinders my productivity. Instead … Continue reading
How to Support 5,000 Customers with No Support Staff
It will probably surprise you to find out that we actually have no dedicated support personnel inside of New Relic! Each and every support request is handled by a development engineer who has full access to our entire source base, and … Continue reading
Klassio. A Multimedia Blogging Platform
Klassio, a very early stage blogging platform, has some interesting features. Instead of focusing on text, Klassio instead focuses on a range of media types. While platforms like WordPress and Blogger require every post to be made up of words, … Continue reading
TeensInTech is Trying to Corner the Teenage Market – Again
So, I’m sure we’ve all heard of TeensInTech by now. Led by Daniel Brusilovsky, a group of both teenagers and adults are off to try to conquer the Teenage Market. According to their site, a new product will be announced on July 31sts … Continue reading
5 Holes That Twitter Needs to Fill (and Soon)
While I agree with a lot of this post, there is one clear item that is being misrepresented. The Verified Account System: At the time of writing, Twitter has verified just 2,808 users – a number that’s probably just a little … Continue reading
Spam Filtering? Patented! 36 Companies Sued
36 companies have been sued for patent infringement in Marshall, Texas (of course) for supposedly violating a patent (6,018,761) on spam filtering. The companies sued represent a who’s who of corporate America, including Apple, Google, HP, RIM, Citigroup, Capital One, … Continue reading