What is textfiles.com and why Archive the Internet?

I’ve been in the tech industry since 1992 in some form or another, and I’ve gotten to know a lot of technologists. I can say that my recent interview of Jason Scott, proprietor of textfiles.com, Software Archivist at The Internet Archive and long-time...

Closing Tickets or Solving Problems?

Have you ever contacted customer support and felt like the rep was more focused on closing your ticket than solving your problem? I have, and it was an incredibly frustrating experience that ultimately caused me to ditch the provider. My experience, which was with a...

Top Reasons to Get Tranquil Instead of AWS

There’s no denying the success of Amazon Web Services – $5 Billion in revenue and over one million customers is nothing to sneeze at. But even Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos admits that AWS is hard, saying in his most recent letter to shareholders: “[AWS is] still a...