Analytics API

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Finally! Google Analytics API Launched! I’ve been waiting for this for quite a while. Just imagine the possibilities – all the data & features of Analytics at your fingertips, ready to be processed how you want them to be! Expect to see some mashups soon!

Spring is here!

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Bowman’s Wildflower preserve is my favorite location for spring photos. And it looks like spring has arrived!

8MPX Cell phone camera

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Sony Ericsson C905 will include an 8 mega pixel camera. WHY?? Not long ago, I had a great 6 megapixel SLR. It was my first digital SLR, and I loved it! A few years ago I upgraded to a 10 megapixel beast, and did not notice much change in the picture size. Now, I am… Read more »

Copying to tmp table

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MySQL may use temporary tables during query execution. Ideally you would want to avoid this, since its an expensive and slow operation. It can be avoided by optimizing queries. Sometimes it can’t be completely avoided – in that case you want to make sure the temporary table is created as a “memory” storage engine table,… Read more »

DAM firms disappearing

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I found this article in eWeek really interesting: Midmarket Digital Asset Management Firms Disappearing Companies are drowning in content they generate, usually with no way to organize it. Furthermore, as the article states, there is less and less support for SMBs, who can’t spend a fortune on software. Normally new firms would enter the market… Read more »