Welcome to the new look of mamchenkov.net! Â Before I tell you the long story, here is a customary front page screenshot (because, practice shows, it won’t look anything like that in a few days). So, now for the long story. Â First of all, why, why the change? Â As always, for a number of reasons.
Once in a while people ask me why do I still have my own, personal, standalone blog instead of just posting to some social networks. Â There are a few reasons to that, and one of the is the life span of the post. Â Blog posts live practically forever. Â I think, I’ve even mentioned before that … Continue reading Facebook post has a shelf life of 18 hours
Via this LWN post I came across a very insightful blog post by Brian Jono, one of those many people who develop Mozilla Firefox. Â In his blog post Brian talks about Firefox’s rapid release cycle and how it drove a lot of people to Google Chrome. Â There’s nothing new to that. Â But Brian’s post is … Continue reading Rapid releases killed Firefox’s reputation
As some of you know, last week I spent a few days in Tel Aviv, Israel. Â It wasn’t my typical trip – vacation or technical conference. Â I was there for business. Â And I wasn’t there alone, but with a colleague of mine. Â That trip was the first of a kind for me. One of the … Continue reading Four nights in Tel Aviv, Israel
If you think that the only thing that separates you from professional photographer is  a more expensive camera, watch this 2-minute video. That’s a team of at least 3 people – photographer, model, and a make-up artist (not counting the person making the video).  It’s not just a a single shot, but multiple takes, even … Continue reading Explosive Photoshoot – Behind the scenes