• Ning Visit

    Posted on February 15, 2006

    Folks came and visited the Ning office today. And guess who was mysteriously absent from the group? Kevin Burton. Apparently we have enough free time that we should be able to host folks whenever they feel like stopping by, but Kevin was just too busy to attend the meetup he... [Read More]

  • Monkey vs. Robot

    Posted on February 14, 2006

    David sent a link to this video, Monkey vs. Robot, this morning. If there’s anything more funny than a person in a robot suit fighting with a person in a  monkey suit, it’s a Monkey vs. Robot music video complete with crayon style title shots. We have a bit of... [Read More]

  • Dulce de Leche

    Posted on February 10, 2006

    Diego’s brother is in town, and he brought with him many treats composed primarily of dulce de leche. Don’t worry if you can’t read spanish, neither can I. But here’s a rough translation for dulce de leche: really fucking good. It’s kinda like caramel, but not quite. Kinda got a... [Read More]

  • Naptime

    Posted on February 9, 2006

    I frequently tell people that I can sleep just about anywhere if I’m tired enough, they don’t believe me. We have a lot going on at Ning, so I’ve had a few chances to exercise that ability in the last few days. Diego snapped a pic of me sleeping in... [Read More]

  • Feedster Redesign

    Posted on February 7, 2006

    I just saw the new look at Feedster, very nice! The search results are much much snappier than I can remember them being for a good long while. Some folks are complaining about a lack of new features, but I read the entry about the release as saying “New site,... [Read More]

  • SMS.ac

    Posted on February 7, 2006

    Russ and I were talking about the SMS.ac thing last night on the way to MoMo. Today RCR Wireless picked up the story, with this quote from the SMS.ac folks: [Read More]

  • Talk talk talk talk

    Posted on February 7, 2006

    A bunch of folks seized on the point that Adam calls out in his post, that we took the Ning sign down to keep folks from randomly dropping in. Somehow that’s equated to not wanting to talk to our customers. Still trying to figure that one out. If we took... [Read More]

  • Van Jacobson's Linux Networking Slides

    Posted on January 31, 2006

    The slides from Van Jacobson’s LCA2006 presentation are online. They talk about an evolution to the Linux networking stack targeted at taking into account multicore systems. If I had to summarize the presentation I would steal the title from slide 16: “The end of the wire isn’t the end of... [Read More]

  • Netflix/Tivo Consumer Device

    Posted on January 31, 2006

    Although I’m not at all looking, I keep a copy of my resume up online. Why? Because sometimes a recruiter will call and drop a nice nugget of info to you. That’s exactly what happened this morning. I got a call from a recruiter for Netflix looking for Linux programmers.... [Read More]

  • Open Position at Ning

    Posted on January 25, 2006

    We’re looking for a new developer at Ning.Here’s the complete description. Like Gina says, the team is fantastic. Everyone here knows their shit inside and out, including an ops team that I’ve just simply never seen the equal to before. The egineers are all fantastic. The project is interesting. The... [Read More]