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I had my first major run-in with social media in June 2005. Slashdot had picked up a controversial story I had just written and it was flung onto the front page. Though it was a huge success in terms of getting attention and new readers to my site, it was a complete disaster for my [...]

Pop Quiz: How fast does your site load? Under ten seconds? What about five? Does it make it there in two? One? Don’t know? You should! A fast site should be one of your top priorities. It’s one of the easiest ways to ensure that you get more visitors and that they stick around longer. [...]

Think you know how to punish your server? Think again. Running a blog and related applications, is nowhere near the most taxing thing you can do to your server. If you are really interested in making a run at burning down your data center, check out this list: (To be clear, I wanted to think [...]