As my home network has grown and my paranoia of losing data has increased, I have decided to get some central storeage… I have looked at standard NAS devices and almost purchased a DLink system. Then I realized there is no way I can get my wife to manually backup her data on a consistent basis. I have also had low success with with backup software and not overwriting good data and keeping it sync’d between multiple devices. So after some reading it looks like I will go with a Windows Home Server.
Let me get this out first… The iPhone is a really cool phone. I don’t want one and I am happy with my Windows Mobile phone. I do really miss the crackberry, but the company won’t pay for it anymore….
So with that discloser out there, I have to say the whining about the iPhone is ridiculous… Michael Arington of TechCrunch “officially quit the iPhone”… Why? Because he can’t use a competitive service with an ATT phone.
Ok so the big deal was finally announced yesterday. Microsoft is now number two in the search game or at least will be shortly. Over the last couple of days (and really for a year), I have been reading all the different analysis from the raving to the ranting. I have felt most didn’t get it and see the value for Microsoft and for Yahoo!.
Microsoft needs scale and Yahoo! needs help has been my thought all alone. Yahoo! is screwed up, I have an account for mail because I have ATT’s U-Verse. So occasionally I use that email account and some Yahoo! services, outside of the Financials I find Yahoo! horrible…. Though I should be nice, I use Live Mail (refuse to call it hotmail) for my email….
- Just found an old friend on linkedin.com… Haven't spoke to him in 10-12 years. #
- It amazes me how some people don't recognize that it is 10x harder to change an opinion than to just keep customers happy… #
- very long day yesterday… flight delays got me home at 1am.. Now I am wiped out and just can't concentrate… #
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According to TechCrunch a hacker gained access to Twitter’s secret documents. Then the hacker gave the documents to TechCrunch… I am assuming there was a “financial transaction” to break the story and so that TechCrunch could “Lay bare Twitters Strategy to be the pulse of the world”. Which is not exactly ground breaking news and is pretty obvious from how they have positioned themselves through marketing and expansion. I have just a couple issue with this “news story”.
- Ethics – It is not investigative journalism, but theft.They literally have peoples pay, SSN numbers, and employment records outside of the business decision of the company. TechCrunch did nothing but pay for (assumption) or be the favorite tech blog for a hacker. I am assuming TechCrunch is not handing over the information of the hacker due to “confidentiality” and “journalistic ethics”. I doubt TechCrunch would be thrilled or happy if a hacker broke into their system and then a competitive blog “laid their strategy to bare”.
- The Obvious – I read through the article and I didn’t find anything really new. Gee, Twitter wants to rival Google… Ok, so does everybody. Twitter had discussions with Microsoft, Google and Facebook…. So this is shocking? Twitter is worried about Google killing them… Why would the be afraid of the “we’re not evil” company? Oh, because they crush their competition just like Microsoft did….. Twitter worries about growth… Yeah, can kind of understand that…
- Support – TechCrunch has been very “up” on Twitter and their service. I have read many glowing post on Twitter and how great of a service it is.. So why would you intentionally damage your relationship with Twitter? Beyond that why would you intentionally damage a company that you support? Twitter will be even more guarded on communications, the companies it is/was talking to will be more hesitant to work with Twitter…
I just think this is another example of the ends justify the means. The information was gained illegally. It wasn’t a plot to kill some one or some illegal scheme, just internal documents from a company that is the “flavor of the day”. I find it sad that TechCrunch decided to publish the information, I find it sad that TechCrunch is enjoying this and I find it sad that they are protecting a criminal who also has this information. That person could have also sold the information with the employees SSN and other personal information to others.