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I just launched my first Amazon EC2 instance in the new US West Region. They recently extended the cloud to a Northern California region. So I thought I' d test drive with a new instance and went ahead and reserved 5 IP address for use with other instances. Can't wait to see a South America, Asian and other Regions for easy global cloud deployment.

I am going through Diggs new API to see what added benefit it brings to the table. Digg usually is lower on the radar of many of my clients when it comes to sharing their news and information. Although it definitely can come into play pretty quickly. So I am curious what the new benefits the new Digg API brings to event managers and other potential clients.

I have been playing with a new tool that gives you more control over your Google Analytics called Trakkboard. Google Analytics gives you a lot of tools, probably more than you really ever use. However I am always looking for new takes on how to access and absorb all of the data they give you. Trakkboard gives you the opportunity to: compare data from several Google Analyt...

SPAM black lists come in very handy for filtering out servers that potentially are sending SPAM. However every once in a while I get a server listed and I get stuck in hell. Our primary mail server got black listed yesterday at some point, and it happens to be a black list that SAP references. So of course no emails will go to our biggest client. I requested with Trend Micro MAPS to have us removed yesterday at 5:00 PM. Here it ...

LinkedIn finally opened up their API to the world. It gives you authentication, profile, and network access to LinkedIn Profiles. It is definitely a step forward. Unfortunately I am looking for access to the events, question and answer, and group access through the API as well. Also I would like access to the LinkedIn application platform too! I guess I want the world, but access to the profiles is a start. LinkedIn seems to be way behi...

I use Subversion pretty religiously in our development environment. It bothers a lot of developers and other key people because it can be perceived as a bottle-neck. I am always amazed at how many organizations I work with (tech development shops) do not use subversion at all. I feel its mandatory. <...

The White House recently announced the Development 2.0 Challenge, a Tech Competition for the Developing World. They ar...

Google has just announced Feedburner integration with Google Analytics. Now when you are using both Google Analytics and FeedBurner, you will see campaign attribution for item clicks tracked by your AdSense For Feeds or your Google FeedBurner account. Even many businesses that have fully embraced RSS a...

I have been getting asked by friends for information on how to setup their own business. I think in these hard times getting a business going can be a very appealing alternative to finding another job. While I was doing the research I figured I'd just publish here for everyone to reference. This generally applies to starting a business in Oregon, because that is where I am located. First go to the State of Oregon and fill out the Read more →

Here is a tool / idea that I came up with out of necessity. Like many of my ideas I probably will never get time to actually do it. So I am putting it out there to the universe and hopefully someone will do. I am building an outline using Google Docs. This outline is my detailed breakdown of a web application. I am getting close to having outline finished.