Author: JD Rucker
Slashdot may be for sale soon
May 11 by JD Rucker | add commentOne of the grandfathers of social news may be on the selling block as Geeknet announced today that they were evaluating “strategic alternatives” for their online media business that includes Slashdot, SourceForge, and Freecode. They may be for sale soon. Then again, Geeknet may decide to invest more into more »
The invaluable social media custom graphics cheat sheet
May 10 by JD Rucker | add commentOne of the hardest parts about personalizing social media profiles and pages is getting the artwork and branding just right. Every site has different sizes and styles that they prefer when placing artwork on your page. The challenge is that more »
How to make Google Translate beat box
May 6 by JD Rucker | 2 commentsSome Google hacks are simply cooler than others. If you want to make Google Translate “beat box” like a champ, simply paste this nonsensical string of letters into it and push play. pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv more »
The $200 million "Draw Something" fad is ending
May 6 by JD Rucker | add commentSomeone should have seen this coming. Someone should have said something. After forking over $200 million to buy OMGPOP for the singular purpose of getting control over Draw Something, Zynga is wondering why 5 million daily active users (around 1/3rd of the total) abandoned more »
Is Yelp spending too much money?
May 3 by JD Rucker | add commentThey say you have to spend money in order to make money. The problem for Yelp is that they may be spending too much money compared to what they’re earning. This is common for publicly-traded companies, but in their case they may be spending too much compared to how much they have more »
Will Yahoo passing up on Microsoft's offer go down as the biggest business blunder in tech history?
May 1 by JD Rucker | 2 commentsThere’s a reason why mothers shouldn’t judge their children in beauty pageants, why chefs rarely run the business side of restaurants successfully, and why Steve Jobs had to be fired and rehired before making Apple the biggest tech company more »
Dark Knight Rises trailer: "This isn't a car"
May 1 by JD Rucker | add commentThere are two reasons to never watch trailers of movies that you already know you’re going to watch. You get to see things that make you worry that it won’t meet your expectations. In this case, it’s the last line of the trailer that acts as a stark more »
CISPA: Blurred for a reason
Apr 30 by JD Rucker | 1 commentThe internet was all abuzz about SOPA and PIPA and proved a worthy foe against government oppression by quashing the bills before they could get too much momentum. There is outrage now about CISPA, the latest aromaticity that Washington has put forth to more »
Happy birthday from the Daleks
Apr 27 by JD Rucker | add commentFor geeks, there aren’t very many things higher on the awesome list than Doctor Who. This original Dalek cake is a very epic representation of the ultimate in geek awesomeness. It’s almost too beautiful to eat. Here’s the entire image. Enjoy more »
Posted May 14, 2012 in Microsoft employees like Capri Sun, Google employees like bacon
Posted May 14, 2012 in Microsoft employees like Capri Sun, Google employees like bacon
Posted May 12, 2012 in First glimpse of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs
Posted May 14, 2012 in Iran pushes for national internet by cutting off foreign email providers for financial communication
Posted May 12, 2012 in Significance of Facebook’s ‘like’ button and its value for brands and pages