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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Consulting Consultants
Before I went on extended hiatus back in late October, I had started a weekly series entitled “Consulting Consultants” which was one part commentary and one part “how-to” on consulting. Since at the time I had just started working for a consulting firm I figured it would be a good place to output thoughts on the subject on consulting, being a consultant, and general help to those just starting out in the field like I was. Continue reading
Posted in Consulting Consultants, Updates
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Nine Inch Nails Makes $1.6 Million
One part I found interesting was the fact that Reznor paid only $38 to have the album distributed via Amazon’s Mp3 Store. That’s an awesome price to have 36 songs distributed through one of the most popular Mp3 download stores. Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged digital distribution, nine inch nails
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links for 2008-03-13
SunTech Power (tags: solar energy)
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Firefox 3 Beta 4 Improves Memory Usage
Yesterday Mozilla released the latest Firefox 3 beta (Beta 4) and with that release we see improvements in the memory usage of Firefox. Firefox 2.0 has been the center of memory scrutiny pretty much since its release but that starts … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Technology
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Third Party Desktop Applications in a Web 2.0 World
Why build desktop applications when web applications are getting more complex and essentially becoming full-featured applications in their own right? Are desktop applications important in a Web 2.0, software as a service world? I want to look at that a little bit today. Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Technology
Tagged api, desktop applications, Google, programming, Twitter
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links for 2008-03-12
7 ways to boost your metabolism – Health – TODAYshow.com Helpful tips for boosting your metabolism (tags: losingweight metabolism exercise weightloss)
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