Amazon is making an infrastructure play that will rule the web.
Web 1.0 was all about buying 100 servers and having your own techs in data centers. How big was your rack? Companies today are moving to VPS providers like Slicehost. VPS have a fantastic role in providing hosting for your small to medium site (like this one). But what about if you want to build the next facebook? One of the presenters at Amazon’s AWS event “The Start-up Project” showed us this chart: Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a good thing I’m not in the mafia. If I was, I would be breaking my knee caps right now. I’d ring the buzzer downstairs and let myself in. I’d walk up to my door with the baseball bat behind my back. As soon as I hear the lock click, I’d kick the door in. “Where’s my f***ing money?” I’d say to myself. Read the rest of this entry »
I currently am in the process of backing up 30gb of information. My big problem is that I am using Comcast at the office and at home which means slooooow upload speeds. Read the rest of this entry »
Lee and Brent did it. They finished their bike trip across the country in for eLifeList.com and in support of the Lance Armstrong foundation. If anyone can think of anything equally crazy for me to do, i’d love to hear it. The video is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life
- James Allen
I love facebook. I use it at least once a day. It’s easier to know me through facebook than it is to meet me. You’ll know who I’m dating. You’ll learn about my interests and whom my friends are. You’ll see pictures of my life.
Giving away your soul
I dont own any of it. By putting myself up on facebook, I relinquish all rights to owning my digital representation of myself. Read the rest of this entry »
Im Colin Nederkoorn. I left my cushy job in sales to become a web entrepreneur. 
Amazon is making an infrastructure play that will rule the web.
It’s a good thing I’m not in the mafia. If I was, I would be breaking my knee caps right now. I’d ring the buzzer downstairs and let myself in. I’d walk up to my door with the baseball bat behind my back. As soon as I hear the lock click, I’d kick the door in. “Where’s my f***ing money?” I’d say to myself. 
Mozy allows you to do just that. There is of course the 
PBWiki is killing off a beta. That’s something quite unusual. It’s great to see a company with the sense to end something that isn’t working.