Technology Commentary

I will never forget the time I discovered how web pages were made. The year was 1995. I was using Windows 3.1 like most everyone, and it didn’t even support the TCP/IP network stack out of the box. I had to install a program called Trumpet Winsock and a hot new web browser called Netscape to connect to the Internet…

The creep of conducting our day-to-day interactions over screens has reached a breaking point—and it threatens to push out everyone but those with the “right” access.

The RFC process has been a huge success in defining the standards that run the Internet, but naively adopting this process for your company is a mistake. RFC processes tend to fail at most organizations because they lack a clear decision-making step.

A half-century ago, "Saturday Review" asked some of the era's visionaries for their predictions of what 2024 would look like. Here are their hits and misses.

Gnu ASCII armor can be used to convert any file from binary to a text file and back. Written for encryption but useful for any file.

The website of Robin Rendle, a designer and writer from the UK.

The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.

An internet map…

There are internal and external changes. Internally, company needs, products and personnel are evolving. Externally, the tech landscape is constantly shifting.

Here’s why testing has become a choke point for developer velocity.

DOSP involves initially releasing software under a proprietary license, followed by a planned transition to an open source license.

Every so often, when I ask myself — why do I make such an effort to maintain my homestead on the internet and manage my newsletter? The answer bubbles up every so often when a social medi…

The central tenets of cloud computing, which really ought to be called utility computing, is that you only pay for what you use and that you can turn

For decades, the telephone industry supported ISDN, a technology designed to make copper lines more useful for consumers. It’s great—if you’re a voice actor.

Valve has shown to occasionally not act on community feedback and bug reports. A story about a decade old bug.

Increased network and security team collaboration can reduce security risks, drive operational efficiencies, and resolve incidents faster while enterprises can also enjoy cost-saving benefits.

Why the diamond with a question mark inside? The valid Unicode character for an invalid Unicode character.

Everything Rabbit R1 does Siri should do. But when Siri inevitably gets an overhaul, where does that leave AI hardware products?

A cloud native development maturity model for the next generation of developer experience.

Learn how to implement end-to-end event-driven automation to help reduce the time and manual work required to resolve issues.