In the tech career, there eventually comes a fork in the road where you have to decide if becoming management or specializing in your technology skills is the path you want to continue on. If you head into management, titles like CIO or CTO might be what you end up striving for. Nowadays, you also have companies listing job openings for 'ninjas', 'rock stars', 'badass' or … [Read more...]
What does ‘five 9s’ mean?
My ISP has suffered two fiber cuts in the past month, taking out Internet access for all of their customers in a large region for hours at a time with an average repair time of 8 hours according to the company. While twiddling my thumbs waiting for the Internet to return, I began thinking of the five-nines commonly cited in high availability for systems. Is it time for ISPs to … [Read more...]
How the Illinois Nexus law chased FatWallet out of the state
The Illinois Nexus Tax or "Amazon Tax" was recently deemed unconstitutional. When it was signed into law, Amazon and other retailers immediately canceled contracts with affiliates. One company, FatWallet, would lose 30% of its revenue as a result. In order to stay in business, they moved their entire operation out of Illinois and just across the border to Wisconsin. They made a … [Read more...]
Important client versus datacenter manager
Money spent on conferences is money well spent, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDfLXAtRJfY Yuck! Have you ever been in that situation? … [Read more...]
[Updated] What’s the point of a privacy policy? Don’t ask MaxCDN
Please see the end of the article for the update and resolution. Are you a customer of MaxCDN? Did you receive an email spam earlier this week from Lisa Freese and Catchpoint? Those two points, odd as it may sound, are related. I've explained before how I use Google Apps and its catch-all ability to generate a unique email address for each site I sign up with so I can label … [Read more...]