First off, I keep my main WordPress installation in Subversion.
This does have the added drawback that all of my WP blogs will be out of date until I update my main WP Subversion trunk and svn up on the server(s). At the same time, updating X number of WordPress blogs by hand would be […]
Archive for the 'Web Apps' Category
How to Upgrade WordPress across Multiple Blogs
Published January 4th, 2008 in Automation, Fun, Making Money Online, Tools of the Trade, Web 2.0, Web Apps, Web Hacks, WordPress and Wordpress Plugins. 6 CommentsAppJet is a new hosted application framework that’s part code editor, part persistent storage repository, part hosted application company. It roles all of these components into one, providing a complete end-to-end solution for would-be app developers.
Via the AppJet Introduction page:
An AppJet app is a server-side JavaScript program that runs when a request is made […]
The Hopefully, Somewhat Definitive Article on How to Store User Password Hashes
Published November 16th, 2007 in Web Apps. 9 CommentsThis topic has already been beaten to death. But reading articles like this reminds me that still, there will always be people who are not aware of the implications of storing unsalted password hashes in a database.
I put this out there as my cumulative wisdom from over the years. If you have encountered […]
How the World of Startups is like the Boardgame Risk
Published November 1st, 2007 in Industry News, The Facebook, Web 2.0 and Web Apps. 5 CommentsTechCrunch just broke the news that MySpace is joining the OpenSocial coalition, allying itself with Google against Facebook.
How does this relate to Risk, you ask?
Well, it really relates to any Prisoner’s Dilemma situation, wherein parties have more to gain by collaborating than they do by attacking one another (at least at first). The boardgame […]
Having a Hackable Online Poll vs. Ensuring Every Single Last (fraudulent or not) Vote is Counted
Published October 24th, 2007 in Web Apps. 1 CommentMy last post caused a bit of a stir. Camps seem to come down on two sides:
A) It’s okay if your poll is hackable. You just need to ensure every single last vote can be counted (even multiples from the same IP, which might be different people, or the same person masquerading as […]
Poll Code Writers Are Lazy and Stupid
Published October 15th, 2007 in Automation, Fun and Web Apps. 7 Commentsupdate: the title was just in jest so please don’t get too offended anyone =) upon thinking about this problem a little more, the solutions are all rather similar to the solutions for blog comment / social media spam. if you want to be 100% sure a human is voting, then you have […]
John Chow comes in at $20,512.17
Al Carlton makes $500 a day, or ~ $15,000 per month via AdSense from coolest-gadgets.com and several other sites.*
Yaro Starak earns an impressive $10,899.83 from his Entrepreneur’s Journey blog
Connected Internet comes in at #3 with $13,253
A relative newcomer 5xmom comes in at $5,010.49
Robert MacEwan with $2,500 form PayPerPost alone in […]
Ask On Web Apps: How Much Does it Cost to Incorporate?
Published September 20th, 2007 in Web Apps. 1 CommentThis question comes from Rory, an entrepreneur hailing from Jamaica. (ya mon!)
How much does it cost to incorporate?
I have incorporated both a C Corp and LLC.
C Corp - Nevada (no state biz income tax)
LLC - Missouri (where my co-founder lives)
C Corp - about $600 initial setup, $200 yearly or so
LLC - about the same
This […]
CommonRoom Video (for the lulz)
Published September 8th, 2007 in Entrepreneurship, The Facebook and Web Apps. 0 Comments
This site is by the guy who’s claiming to be one of the “founders” of Facebook, because he had an idea that was vaguely similar to FB back in the day at Harvard.
I think the guy could make more money doing spoof motivational videos for SNL personally.
More Thoughts on Bubble 2.0, Facebook and a Looming Private Equity Correction
Published August 7th, 2007 in Web Apps. 0 CommentsDavid Piccione is not the first but the latest to speculate that a Dot Bomb 2.0 is coming.
Here are my thoughts (posted in his comments):
I agree with many of the above commenters that Friendster was a special situation. Not saying Facebook won’t someday face a correction (perhaps to a lesser extent), but they have gone […]
