Day: June 6, 2013

  • Social Video Technology: Youtube vs Younow vs Twitch/Justin.TV vs Keek

    I decided to do a small round up of various popular video services and navigate the different aspects between them that I’ve seen and where they each fit in within the ecosystem of the online video world. While there are other services that might be similar, these four I think are interesting in themselves (of…

  • Game Live Streaming: Why You Should or Should Not Do It

    I’m slightly involved in the game streaming community, acting as a very casual moderator for two channels. I’ve been quite interested in the live streaming world for sometime now, but never have made an attempt to give it a shot. As someone who is fairly passionate about games, social media and new media, I have…

  • Developers: Are ORMs Worth the Headaches?

    My friend and I were discussing several frameworks which led me to think about some of my preferences for different systems. Having worked with several ORM type of frameworks like Hibernate, ActiveRecord (Ruby On Rails), Zend and Kohana in addition to several in-house systems, my general conclusion is that most ORMs beyond simple CRUD and…

  • World of Warcraft: Is it Worth Gearing Up Alts?

    I was watching Yoni stream the other day and noted how Cataclysm and Pandaria offered venders for quickly gearing. I assume when the next expansion comes out, the game will provide some quick catch up mechanisms for people who came in late and missed out on raiding. Like other expansions these catch up mechanisms more…