Archive for February, 2007

#15 - Where do you see the direction of the web going?

Monday, February 19th, 2007

AJAX and Web2.0 are big. PHP has grown but now there is Ruby. It’s been obvious for a long time that technology changes at a very fast pace and the internet seems to change even faster. Based on this, where do you see the web headed? Types of sites, uses of the internet, technologies we use, whatever.

#14 - Should someone be paid for finding a security vulnerability?

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2082014,00.asp?kc=EWWKNEMNL011207EOAD
The referenced article talks about some people going underground to a sale of computer vulnerabilities. Basically, the hackers that found them are trying to sell them to others to exploit. So, for $50,000 you get full ability to use a flaw in Windows that would allow you to install your adware and/or adware that you’ve sold or will get paid for having on a ton of computers.

Some, like Norton, have offered money for finding and turning in security vulnerabilities. IS this a good practice or bad? Should people get paid for finding vulnerabilities? Should people be able to sell a found vulnerability?

#13 - Apples name change

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Recently, apple made an announcement that they would be changing their
name from Apple Computers, Inc to just Apple, Inc. What do you think
of this and what it means?

They also announced the iPhone. Is this interesting to you or not?

#12 - What apps do you use?

Monday, February 12th, 2007

As a web developer, what programs and applications do you use frequently?
What do you like about them?

#11 - Buying and selling used.

Monday, February 12th, 2007

We all know that copying and downloading is illegal. This applies to music,
movies, books, games, etc. One bad thing with downloading is you aren’t
supporting the artists or developer that made the item. If they don’t get
paid they don’t make new items - music, movies, games, books whatever.

A lot of people purchase the above named items used. In that case, you have
the item and you didn’t spend as much, but the artist, writer, or developer
still didn’t get paid anything.

So, is buying second hand or used items better than downloading? Should
they be any more legal?