To Those I Don’t Follow, Unfollow, Or Otherwise Feel Slighted On Twitter
Saturday, February 28th, 2009A couple people have followed me and then complained (or unfollowed) me because I didn’t follow them back. To those who feel slighted, I’m sorry that you feel that way. Let me explain why and how I follow people.
As of this writing, I have 166 followers and 95 96 people that I follow daily. Obviously [...]
Balancing Work And Life
Friday, February 27th, 2009Last year, I worked a lot. A lot. Between working full time (and sometimes overtime), and running a small business, I probably put in a good sixty or seventy hours a week. The money was nice and the projects were intriguing, that’s to be sure, but the workload was a bit too much.
I learned in [...]
Scaling Up: Reducing Drag, Increasing Lift
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Now that we know we want to scale our application, we first need to make sure it’s running at peak performance. There are a number of things that we can and must do in order to ensure that the newly scaled application uses resources appropriately, runs efficiently, and, most importantly, does not require excessive resources [...]
9:52 am | Comment (5) | Print | Categories: Best Practices, System ArchitectureExamining Zend Server CE On The Mac
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Zend yesterday released a beta of it’s release candidate for both Zend Server and Zend Server CE (Community Edition). Zend Server is not available for the Mac, but Zend Server CE is, so I decided to give it a try.
There are many good things in this product. Among them, is the ability to easily activate [...]
Scaling Up: Baby Steps (a.k.a. Asking The Right Questions)
Monday, February 16th, 2009Before we actually get started hacking on our code, let’s make sure we’ve got the right questions asked and answered. We’re going to need some resources, the help of others in our organization, and probably some understanding of the current system structure before we’re successful in our goal.
Some of these questions may seem mundane, and [...]
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