technology woes

Why your big custom CMS project is doomed Members Public

You have an in-built fatal flaw [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2015/01/why-its-risky-business-for-publishers-to-build-their-own-cms/] : > News organizations, especially ones with just one medium-sized digital property (this applies to many independent daily newspapers, for example), have a terrible time retaining technical talent. These organizations generally don’t employ more than a

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
cms

Fake Metal in iTunes Genius Mixes Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/09/FakeMetalAlbum.png] [![FakeMetalWords.png](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/09/FakeMetalWords-thumb-500x54-1407.png?resize=500%2C54)](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/09/FakeMetalWords.png)It’s just possible that iTunes

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
itunes

No Chrome Members Public

Why I’m not blogging about Chrome [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/editors-blog/2008/09/google-chrome-in-the-enterpris.html] . Grrr.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
browsers

When Servers Go Down Members Public

It’s going to be a long day: looks like we have a problem with the database server underlying our Movable Type installation, and it’s been down for much of the weekend. Technology is such a bitter-sweet joy, isn’t it?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blog platforms

One Man Offline Members Public

I’m having a frustrating evening. I’ve stacked up a series of blog posts for my various blogs, and I can’t publish them. There isn’t even a sniff of the cafe WiFi that we’re meant to have access to in this apartment, so I’m left

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Whatever Happened To The Idea of Open WiFi? Members Public

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
internet

When Blogs Go Down Members Public

When I got into work this morning, there were a number of e-mails in my in-box about our Movable Type server being down. Luckily, it had been that way for just a few hours, only the posting interface was affected (ie pages were still readable) and the Web Services guys

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blogs

Le Web 3 '07: WiFi Issues Members Public

Bandwidth is somewhat flaky (just like last year). I’ll get posts up when I can.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
leweb