Is Email In Danger?
Human history is one of progressive improvement in communication. From the 20th century mail was a fundamental form of communication. The invention of electronic mail (email) changed two things. It became cheap to send mail, and delivery was instant. Email became favored for both corporate and personal communication.
But email faces increasing competition. Chat, text messages, [...]
Twitter and the Architectural Challenges of Life Streaming Applications
Because Twitter is getting more popular, every glitch in the service is now felt more acutely. Going without Twitter for many people is even harder than going without email, and so outages lead to complaints. Complaints pile up and become debates, asking questions like: should Twitter be converted into a protocol and become decentralized? Is [...]
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We’ve all had one of those days when the universe seems to be playing games with us. Things haven’t quite worked out all day, there’s nothing good on TV, all your friends are out with each other and forgot (didn’t want?!) to call you. Even 10 years ago this sort of Friday night would have [...]
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