Social Graph – The Next Future Overused Phrase

Get ready to start hearing “Social Graph” as frequently as you hear “Web 2.0.” The construct of the Social Graph (and its friend – Social Network) has been around f

August 18, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Resources for Widget Performance

I received a couple of comments my last post titled The Unbearable Slowness of Javascript Widgets including one from Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress and the founder of Au

August 17, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Unbearable Slowness of Javascript Widgets

Alex Iskold – the giant brain behind AdaptiveBlue – has a great post up today titled How JavaScript is Slowing Down the Web (And What To Do About It). While

August 15, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Protecting Your PHP Source Code

Time for a Sunday morning nerd out. If you are a programmer or entrepreneur in a company that develops in PHP watch in horror as the main Facebook source code

August 12, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

SCO Finally Gets Put In Their Place By A Judge

I was delighted to wake up this morning. I’m delighted to wake up every morning, but this is a particular beautiful sunny Saturday in Boulder, Colorado which means I can

August 11, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

One Stomp Forward, One Stomp Back

I predict that 2008 will be the year that the software patent situation finally goes critical and the nuclear meltdown in the reactor begins. Two things happened today that are

August 6, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

When Your Umbrella Is Connected to the Internet

I’ve been a fan of Ambient Devices for a while – I’ve got an Ambient Orb on my desk that turns different colors based on the temperature outside. This morning

August 4, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Broadband Internet on Airplanes

I am so pleased that American Airlines and Lufthansa are launching broadband internet (via WiFi) on their airplanes starting in 2008. I’ve been so bummed to have to sit quietly on

August 1, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Obviousness is Obvious

In my never ending – often Don Quixote like – quest against absurd software patents, I must pause in the midst of my day and give a standing ovation to

July 31, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Facebook Email Sucks

I’m an email junkie going back as far as I can remember. It’s by far my favorite way to communicate. I’m utterly and completely baffled that Facebook email (ok – [&

July 26, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld