https://ronaldbradford.com/categories/web/ Recent content in Web on Enterprise Data Architect | Principal Data Strategist | MySQL Subject Matter Expert | Author | Speaker Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 10 Nov 2016 14:57:20 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/getting-a-clearer-picture-of-http-response-time-breakdown-via-cli-2016-11-10/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 14:57:20 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/getting-a-clearer-picture-of-http-response-time-breakdown-via-cli-2016-11-10/ I came across this handy python script https://github.com/reorx/httpstat that provides a http response breakdown in text. This saves you having to open up a browser and look at a visual network response waterfall. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/the-agile-software-development-lifecycle-responsibility-2016-07-06/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:38:20 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/the-agile-software-development-lifecycle-responsibility-2016-07-06/ The eXtreme Programming (XP) methodology places emphasis on a number of core principles for agile software development. These include (and are not limited to) the planning game, short and frequent iterations, testing, frequent refactoring, continuous integration, ownership and standards. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/improving-performance-a-full-stack-problem-2015-03-06/ Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:51:48 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/improving-performance-a-full-stack-problem-2015-03-06/ Improving the performance of a web system involves knowledge of how the entire technology stack operates and interacts. There are many simple and common tips that can provide immediate improvements for a website. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/hitcho-top-tech-tips-2009-05-13/ Wed, 13 May 2009 11:52:06 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/hitcho-top-tech-tips-2009-05-13/ I recent visit with old Brisbane friend HiTCHO which I met at the Brisbane MySQL Users Group in 2005, has lead to this cool list of some hardware and software technologies he used that I am now considering or have already implemented or purchased. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/twitter-tips-2009-03-27/ Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:57:46 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/twitter-tips-2009-03-27/ I have in the past questioned the value of Twitter as an effective business tool, but it continues to defy the trend of inability to bridge the business gap with social media. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/your-code-your-community-your-cloud-project-kenai-2009-03-18/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:05:21 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/your-code-your-community-your-cloud-project-kenai-2009-03-18/ Following the opening keynote announcement about Kenai I ventured into a talk on Project Kenai . With today’s economy, the drive is towards efficiency is certainly a key consideration, it was quoted that dedicated hosting servers only run at 30% efficiency. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/everybody-is-talking-about-clouds-2009-03-18/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:14:04 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/everybody-is-talking-about-clouds-2009-03-18/ From the opening keynote at CommunityOne East we begin with Everybody is talking About Clouds. It’s difficult to get a good definition, the opening cloud definition today was Software/Platform/Storage/Database/Infrastructure as a service. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/communityone-east-an-open-developer-conference-2009-03-18/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:53:21 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/communityone-east-an-open-developer-conference-2009-03-18/ With an opening video from thru-you.com – an individual taking random you-tube video and producing video mashup’s, the CommunityOne East conference in New York, NY beings. The opening introduction was by Chief Sustainability Officer Dave Douglas. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/some-drupal-observations-2009-02-23/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:36:26 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/some-drupal-observations-2009-02-23/ I had the opportunity to review a client’s production Drupal installation recently. This is a new site and traffic is just starting to pick up. Drupal is a popular LAMP stack open source CMS system using the MySQL Database. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/javascript-helpers-2008-10-13/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:36:52 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/javascript-helpers-2008-10-13/ Combined with my old favorites of Dynamic Drive , DHTML Goodies and Brain Jar , I’ve added the following to my list of Javascript sources. Mochikit JQuery https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/improving-your-web-site-compatibility-with-browsers-2008-09-26/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:21:55 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/improving-your-web-site-compatibility-with-browsers-2008-09-26/ Every website page content uses two basic elements, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) . Each of these has various standards, HTML has versions such as 3.2, 4. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/brand-identity-with-undesirable-domain-names-2008-09-24/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:07:06 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/brand-identity-with-undesirable-domain-names-2008-09-24/ Choosing a domain name for your brand identity is the start. Protecting your domain name by registering for example .net, .org, and the many more extensions is one step in brand identity. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/to-www-or-not-www-2008-09-22/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:26:07 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/to-www-or-not-www-2008-09-22/ Domain names historically have been www.example.com , written also with the protocol prefix http://www.example.com , but in reality www. is optional, only example.com is actually needed. www. is technically a sub-domain and sub-domains incur a small penalty in search engine optimization. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/patience-and-passion-at-web-20-ny-2008-09-18/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:25:26 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/patience-and-passion-at-web-20-ny-2008-09-18/ Gary Vaynerchuk spoke next at Web 2.0 NY on Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape . He was hilarious. His video presentation is available online , to share with others. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/integrity-clarity-and-responsibility-web-20-ny-keynote-2008-09-18/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:14:59 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/integrity-clarity-and-responsibility-web-20-ny-keynote-2008-09-18/ Next on the Web 2.0 keynote speaker list was Maria Thomas of www.etsy.com with her talk The DIY Guide to Growing a Company . If never heard of Etsy before – Your place to buy & sell all things handmade, interesting site. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/what-if-software-was-a-physical-object-ny-web-20-third-keynote-2008-09-18/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:57:54 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/what-if-software-was-a-physical-object-ny-web-20-third-keynote-2008-09-18/ Some points of reference from the next Web 2.0 keynote by Jason Fried of 37 Signals Software business is a great place to be. You can build anything you want. All you really have to it type, it’s not easy to do, it’s just not that hard to do. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/technology-changes-humans-dont-web-20-ny-second-keynote-2008-09-17/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:30:26 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/technology-changes-humans-dont-web-20-ny-second-keynote-2008-09-17/ I needed a rest from my opening keynote review NY Tech 1995-2008. Opening Web 2.0 Expo NY Keynote but a few siginificant points from The Death of the Grand Gesture by Deb Schultz. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/ny-tech-1995-2008-opening-web-20-expo-ny-keynote-2008-09-17/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:23:56 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/ny-tech-1995-2008-opening-web-20-expo-ny-keynote-2008-09-17/ Web 2.0 Expo NY keynotes are happening today. Technology in use included CrowdVine which I’d not heard of, and plenty of Twitter feeds such as w2e_NY08 . The opening keynote was Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures with his presentation New York’s Web Industry From 1995 to 2008: From Nascent to Ascendent . https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/web-20-in-ny-2008-09-13/ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:51:04 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/web-20-in-ny-2008-09-13/ I will be attending next week’s Web 2.0 Expo 2008 in New York. Garys Guide has a schedule of the key events and off site associated event parties. It will be a bit of a change from the typical MySQL Conferences and recent OSCON Conference I have attended this year. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/domain-name-trends-2008-09-09/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:22:52 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/domain-name-trends-2008-09-09/ It started with del.icio.us/ (which now ironically redirects to http://delicious.com ), and now it’s becoming more the trend to create a domain name with the extension included for effect. With unique . https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/what-is-googles-direction-2008-09-02/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:22:01 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/what-is-googles-direction-2008-09-02/ Tonight over discussion was Android and what is Google’s ultimate direction. Have they lost their way, or are they just planning to explode with so many new things that will revolutionize what and how we do things. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/websites-in-review-week-1-2008-08-30/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:32:20 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/websites-in-review-week-1-2008-08-30/ I often come across new websites, quite often by accident, or by indirection in links from looking at other details. The Internet is an amazing place, and one could spend all day reading such a variety information and only touch on just a few specific topics. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/monetization-through-online-advertising-2008-08-28/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:34:06 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/monetization-through-online-advertising-2008-08-28/ Next week I will be the panel moderator for September 2008 Entrepreneurs Forum on “Monetization through Online Advertising” organized by Ultra Light Startups™ . A slightly different approach to my regular speaking schedule, it will be good to observe and interact with our speakers. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/virtualbox-compiling-part-2-2008-08-18/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:06:36 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/virtualbox-compiling-part-2-2008-08-18/ So I managed to find all dependencies after some trial and error for compiling VirtualBox 1.6.4 under Ubuntu 8.0.4, then finding the Linux build instructions to confirm. It was not successful however in building, throwing the following error: https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/project-darkstar-2008-08-14/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:05:28 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/project-darkstar-2008-08-14/ It may sound like either a astronomical research project or a Star Wars spin- off, but Project Darkstar is an open source infrastructure from Sun Microsystems that states “simplify the development and operation of massively scalable online games, virtual worlds, and social networking applications. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/interesting-site-of-the-day-2008-08-14/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:13:15 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/interesting-site-of-the-day-2008-08-14/ TwitHire – For those employers that both have Twitter accounts and time to advertise a job in 140 characters or less. There should be a website that is devoted to everything based on Twitter. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/finding-exposing-and-referencing-good-material-2008-08-10/ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:16:53 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/finding-exposing-and-referencing-good-material-2008-08-10/ I came across www.problogger.net by accident. Like many sites and information these days, you simply don’t find via search engines because your normally searching for something specific. I did find it via several levels of hyperlinks. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/ultra-light-startups-ny-meeting-2008-08-10/ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:01:52 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/ultra-light-startups-ny-meeting-2008-08-10/ I attended the Ultra light startup’s meeting last night for the first time. I found it most productive for the 2 hours of time to see a different approach talking about startups, to see a variety of approaches, concepts, ideas, ventures all at various stages and generally people with different and interesting ideas and goal. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/extending-application-data-to-the-cloud-2008-08-01/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:11:36 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/extending-application-data-to-the-cloud-2008-08-01/ I was one of the invited panel speakers to A panel on Cloud Computing this week in New York. As one of 2 non vendor presenters, it was a great experience to be invited and be involved with vendors. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/installing-buildbot-2008-07-28/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:28:23 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/installing-buildbot-2008-07-28/ BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most software projects to validate code changes. Here is my environment. $ uname -a Linux app.example.com 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 02:14:55 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ python Python 2. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/your-data-and-the-cloud-2008-07-19/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:04:45 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/your-data-and-the-cloud-2008-07-19/ I will be speaking on July 29th in New York at an Entrepreneurs Forum on A Free Panel on Cloud Computing . With a number of experts including Hank Williams of KloudShare, Mike Nolet of AppNexus, and Hans Zaunere of New York PHP fame is should be a great event. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/facebook-woes-today-2008-07-12/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:58:21 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/facebook-woes-today-2008-07-12/ It seems that of late a number of successful community web sites have been experiencing problems in scalability and performance. Today it’s Facebook. Initially I got a “Problem loading page” browser message. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/todays-wicked-cool-site-pingfm-2008-07-05/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:26:50 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/todays-wicked-cool-site-pingfm-2008-07-05/ I posted on my Plurk I wished for an easier way to update my status on social sites such as Facebook , Twitter and Plurk . The answer I got was Ping. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/generating-word-clouds-2008-06-21/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:36:10 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/generating-word-clouds-2008-06-21/ I came across a wicked cool tool at wondle.net . I wanted to create a word cloud for the back of a business card, now I know how. <img src=“http://wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/05557/Ronald_Bradford_About_2"style=“padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd” /> https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/what-determines-authoritative-information-2008-06-18/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:41:02 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/what-determines-authoritative-information-2008-06-18/ I had need to visit a particular store in New York on Sunday on referral by a friend. I knew they had two locations. Like all tech savvy people I googled sports authority new york . https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/working-with-google-app-engine-2008-06-03/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:21:51 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/working-with-google-app-engine-2008-06-03/ Yesterday I took a more serious look at Google App Engine , I got a developer account some weeks ago. After going though the getting started demo some time ago, I chose an idea for a FaceBook Application and started in true eXtreme Programming (XP) style (i. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/screen-recorder-software-for-mac-2008-05-28/ Tue, 27 May 2008 21:19:17 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/screen-recorder-software-for-mac-2008-05-28/ I’ve been researching what software exists for a Mac to produce video like screen recording and audio. Multiple people have recommended Camtasia however this is Windows only. I today with some research came across Jing Project which at first test seems perfect, easy to install, use and even deploy to an integrated Screencast . https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/migrating-my-blog-2008-04-28/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:26:32 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/migrating-my-blog-2008-04-28/ I’m migrating my existing WordPress run blog site at blog.arabx.com.au to a my new site ronaldbradford.com (which is not yet publically available) As part of this process I’ll be doing a number of upgrades/changes including: https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/trying-out-google-app-engine-2008-04-12/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:21:14 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/trying-out-google-app-engine-2008-04-12/ I got my registration for Google App Engine this morning after being Waitlisted previously . Between flying for about 15 hrs tomorrow and then the 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo where I’m presenting and running an Exhibitors booth, fat chance I’ll get to look into this much over the next week. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/shareadd-this-buttons-on-sites-2008-04-12/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:12:48 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/shareadd-this-buttons-on-sites-2008-04-12/ I’ve noticed a change of buttons lately on sites where you can bookmark/share the relevant information. So I’ve done a cross sample of A Computer Site – www.dell.com , The MySQL Acquirer – www. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/hey-jake-whats-your-problem-2008-04-11/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:49:35 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/hey-jake-whats-your-problem-2008-04-11/ So, I’m checking out the upcoming weather for the MySQL Conference for next week, and Yahoo Weather throws me a 404 Not Found error from their own site. Interesting, what I did particularly like was the URL, it had jake/404. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/video-ads-2008-04-11/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:26:59 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/video-ads-2008-04-11/ On FaceBook I came across www.videoegg.com . One of the ad providers. They get points for a very creative site. Not convinced about their revenue model possibilities, but after seeing a presentation by LinkStorm at the recent Hatchery VC meeting are CPM based ads on a revival. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/wait-listing-for-google-app-engine-2008-04-08/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:26:34 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/wait-listing-for-google-app-engine-2008-04-08/ TechCrunch announced Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine so I jumped over to http://code.google.com/appengine to register, but I’ve been added to a waitlist. Reading more I see only 10,000 developers were initially allowed to register, I wonder how long that took to fill up. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/when-is-a-website-useless-2008-04-08/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:18:05 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/when-is-a-website-useless-2008-04-08/ Well this is one way. Time Magazine has so much advertising garbage, the page on my Macbook shows only 16 words of meaningful article text on the page. Those being almost rather useless as well: https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/new-addition-to-my-blog-2008-03-30/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:12:54 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/new-addition-to-my-blog-2008-03-30/ You may have noticed some icons besides any web links such as [This][1]. I have added [Snap Shots][2] to my site. I first noticed it on [www.techcrunch.com][3] and after some analysis saw the potential. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/learning-seo-the-painful-way-2008-03-27/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:20:11 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/learning-seo-the-painful-way-2008-03-27/ Indeed I have a goal of launching a consolidated site of my online presence at ronaldbradford.com at some time soon, and even now I have found I’ve made some SEO 101 mistakes, just in my testing site, and my temporary placeholder. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/correctly-handling-redirects-2008-02-22/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:03:51 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/correctly-handling-redirects-2008-02-22/ I’m in the process of consolidating all my work scattered across the WWW to www.ronaldbradford.com As part of the process I was originally redirecting this to my present blog but I was not doing it the correct way. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/sleeping-in-perl-for-less-then-a-second-2007-12-07/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:59:00 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/sleeping-in-perl-for-less-then-a-second-2007-12-07/ E.g. to sleep to 100 ms. select(undef, undef, undef, 0.1); https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/another-new-google-maps-feature-terrain-2007-11-30/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:32:00 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/another-new-google-maps-feature-terrain-2007-11-30/ So checking Google Maps in the past few days and I see yet another new button, this one [Terrain] https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/google-maps-at-halloween-2007-11-03/ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:15:21 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/google-maps-at-halloween-2007-11-03/ If you didn’t spot it Google Maps – Street View had a Halloween icon. You can see it clearly below as I dragged it over a clear space. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/the-hatchery-july-event-2007-07-16/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:57:12 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/the-hatchery-july-event-2007-07-16/ Wednesday night I attended my second [Hatchery][1] event. The Hatchery is an opportunity for organizations and clever individuals seeking venture capital to make a proposal in a formal panel process with venture capitalists. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/truemors-tumors-dribble-2007-06-08/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:04:00 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/truemors-tumors-dribble-2007-06-08/ I was sent this email. _ http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/06/by_the_numbers_.html By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen – Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09 I have had my flatmate talk about it a lot in the past day. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/google-street-view-camera-2007-06-03/ Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:48:23 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/google-street-view-camera-2007-06-03/ There has been plenty of news about [Google Maps Street View][1] that I blogged about recently. I wanted to know how they do it, well here is how they do it.