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Write your whole stack in JavaScript with Node.JS

Node is a combination of Google’s V8 JavaScript implementation, and various plumbing and libraries. The result is an unusual and clever server programming platform. Node is in a fairly early development phase, and already has a remarkably active
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Jun 24 2010 04:03 AM
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Helping Our Customers Hire

For today, a “day job” topic: Oasis Digital (my firm) is a custom software development shop. It is not a staffing or recruiting firm; there are many good firms in those businesses, and I have no desire to join them in that market. Oasis
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Jun 14 2010 11:25 PM
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SaaS: The Business Model – Video

On Feb. 27 at St. Louis Innovation Camp 2010, I gave a talk on the SaaS business model. I posted the slides, handout, audio, and transcript soon thereafter. Here, finally, is a video of the 44-minute-long talk. Why did it take over three months to get
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tags: business presentations money saas
Jun 10 2010 08:36 PM
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Take a Strategic Vacation

This is yet another story that I’ve told dozens of time to individual and groups, and now finally written down. Here is a short video talk: As usual, the vimeo page offers it for HTML5, non-Flash platforms like the iPad. Back in 2004 I co-founded Mobile
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May 27 2010 09:09 PM
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Standing Desk Experiment and Experiences

Round 1, 2007 Back in 2007 I read a few articles about the merits of stand-up desks, in regards to health and productivity. According to the New York Times and other sources, standing desks have been not quite common, but neither terribly uncommon, for
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tags: life commentary standing
May 25 2010 10:52 PM
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I’m Dreaming of a Better Social Media Client

I’m not a big social media guy. I’m certaintly not a social media consultant, nor a maven. I never used MySpace at all, and I was not among the first to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. But I do find all of those useful to keep in touch
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May 25 2010 06:03 AM
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The Prolog Story

I’ve told this story in person dozens of times, it’s time to write it down. I know a little Prolog, which I learned in college – just enough to be dangerous. Armed with that, and some vigorous just-in-time online learning, I used Prolog
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May 20 2010 06:14 AM
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When Will It Ship? Estimates and Promises

I’m trying something new with this post: a short video presentation of approximately the same content. This is a Vimeo video, embedded as Flash. I expect to offer HTML5 and other formats, as well as improved image quality and resolution, as I learn
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May 10 2010 10:45 PM
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When Will It Ship? Estimates and Promises

I’m trying something new with this post: a short video presentation of approximately the same content. This is a Vimeo video, embedded as Flash. I expect to offer HTML5 and other formats, as well as improved image quality and resolution, as I learn
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May 08 2010 12:00 AM
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Data Center (Cloud) Cost Efficiency

A few months ago I mentioned James Hamilton’s comments on the micro-server trend. Today I came across a talk he gave at MIX10 in which he presented excellent real-world large-scale data, with insightful analysis, about the cost efficiency of data
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Apr 26 2010 12:06 PM
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Data Center (Cloud) Cost Efficiency

A few months ago I mentioned James Hamilton’s comments on the micro-server trend. Today I came across a talk he gave at MIX10 in which he presented excellent real-world large-scale data, with insightful analysis, about the cost efficiency of data
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Apr 25 2010 11:47 PM
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We’re hiring a NON-developer

Over at Oasis Digital, we are in the (job) market for our first non-developer, non-project-manager, non-service-delivery-focussed full-time team member. The job post is on the Oasis Digital site; I thought I’d write about a bit more about the story
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Apr 16 2010 04:55 AM
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We’re hiring a NON-developer

Over at Oasis Digital, we are in the (job) market for our first non-developer, non-project-manager, non-service-delivery-focussed full-time team member. The job post is on the Oasis Digital site; I thought I’d write about a bit more about the story
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Apr 16 2010 04:36 AM
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The Much-Discussed Apple iPhone 4.0 beta TOS

As I write this in April 2010, Apple has just released a beta iPhone 4.0 SDK with the following rather alarming addition to the legal terms (at least according to many web sites; I haven’t seen it directly from Apple yet): 3.3.1 — Applications may
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Apr 14 2010 06:53 PM
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The Much-Discussed Apple iPhone 4.0 beta TOS

As I write this in April 2010, Apple has just released a beta iPhone 4.0 SDK with the following rather alarming addition to the legal terms (at least according to many web sites; I haven’t seen it directly from Apple yet): 3.3.1 — Applications may
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Apr 14 2010 06:42 PM
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Apple, Cut That Cord

As I think back to opening up my new iPad, two things stand out. First, the product packaging is delightfully minimal. It does not even contain media with the iTunes software, instead explaining that the first step is to download iTunes. Second, a new
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tags: technology apple ipad
Apr 11 2010 01:23 AM
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Apple, Cut That Cord

As I think back to opening up my new iPad, two things stand out. First, the product packaging is delightfully minimal. It does not even contain media with the iTunes software, instead explaining that the first step is to download iTunes. Second, a new
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Apr 11 2010 12:56 AM
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My iPad is (unfortunately, mostly) a toy

Some pundits have declared the iPad a “toy”, or suited only for content consumption. I disagreed with the latter a few days ago, and I think it will have some very interesting business uses. If I come up with a sufficiently novel one, Oasis Digital might
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Apr 07 2010 08:48 AM
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My iPad is (unfortunately, mostly) a toy

Some pundits have declared the iPad a “toy”, or suited only for content consumption. I disagreed with the latter a few days ago, and I think it will have some very interesting business uses. If I come up with a sufficiently novel one, Oasis Digital might
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Apr 07 2010 06:49 AM
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iPad: Not Only for Content Consumption

Like 300,000 other people, I have a shiny new iPad in hand. Here is my very short review: Apple is going to sell a huge pile of these things. Expanding on that… lots of other companies are going to sell an enormous pile of apps for the iPad. Other
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Apr 05 2010 06:12 PM
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iPad: Not Only for Content Consumption

Like 300,000 other people, I have a shiny new iPad in hand. Here is my very short review: Apple is going to sell a huge pile of these things. Expanding on that… Lots of other companies are going to sell an enormous pile of apps for the iPad. From
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Apr 05 2010 05:46 PM
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Why Choose Custom Software?

I initially wrote this for the Oasis Digital web site; it was live there for a while, then came down during a recent refresh: we are in the process of improving the site, enhancing the essential while scrapping the unnecessary. It turns out that this
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Mar 28 2010 03:28 AM
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Why Choose Custom Software?

I initially wrote this content for the Oasis Digital web site; it was posted there for a while, then came down during a recent refresh: we are in the process of improving the Oasis Digital site, enhancing the essential while trimming the unnecessary. It
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Mar 28 2010 01:25 AM
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New Focus, New Tagline

I registered and launched kylecordes.com 12 years ago, in March 1998. At the time I was working inside a manufacturing company personally creating and expanding an in-house ERP/CRM system. My intentions and expertise were almost entirely technical, and I
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Mar 27 2010 01:13 AM
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New Focus, New Tagline

I registered and launched kylecordes.com 12 years ago, in March 1998. At the time I was working inside a manufacturing company personally creating and expanding an in-house ERP/CRM system. My intentions and expertise were almost entirely technical, and I
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Mar 27 2010 12:35 AM
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My First Emacs (plus Slime, Swank, Clojure) on Mac OSX

Emboldened a talk that Ryan Senior gave at the St. Louis Lambda Lounge (now available as a video), I grabbed the most popular two Emacs versions for Mac OSX: Aquamacs GNU Emacs 23.1 and set up each on my Macbook Pro (10.6.2). For each Emacs, I also set
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tags: clojure java programming
Mar 14 2010 06:03 AM
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My First Emacs (plus Slime, Swank, Clojure) on Mac OSX

Emboldened a talk that Ryan Senior gave at the St. Louis Lambda Lounge (now available as a video), I grabbed the most popular two Emacs versions for Mac OSX: Aquamacs GNU Emacs 23.1 and set up each on my Macbook Pro (10.6.2). For each Emacs, I also set
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Mar 14 2010 02:37 AM
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Mobile Workforce Management, a Five Year Mission Completed

Here is the story of a substantial chunk of my professional life over the last five years. I didn’t tell this story in real time (for various good reasons), though I have mentioned bits of it in various talks. In 2004, I co-founded a vertical market
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tags: business commentary java life
Mar 03 2010 10:10 PM
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Mobile Workforce Management, a Five Year Mission Completed

Here is the story of a substantial chunk of my professional life over the last five years. I didn’t tell this story in real time (for various good reasons), though I have mentioned bits of it in various talks. In 2004, I co-founded a vertical market
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Mar 03 2010 06:04 PM
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SaaS: The Business Model – Slides, Audio

On Feb. 27 at St. Louis Innovation Camp 2010, I gave a talk on the SaaS business model. If you missed it, you might be interested in: The SaaS talk handout as a PDF The SaaS talk slides as a PDF (also shown below) Audio recording of the SaaS talk There
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tags: audio business money saas
Mar 03 2010 11:00 AM
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SaaS: The Business Model – Slides, Audio, Transcript

On Feb. 27 at St. Louis Innovation Camp 2010, I gave a talk on the SaaS business model. If you missed it, you might be interested in: The SaaS talk handout as a PDF The SaaS talk slides as a PDF (also shown below) Transcript of the Talk, with slides, as
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Kyle Cordes
Mar 03 2010 06:15 AM
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Upcoming Talk: How to SaaS, Revisited

Back in 2007 I gave a talk on Selling your Software as a Service. The room was quite small but tightly packed, and several people have asked since then if I plan to repeat it. I finally have the right opportunity to do so; later this month at the St.
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tags: business conferences saas talks
Feb 16 2010 03:29 AM
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Books, shirt, free to whoever wants them at STL JUG tonight

The world is my warehouse. Here are a few items I’m storing the warehouse (giving away) tonight at the St. Louis Java User Group: The Hawken book is a classic, a wise read for anyone serious about growing a business. I’ve read it at least
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tags: books
Feb 12 2010 04:59 AM
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Amazon S3: Now Much Safer for Important Data

A few weeks ago when I spoke at the St. Louis Cloud Computing User Group, one of the possible cloud storage worries I brought up was the prospect of a few misplaced (accidental or malicious) clicks deleting large swaths of data. This applies with both S3
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tags: uncategorized
Feb 10 2010 09:21 PM
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iPad: Yet Another Opinion

Here are my initial, general thoughts about the much-hyped iPad. Clearly the world doesn’t need another blog post about this, but it sets the stage for something coming next. As many have observed, iPad is most easily summarized as a larger iPod Touch,
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tags: apple business commentary hardware
Jan 30 2010 10:33 PM
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To the Clouds and Back (Cloud User Group talk)

On Jan. 21, I gave one of the talks at the inaugural St. Louis Cloud Computer User Group meeting. I don’t think there is any video or audio (I forgot my audio recorder), but the slides are on SlideShare: To the Clouds and Back or for download as a
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tags: business cloud commentary saas
Jan 30 2010 06:20 AM
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Upcoming talk: Cloud Computer User Group

The St. Louis Cloud Computer User Group launches on Jan. 21st at Appistry. Sam Charrington over there kicked it off, but I suspect it will shortly grow far past its Appistry roots. I’m giving a talk (one of two) at the first meeting. Contrary to the
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tags: business cloud sysadmin talks
Jan 09 2010 02:41 AM
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StartupToDo scholarships - 6 down, 4 to go

A few days ago, we announced our StartupToDo.com scholarships. So far, 6 companies have qualified (and are being “awarded” their 6 months free (paid for by Oasis Digital) accounts. That leaves 4 slots… so if you’re interested,
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tags: business
Dec 17 2009 02:59 AM
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Unrealistic Cost Expectations, and How to Fix Them

I suppose there have been hiring companies with wildly unrealistic cost expectations forever; the internet just makes it more visible. Take, for example, this job post for PostgreSQL expert, which I republish here for criticism and comment,
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tags: books commentary database postgresql
Dec 17 2009 01:50 AM
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BlackBerry tether with Ubuntu 9.10

There are many pages out there about how to use a tethered BlackBerry internet connection with Ubuntu 9.10. Here is one that actually works. It uses Barry, BlackBerry support software generously provided by Net Direct Inc. I’ve found this quite
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tags: linux
Dec 16 2009 04:25 AM