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Wordpress WordAds

Wordpress WordAds

In November 2011 WordPress announced on their blog that they had cracked it, and we’re calling it WordAds. It has taken a further 6 months before I got the mail:

Thanks for applying to WordAds for your WordPress.com site! You're part of an exclusive group of sites that have been approved into the WordAds Beta.

You might also have WordAds enabled, try here:
* https://webhat.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wordads
* http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/
* http://en.blog.wordpress.com...

Introducing WordAds
Over the years one of the most frequent requests on WordPress.com has been to allow bloggers to earn money from their blog through ads. We’ve resisted advertising so far because most of it we...
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Security Checks with Social Media

Security Checks with Social Media

Browsing through some old posts and spotted this write up I made of a conversation I had with Peter Went, over at WCC Group. He made some interesting points regarding guilt by association, and I'm quite sure that somebody has implemented a system which uses this.

LinkedIn or Facebook for Security Clearance Checks #risk #linkedin
I went over to visit Peter Went this week, his company WCC Group produces a Fuzzy Logic Database which amongst other things used for matching Biometric Data. He said he was going to be in Milan tod....
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Anthropological Documentaries

Anthropological Documentaries

I just met an inspiring woman who with her organisation is creating documentaries about people who combine documentary filmmaking and anthropological research to share intimate views of important stories.

She was telling me that she is about to embark on a trip to Kenia to make a documentary about an internally displaced family who are helping themselves and their community and creating a sustainable business in the process.


Truly visual immersion through anthropological pictures.
Check them out here: http://viapictures.nl/
Image by Schreibkraft
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What's wrong with ICT Managers?

What's wrong with ICT Managers?
I read this post and immediately agreed with its assessment on the state of ICT, and ICT management. Not that ICT managers are suspect, just that the fruits of their labour often does not stand up under scrutiny. This can be where Agile, SCRUM or XP methodologies fill the gaps. And it's not what they were made for, they are not a stopgap for bad ICT management.

#agile #scrum #xp

A great post by my friend Adrianus Warmenhoven

What is wrong with ICT?
A day ago I read PHP: A fractal of bad design, and it made me sit down and think about writing this entry, of which the kernel has been gestating for quite a long time. I see this a lot; pro’s ra...
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Google Webinars

Google Webinars

Google is offering a large number of webinars on different subjects: AdWords; YouTube; Analytics; Search Optimization; and more...

Learn with Google webinars – Learn with Google Ads
The Opportunities tab offers keyword, budget, and bid suggestions tailored just for you. This lesson explains how, and shows how other advertisers use the Opportunities tab to improve their results. L...
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Deprecating Despair #programming

Deprecating Despair

I was looking over the PlanCast events for the week and saw this item. (see my comments below)
One of the biggest unaddressed problems we’ve encountered as an engineering team is: despair.
Despair is when you are fixing a bug and you happen upon the ghetto of your code base. Ill maintained, written a long time ago, duct taped together to just barely work. You go in and are immediately crippled by the state of affairs. The poor code causes you to seize up, incapacitated. How do you go forward?The business still needs the bug fixed. So you carefully tiptoe in, make your fix, and try to leave without touching anything else, fearing any reason to return.
How can you avoid this? How can your code base instill hope? A hope that is the premise of responsible activity, not an empty optimism that the future will necessarily be better than the past.
I can tell you how to get out of this mess, start writing Unit Tests. Unit testing is your friend in this situation. Write testcases for the current code, this may take a long time, once you have done this - and only then - you can start modifying the ghetto of your codebase. The unit tests will help you understand the code, and will give you the possibility to recognize the parts you can easily refactor without breaking too much.
There is no problem with refactoring the same piece of code multiple times as you go along. Deprecating or refactoring the code you just wrote means that you have learned something.
Deprecating Despair - Improving Your Application and Staying Positive
One of the biggest unaddressed problems we’ve encountered as an engineering team is: despair. Despair is when you are fixing a bug and you happen...
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iCache turns iPhone into Real E-Wallet #nfc

iCache turns iPhone into Real E-Wallet

Like me your pocket, wallet or purse may be stuffed with receipt, loyalty cards, coupons and cash. iCache wants you to use your e-wallet in the same way you currently use your pocket, wallet or purse. They think you can use your iPhone, rather than having your pockets stuffed.


NFCNews | iCache's Geode case brings e-wallet to the iPhone
Startup iCache has developed a mobile wallet solution for the iPhone that enables users consolidate all of their payment, loyalty and membership cards onto one smart card.
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