As I mentioned in the interview with @enked on his website Chidimar.com, I had serious problems with MySQL database optimization on the Foller.me project. The current public stable version (beta-1) is using the MyISAM engine and it’s not holding much data – profiles, locations, geo points for the followers geography. In the new version (currently dev-1 and hopefully beta-2 in a few...
Foller.me Gets Featured on Startups Live TV!
StartupsLive.tv is definitely one of the best shows I’ve seen around these days and guess what! I got there! Startups Live is the non-biased platform for any startup to get live exposure, a captive audience, and valuable feedback from potential business partners, customers, members, and investors. I sent a request to Startups Live asking them to feature the Foller.me Twitter service...
WordPress Junkies: Blogging via iPhone
I wrote about offline blogging with Windows Live Writer some time ago, and now I realized that it’s not that fun! Alright, I have two good news. The first one’s that I received approval for my second wordpress plugin (Related External Links) to be hosted at the official WordPress Plugin Directory. I commited the first beta a few minutes ago so go ahead and vote it up: Related External...
I'm on Friend Connect!
I’ve finally found some time to setup a Google Friend Connect profile for my website, it was pretty easy by the way, so you should create one as well. And if you do, make sure you connect to my profile. Oh, and I tweeted out my ICQ number and e-mail address yesterday to public. It took me around 20 seconds to realize I did that, and around 5 seconds to remove it. Question – should I...
Websites That Suck!
A couple of weeks ago I made a new friend on Twitter – Aaron, a web developer from Severna Park, MD. He posted a link to his new blog post on his website about websites that suck. I loved the idea and subscribed to his RSS feed. Yes, there are billions of webs out there that really suck, and I’m glad that Aaron’s getting them all in once place. Aaron describes the things done...