Over the years that I’ve been blogging, quite a few people asked me if I know of any easy way to maintain a private blog. Â They seemed to not care about the rest of the world and just wanted a private diary, but without paper and without too much technical hassle. Â Of course, there are … Continue reading OhLife – private blogging via email
There were plenty of news recently about Russia in general and its president Dmitry Medvedev in particular taking steps towards building up some technology innovation in the country. Â Medvedev visited a number of technology companies in the Silicon Valley. Â And there were a few announcements about some sort of technology center being built in Skolkovo, … Continue reading Yaroslavl Roadmap 10-15-20
Just a couple of days ago I had a discussion with a friend of mine about Twitter. Â He is not too much into social networks, but hearing all the time about Twitter, he decided to give it a shot again, and still felt that it was in no way suitable for him. Â Normally, that would … Continue reading Twitter is not a social network
Google Analytics has proven itself over and over again as an extremely valuable tool for pretty much everyone interested in website statistics. Â But as awesome as it is, Google Analytics has a number of limitations. Â These don’t come handy when you need to analyze non-public websites, such as intranets or web-based services behind closed firewalls. … Continue reading Urchin – Google Analytics in a box
Via this post to Google Reader blog I’ve learned the Bloglines news. Â The service will be closed on October 1st. Today, Ask.com let our users know that we will shut down Bloglines on October 1. Not an easy decision, especially considering our loyal and supportive (not to mention patient) user base, but, ultimately, the right … Continue reading The end of Bloglines