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2009: The year tech blogging died

December 22, 2009

Most years are full of idiocy. But I think I can make a decent case for this year being the worst on record, at least from the perspective of writing about technology.
This was the year when tech writing plumbed new depths of stupidity, repetition, and sheer unadulterated circle jerking. It was the year when blogs [...]

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Cloud computing makes me nervous

August 6, 2008

Maybe it’s because I’m old, but cloud computing makes me nervous. I remember the Apple "1984" ad not just because it was a great piece of work by Ridley Scott, but also because of its underlying message. And that message was simple: monolithic computer systems supplied by monolithic suppliers aren’t a good idea for individuals.
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What Google Docs really needs: A “Download all” button

May 23, 2008

I now have something like 120 documents written and stored on Google Docs. For many of them, there are no other copies anywhere else. On some levels, that’s not something that I worry about. Google, after all, is likely to have far better redundancy and back ups than I will ever have.
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