We got an unofficial sneak peek at Google Consumer Insights back in mid-February when Google's YouTube videos for the survey were accidentally published to the public. Today, the site is launching officially. Google Consumer Surveys will allow individuals and organizations to poll web audiences easily and affordably. You might start seeing these pop up around the web as Google … [Read more...]
[Updated] What’s the point of a privacy policy? Don’t ask MaxCDN
Please see the end of the article for the update and resolution. Are you a customer of MaxCDN? Did you receive an email spam earlier this week from Lisa Freese and Catchpoint? Those two points, odd as it may sound, are related. I've explained before how I use Google Apps and its catch-all ability to generate a unique email address for each site I sign up with so I can label … [Read more...]
As web hosting options get crowded, HostaVPS says it’s in the details
There are a lot of options out there for where you want to host your website. How do you decide where to setup your virtual presence? One company, HostaVPS, thinks the answer will be found in the details of what a hosting company is offering. In my experience, a lot of companies skimp on service in order to reduce their price but the saying "You get what you pay for" usually … [Read more...]
Book Review: Tangled Web – A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
Tangled Web by Michal Zalewski is an incredibly detailed book on the topic of web technologies. It includes an encyclopedic history of HTTP, HTML, browsers, and the path that has led us to where we are now. The book is well referenced with plenty of endnotes to guide you to further reading on the topics. With a focus on security in web applications, the amount of knowledge … [Read more...]
Jumping In At Drupal 7
I was tasked with migrating a website from internal hosting to paid hosting. When that "migration" actually meant a redesign, I surveyed the CMS landscape. The current site was running on Joomla! 1.5. This website was the first site I had administered running on the Joomla platform. To be completely honest, I hate Joomla!. There are limitations and things done backwards that … [Read more...]