Things often have a way of coming full circle. Back in May 2002, Bronto purchased its first server to host its email marketing application. The server, originally named bronto, was built by Blake Watters, a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill, for about $1000. It was a big purchase back in the day.
What a long strange [...]
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Bronto Server Back Like Seabiscuit
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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“Lost” Faceoff: iTunes versus Bittorrent
February 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Recently I’ve been thinking about how online marketing applies to video, in particular to how television shows and movies are delivered over the Internet. Of course, when delving into this area, you have to look at how video is being distributed illegally — the dark world of file sharing. This world is often a harbinger [...]
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Google Reader on the iPhone is my killer app
January 17th, 2008 · No Comments
I’ve been using RSS feeds to get my news for years.
I started simple. I used the Live Bookmark feature with Firefox. It worked well but ultimately limited me to following just a few news sources.
About a year ago, I purchased NetNewsWire for the Mac. It is a standalone desktop application and was an easy way [...]
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NetNewsWire and Feedburner
March 16th, 2007 · No Comments
I have been using RSS feeds for a couple years now and really find them handy for skimming through lots of news articles very quickly. Until now, I always added them as “Live Bookmarks” in Firefox. It worked well and was a convenient way to juggle about 10 different feeds.
Today my feed world changed in [...]
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Seychelles on Google Earth
February 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Yesterday I downloaded Google Earth and found myself immediately zooming around the world checking out all the places where I used to live and a few others that I have yet to explore.
The yellow pin on this screenshot of Google Earth is where I used to teach in the Seychelles — 8826.02 miles away. Although [...]
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