After about two years of blogging at OpenRadix.org, I’m going to be re-branding this blog to Humani.st (Humanist). I wanted something a little more broad and accessible by the average human being and this seemed to fit. I’m ready to move to something new after being at .orgs and .coms for so long. Especially since [...]
There are three key aspects to think about when starting to blog: Finding interesting blogs to read, reading blogs and becoming inspired and reactive, and then writing blog posts. Reading Comparing blogs to physical newspapers, blogs are analogous to individual columns of a newspaper. Physical newspapers have editors who choose the columns and articles to [...]
An online web persona is essentially a collection of online personal effects: web pages, profiles, and accounts. It’s important to have a well maintained web persona for a few reasons: to be easily discovered by potential employers, to build connections, and to be easily contacted. I try to saturate search results for my name with [...]
I write blog articles because it’s enjoyable. I spend weeks finding the perfect sources, wording, images, and tone for each article. Blogging is how I unwind after long hours of programming but it’s also a pretty big investment. I have to pay for hosting and the domain name out of my pocket, not to mention [...]
Internet Business Models Companies have been so accustom to their business models that when the Internet really exploded, people were forced to decide which way to go. Companies either jumped on the band wagon and tried to radically change their business models to accommodate the Internet or, they tried to completely pass on the “fad.” [...]