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Eternal Debate 2.0: Will the Web replace the Desktop?
It started somewhere in the (very) late ’90, faded away in shame for a while after the Big Burst and, what do you know, it came back with a good dose of supervitamin A(jax) and superminerals provided by the advent of Web 2.0: The Web will make the Desktop a thing of the past. Again. Now, I know I’m ...
Moving WouldBeBetter.com away from Windows Azure to traditional hosting
It just happened; the Name Server changes appear to have definitely propagated a couple of minutes ago. Why did I decide to abandon Windows Azure in favour of a traditional hosting for Would Be Better? There is one reason and one reason only: Money. Hard facts I’m not going to name any fig ...
Usability round-up
Those of you who have bothered reading the landing page might have noted several references to user friendliness, usability and so forth. I thought it’s time to put our money where our mouth is and talk a little bit about that. To start off nice and easy, this post will just be a round-up of intere ...
Would Be Better.com: Lessons learned building a site with a social component
I had no delusions of becoming as popular as Twitter or Facebook with Would Be Better, at least not right off the bat ;) so it came as no surprise when almost nobody signed up for the site. Release early and release often, you hear them say. Or, a favourite one of mine, if you’re not ashamed of ver ...