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the landscape

By brad | Published: January 23, 2009
The online world has changed quite dramatically in the past 5 years. It has grown from a single track, bull-horn and a soapbox world, to a conversation. The advent of YouTube, Flickr, Friendster, and Myspace we’re all predictable. People like taking videos, photos, and talking to each other. These first wave social networks paved the [...]
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The hack that would have ruined the internet

By brad | Published: December 1, 2008
This 26 year old discovered a hack that would have destroyed the internet. It’s a fascinating read, even my wife was interested in it when I started telling her about it. His path started with trying to get free wifi at Starbucks. He remembered that he had gotten into Starbucks’ locked network using the domain name system, [...]
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