Tag: Internet

  • WordPress: Windows of the Internet

    WordPress powers 41.5% of all websites, and it represents nearly 60% of all content management systems. This is absolutely massive capitalization at the scale of the global Internet. The momentum of a multi-decades old ecosystem alone is incredible: the plugins, themes, experienced administrators, shared hosts, Internet guides, talks, and generally the incredible social economics of…

    Continue reading

  • Google TV: All Your Secrets, Bare!

    Google TV is exactly the kind of myopically-designed device you want to use if you just love the idea of digital voyeurism. I’m not just talking about Google’s infamously horrific privacy practices such as famously sharing user location data even when disabled, geofence-based warrants allowing dragnet approaches to law enforcement, and its claims that you…

    Continue reading

  • Internet Background Radiation

    I’ve run WordPress sites before at small scales, but usually this was through a hosting provider or a small experimental setup. This particular server runs on a budget VPS. After taking time to carefully craft a functional Privacy Policy and Terms of Service (which you should totally read carefully by the way!), I began to…

    Continue reading