Category Archives: technology

Disaggregate

Posted on July 19, 2010 by gtyree

We have done so well with RSS and other aggregators (think FriendFeed) in making it easy to gather up the content we love – making consumption easy and on our terms (and within the software we choose). But I keep … Continue reading →

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Forcing Gzip Compression

Posted on July 14, 2010 by gtyree

I wasn’t able to attend Velocity this year but have been consuming what I can find online and this article from a few days ago from Steve Souders talks about a great approach to handling clients (or more likely proxies … Continue reading →

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Recovery.gov using Amazon’s cloud

Posted on May 18, 2010 by gtyree

I am impressed that the government, known for moving none too fast, has moved a production site to the cloud. It sets a great example and support for these new services and hopefully will be just the first of many … Continue reading →

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Ted on CNN about CNN

Posted on May 12, 2010 by gtyree

I like this video and that Ted dings CNN a little near the end when he questions whether they are spending time covering Lena Horns death (and no disrespect to Lena) rather than Zimbabwe’s political tensions. CNN aided in the … Continue reading →

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Google on site performance

Posted on May 4, 2010 by gtyree

Nice article and video on a few easy things to do to improve the front end performance.  This is something I am enthusiastic about and enjoy squeezing out savings (time rendering, bandwidth, etc.) from a site without impacting its look … Continue reading →

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Traffic data is key

Posted on February 12, 2010 by gtyree

A few months ago I headed to FL with the girls for a visit to the Grandparents.  I did a little test to compare the cars GPS with that on the iPhone, both to see if they suggested the same … Continue reading →

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