Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

  • Google Craps on RSS Again

    Google keeps cutting off RSS for its various services. The biggest shot at RSS was when Google shut down Google Reader. Now they are shutting down RSS for YouTube. According to Ars Technica: If you’re a news junky, you probably use an RSS reader like Feed.ly to keep up with stuff on the Web. One…

  • Such is the life of a pug

  • Online Video: Second Class Service

    It’s becoming more and more clear that Internet broadband providers like Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, and more are cleverly shaping Internet traffic to hide how they throttle online video to home consumers. A great example in the linked article at GigaOm.com shows the writer streaming an episode of The Good Wife that is having bandwidth…

  • Kevin Marks on the Last 10 Years and the Next 10 Years of the Web

    Kevin Marks on the Last 10 Years and the Next 10 Years of the Web

    Kevin Marks compares and contrasts the Web as it was a decade ago, where it is right now, and where it possibly should be headed. He has some great observations about how cyclical the open and closed nature of the Web was and still is. He believes that we are in an era of silos,…

  • Wrapping My Head Around a SQRL

    Wrapping My Head Around a SQRL

    SQRL, if adopted and implemented can change our entire relationship with web sites and how we use them. SQRL is simple, elegant, and uses current technology which should create a low barrier to entry for web sites to employ. This just might be the perfect solution to the problem of usernames and passwords. Usernames and…

  • Venue 8 Pro Review

    Venue 8 Pro Review

    I received my Dell Venue 8 Pro on Friday and my impressions over the last couple of days is this is the type of device for which Windows 8 was made. To start, the form factor is near perfect. 8 inches is still a little too large for my taste as I’ve really grown accustomed…