Posts tagged: technology
- How big is a zettabyte?
- I’ll be honest: this is the first time I’ve ever used the word zettabyte. I’ve heard of petabytes and even exabytes, but zettabytes are a whole new level of bytes. If a zettabyte is beyond your comprehension, too, it’s essentially one billion trillion bytes: a 1 with 21 zeros at the end. To put that [...] [9 Dec 2009]
- Dear Black Entrepreneurs (especially the ones behind Blackbird):
- I know you mean well. You want to create tools and communities that empower those left out of the digital divide. You want to be a voice, perhaps even the voice uniting our people. But really: a web browser for the African American community? I think niche browsers are a bad idea to start with. Browsers [...] [8 Dec 2008]
- Recommended: Tim Bray’s “The Fear Factor”
- Tim Bray gives amazing advice on what techies can do when times get tough. Hit: move towards mobile. From the Future of Web Apps 2008 conference. [30 Oct 2008]
- Recommended: “How to get my nerd vote”
- Via Michelle: Matt Haughey tells the world what he wants in a political candidate. I’ve been thinking lately about a dream candidate for my nerd habits, my nerdy business, and the way I live my nerdy life. Regardless of party affiliation, if you’re running for an office from as small as city council all the way [...] [22 Oct 2008]
- Recommended: “Does the Silicon Valley Economy Drive a Luxury Bus?”
- Cyndy Aleo-Carreira’s post on Silicon Valley’s wealth disparities is a reminder to all of us relatively privileged geeks that we are not necessarily our audience. When people complain about a Web 2.0 app or service, the response is often “build it yourself.” The problem is that most of us in the world can’t afford to start [...] [18 Jun 2008]
- Recommended: “How to create a female-free geek dinner” by Tom Morris
- On the heels of Molly’s post Hooters: Not A Fair Place to Speak Geek, we have the how-not-to post from Tom Morris on women and geek dinners. What with the smoking ban and the fact that Hooters (etc.) is not everywhere, you cannot rely on the venue alone to make sure women don’t turn up. The [...] [17 Jun 2008]
- Aww junk! I been BoingBoinged! (Where Are the Black Tech Bloggers?)
- Yeah, Joel Johnson of BoingBoing.net was at the South by Southwest “Where Are the Black Tech Bloggers?” — a panel I was asked to join at the last minute (but not the very last minute. That honor belongs to Cheryl . ). So Joel wrote about it, and the comments went straight to typical. Which, [...] [14 Mar 2008]
- Russian propaganda goes online
- Worth a listen: this CBC Search Engine podcast episode on the Kremlin’s use of bloggers as citizen propagandists, as well as government-paid hackers and saboteurs. The Kremlin piece starts about 6 minutes and 17 seconds into the show [MP3 download]. And you can find the T-shirt in the photo accompanying the post on CafePress.com. [10 Jan 2008]
- Here comes another bubble …
- Site credits [9 Dec 2007]