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iPhone Lawsuit – Kettle? Please meet the pot.
I find it ironic that during the Macworld Keynote yesterday where Steve Jobs boasted about the 200 patents for the iPhone and how they would enforce them that they get a lawsuit for the one thing they couldn’t protect. So Kettle, please meet the pot. It will be a fun topic of discussion and give…
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5 Reasons I will NOT buy an iPhone
As I watched the keynote live and looked at the flash demos on the Apple site, it occurred to me…. This phone is not for me. Why? Because I am a business person and a techie. SO WHO WILL BUY IT? : Consumers that have money to spend that will look at the price of…
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Podcasting Essentials: Strength in Numbers
It’s been a few days since I first posted the first part of my series on podcasting. I wanted to continue that theme today and talk a little bit about your show format and decisions you need to make – particularly when deciding to do a show alone or with someone. At Suicide Fan, I…
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Maryland is upping their startup game
As an entrepreneur in the MD/DC/Northern VA area, I am glad to see this from a press release yesterday: The Greater Baltimore Technology Council (GBTC) said on Monday that it is partnering with the Kauffman Foundation to make Kauffman eVenturing — a web site created specifically for entrepreneurs — available for the first time to…
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Attention Baltimore: Purple Friday Party and Podcast on Friday
I won’t rehash what I wrote over at SuicideFan. But I did want to extend the invitation to local readers who want to come out and celebrate the Ravens playoff hopes and share your reactions with the world (we will be recording). Come out and have some food, beer and fun and celebrate the Baltimore…
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How We Mass Upgrade Blogs
I’ve been getting hounded for some time about how we manage mass upgrades at b5media. It makes no sense to tackle things like you might upgrade, say 1, blog. Download. Unzip. FTP. Upgrade. It’s fast, but not when you have over 20 blogs. So I’m releasing our (slightly modified) script for public consumption. Remember, our…
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How to Handle Security Flaws
Yesterday, over at Blog Herald, the new management demonstrated the entirely wrong way of handling security flaws. (The flaw I detailed here) WordPress celebrated it’s 500,000 install last month and cheers to them. The platform is stable, fast, easy to use. It has no cumbersome plugin architecture (like Textpattern). That’s not to say that it…
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WordPress 2.0.6: CRITICAL Security Release
WordPress 2.0.6 was released today. This is a critical security release (There are at least two security flaws that I know of that were fixed in this version). I went ahead and upgraded all of our blogs successfully. If you manage more than, say, 10 blogs then perhaps Brian Layman’s script will be useful for…
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Podcasting Essentials: Part I
I’m starting a new series around podcasting based on my experiences at Suicide Fan. It may be added to on an ongoing basis as I learn more and have more to share (rumor has it I’m going to get to talk to some folks at a prominent Silicon Valley podcasting company soon). This entry will…
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Feedburner Releases Site Stats Package
This morning, Feedburner announced that they have added Site Stats to all feeds. There is no fee necessary and is available to any Feedburner feed, regardless of Pro Stats status. Of course, the service must be activated (Under Analyze > Site Stats) and takes some time to collect data (A small piece of javascript must…