David's Blog Posts

Only 3 percent of "smart" phone users are consuming 40 percent of AT&T's network capacity, leading the company to rethink pricing for data plans. Will AT&T use a carrot or a stick to "influence" the usage pattern of it's mobile subscribers?
The new Guides are effective December 1st, 2009. As is usually the case, ignorance of the law is not an advisable defense. Since the new Guides specifically address “new media” content such as blogs and viral marketing, it is a good idea for anyone writing reviews, or providing testimonials in online publishing, become familiar with the Guides, particularly if they have a direct relationship with, or receive any sort of compensation from product or service providers.
On Wednesday, June 17th, Amazon.com sent an “Important Notice from the Amazon Associates Program” email to all affiliates in North Carolina. While Amazon.com is not terminating North Carolina-based affiliates, they intend to if legislation being considered by the North Carlolina General Assembly is passed in its present form. Amazon claims the bill includes an  "unconstitutional tax collection scheme that would leave Amazon.com little choice but to end its relationships with North Carolina-based Associates." What is it really about?
Did your favorite third-party Twitter application begin acting strangely, or quit working altogether Friday evening? If so, don't panic, you are probably just experiencing a Year 2000 Bug for the new millennium, dubbed the Twitpocalypse. Who would have thought 2 billion tweets could cause so much trouble? Read on to learn how we got into this mess, and what will have to be done to dig us out.
It was twenty years ago that two scientist working at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland, developed a plan for a computer network combining hypertext, and the Internet, that evolved into what we know today as the World Wide Web, or simply, the Web.
A new web-based service will offer a wealth of information, including graphing, of the most read pages on Wikipedia. The service has a very slick user interface, and looks to be a great source for gauging interest in different subjects.