Archive | January, 2011

Rate Limiting as a business model

January 14, 2011

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I think the idea of Rate Limiting usage as a business model is very interesting.  I recently read that Google is going to begin charging for using their Prediction API for a fee monthly plus usage.  Another popular example is Twilio, which charges based on usage of their API.    I could be using this [...]

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Chrome OS notebook CR-48

January 10, 2011

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A few weeks ago I got a nice holiday present from the folks at Google – a new CR-48 Google Chrome OS Notebook. I of course immediately unboxed it, pictures are below, and started using it.  I told the kind folks at Google in my application that I would be a solid beta tester giving [...]

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