aaron

Why do I use Tropo over Twilio?

Many people keep asking me why I use Tropo instead of Twilio. It seems that Twilio does a great job of getting the word out about their service, so many people end up using them first. But there are a few reasons I’m using Tropo instead. Basically it comes down to features, scalability and support. AIM, Yahoo IM, MSN, Jabber and Twitter! In addition to sending SMSs and calling phone numbers, Tropo...

aaron

Tracking typos of your domain name in Google Analytics

Say you want to register a couple different typos of your domain name, and redirect everyone seamlessly to the correct site. This can be done quite easily in Apache using ServerAlias and a simple RewriteRule. I just registered geoloqui.com after noticing a couple articles linking to it instead of geoloqi.com. But then I thought, wouldn’t it be useful if I could track these typos and see which ones...

aaron

Random Hacks of Kindness – December 2010

On the weekend of December 4th and 5th, people gathered in coworking spaces around the world for the Random Hacks of Kindness hackathon. In Seattle, two teams worked on Population Centers in Disaster, and Mobile Assessment of Damage for the Public. Results After a weekend of much hacking, good food, and good company, we came away with solid problem definitions, UI mockups, and prototypes of an iPhone...

aaron

Workaround for Comcast blocking port 25

Comcast just started blocking port 25 outgoing. I have several computers at home configured to send email reports of cron jobs. Of course they do this by trying to send mail on port 25 from inside the house to my mail server outside. Now that Comcast is blocking that, I need some other way for my emails to be delivered. The easiest solution I could come up with was to tell my mail server to listen on...

aaron

Am I really the only one who knows what street I grew up on?

The top trending topic on Twitter the other day was #twitterpornname. This seemingly innocent meme prompts you to find your Twitter porn name by combining the name of your first pet with the street you grew up on, or some variation. Thousands of people began shouting out this information on their Twitter profiles. At this point, little red flags may be going off in your head if you realize that another...