OK, so nothing literally ‘burned’ but we did get a call late one night that our site was taking down the machine it was on and we had to do something about it ASAP. Why? Well, seems we got hit from various fronts: an article got Digged, a site that mentioned us got Digged, traffic was going Read More...

Programming is an underappreciated art form. It is there, in the background, invisible to but a few people who usually are looking to fix it, copy it or simply understand it. A successful human interface can make the most complex functionality work at the click of a button which in turn keeps the code Read More...

I remember the conversation well. I was sitting with an astute VC in Toronto sometime in ‘99. He was telling me his firm was not interested in ad-supported models. They would find transactional revenue or ownable technologies. The web was awash with ill fated ad supported concepts. The time was Read More...

I have always loved the “wicked worn” look. There is nothing better than a good Golden Age design with the extra attention to detail to make it look old. Used. Classic. I just can’t get enough of it. One of my all-time most favorite websites in the world is Sleeping Giants, created Read More...