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Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects — Tech News and Analysis I agree about the need for monetization for these systems. It should be done before the product is built, not as an afterthought. EDIT 7/29/14: One and a half years later and this is still true. Monetization should be a priority, right along with the product development. It's all great until you burn through someone else's cash and then they ask where it all went.

(via 'National Geographic' Shares Rare Photos on Tumblr) Yes, this is how we hitch our livestock here in Texas.

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VMware: "If Amazon Wins, We All Lose"

I have been preaching this pretty much non-stop for the last year and a half. Now, it seems as though every web developer will have no choice but to answer this question when a client inquires about a project - "Will my visitors be able to see it on a mobile device?". You should be able to say, "Yes", we build it that way from the beginning.

Clearly, Gizmodo has no love for the new Chromebook Retina.

Given Apple's trend of bringing iOS and OS X together, it's strange that both M$ and Google have touch sensitive portables before them. It's not like this is a 'world of hurt' they don't control. C'mon Tim.

Yes, Tumblr is cool.

Big shot at Microsoft.

How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet This is a developer's worst nightmare. Spending your time to get an application to talk with another one just for the sake of it is hard to swallow. I understand it's part of the development cycle. However, while you are working on the integration, who is iterating new updates to users?

Oracle and the End of Programming As We Know It | Dr Dobb's This is certainly something to keep watching. If Oracle wins this fight, derivative works will dry up. Few volunteer efforts would risk a hefty legal bill for something that may/may not pan out. Really sad.

I'd take Kaspersky's comments with a grain of salt. However, keeping abreast of security concerns on your machine should still be a priority on any platform. That being said, the last time I installed antivirus on my MB Pro (VirusX 6 or something like that), it slowed my machine so much I had to remove it. Morale of the story - Macs may not be as vulnerable as PCs, but the software is equally unsatisfying.

How did I never see this before. This kid is hilarious!

More companies quit blogging, go with Facebook instead – USATODAY.com I understand that companies and us regular folks may be down on blogs, at least according to the experts. But, blogging has a significant function that Twitter/FaceBook can not equal - the ability to maintain large repositories of information that can be easily searched. When someone is looking for information, they don't go to FB or Twitter, they look on Google first. That blog post written eight months ago about something interesting today will lead them to follow you on FB/Twitter, but not before it confirms you are the best source for them. Blogging - dont' knock it until you've tried it.

I'm putting in my order. Right. Now. Allons-y!

Netflix along with a smaller cable package (and maybe Hulu) would be a great mix. I have all three and only watch 15-20 channels on tv. The holy grail would be a la carte channels, but that won't happen soon. Anything to bring some variety/sanity to the cable tv mess.

So, my 2-3 cups of coffee per day won't cut it? I guess the treadmill will work instead.