This video is way to amazing to ignore. Kudos to the creator.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Signup Signout
This is more of a reminder for myself than anything else. I don't think this is something that is solely limited to a small group of people. Or maybe it is, I'm not sure. Anyway on to something more useful than an introduction of rambling.
If you find you signed up for a service and don't use it anymore. Permanently get rid of it. Services, like the popular profile sharing sites, won't necessarily remind you of the last time you used them.
Think of all the websites you visit on a daily basis that require you to login. Now think of any that you have not visited in a generous amount of time. You might want to go in and permanently delete your account.
In the days of identity theft any time you can decrease the amount of unnecessary information you have stored out there, do it. Especially if you think about all the stores that require you to signup for an account when you make a purchase.
You at the very least have filled out your name, address, telephone number and created a username and password. If you don't plan on shopping there anymore, delete the account or request it be terminated.
Don't make it easy to find information about you. Criminals are already getting information in bulk, so why should you let your information be in more places and easier to find?
If you find you signed up for a service and don't use it anymore. Permanently get rid of it. Services, like the popular profile sharing sites, won't necessarily remind you of the last time you used them.
Think of all the websites you visit on a daily basis that require you to login. Now think of any that you have not visited in a generous amount of time. You might want to go in and permanently delete your account.
In the days of identity theft any time you can decrease the amount of unnecessary information you have stored out there, do it. Especially if you think about all the stores that require you to signup for an account when you make a purchase.
You at the very least have filled out your name, address, telephone number and created a username and password. If you don't plan on shopping there anymore, delete the account or request it be terminated.
Don't make it easy to find information about you. Criminals are already getting information in bulk, so why should you let your information be in more places and easier to find?
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Ruby on Rails the Next Cold Fusion?
There is much talk about Ruby on Rails (RoR) and how it will revolutionize the way programs are developed. The technology allows rapid deployment of web products and relies on standard technologies. RoRs has certainly made it's mark.
Some of you may have read the rant by Mongrel creator Zed Shaw. I won't go into summarizing the article or adding my opinion because it's been done. After reading I started thinking about RoR and how it has impacted the community.
There no argument RoR has given us all a better way to think about development. It relies heavily on MVC and the separation of your Development, Test and Production coding environments. However, I wonder if Rails is the next Cold Fusion?
Both were praised for supplying a platform to quickly develop web-based technologies. Both excel in web applications and fall short when it comes to static content. Both suffer from performance issues when the application is scaled to any magnitude.
Sure, one is completely reliant on proprietary, expensive technology and the other is completely open source. Apache is arguably the de facto standard when it comes to open source web servers. There are others, of course, but look at any hosting environment and Apache is there by default.
What does Ruby on Rails use? Apache? Kinda, it does work, but most developers will tell you there are performance issues. What then? Mongrel? Yet another web server to install often times beside Apache in non-Rails environment.
What do we have then? For all intensive purposes the environment must be customize with special software to even get Ruby on Rails to work properly. Everything may be open source, but it becomes expensive in time with installation, configuration and ongoing maintenance.
Does this all sound like Deja Vu? Or I am completely off-base?
Some of you may have read the rant by Mongrel creator Zed Shaw. I won't go into summarizing the article or adding my opinion because it's been done. After reading I started thinking about RoR and how it has impacted the community.
There no argument RoR has given us all a better way to think about development. It relies heavily on MVC and the separation of your Development, Test and Production coding environments. However, I wonder if Rails is the next Cold Fusion?
Both were praised for supplying a platform to quickly develop web-based technologies. Both excel in web applications and fall short when it comes to static content. Both suffer from performance issues when the application is scaled to any magnitude.
Sure, one is completely reliant on proprietary, expensive technology and the other is completely open source. Apache is arguably the de facto standard when it comes to open source web servers. There are others, of course, but look at any hosting environment and Apache is there by default.
What does Ruby on Rails use? Apache? Kinda, it does work, but most developers will tell you there are performance issues. What then? Mongrel? Yet another web server to install often times beside Apache in non-Rails environment.
What do we have then? For all intensive purposes the environment must be customize with special software to even get Ruby on Rails to work properly. Everything may be open source, but it becomes expensive in time with installation, configuration and ongoing maintenance.
Does this all sound like Deja Vu? Or I am completely off-base?
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