http://kurplop.com Convergence of media, technology, and life. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:22:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en But the rest of the world is feeling the hurt. http://kurplop.com/2008/09/15/norway-is-doing-something-different/ Sometimes making a difference is a lot easier than you think.  Thanks to American Express and their Members Project, with one click, you can help us raise $1.5 million for families in Sierra Leone.  Two of my friends from college, Nikhil Arora and Ali Ansary, and I submitted an idea ... http://kurplop.com/2008/09/15/solar-powered-africa-lighting-up-sierra-leone-with-led-lanterns/ The last panel I attended was moderated by Kevin Rose from Digg.  The conversation touched on topics like dedicated vs. cluster hosting, caching solutions, and development techniques.  The session was so crowded, that when I got there, there was a line out the door because the room had reached capacity.  ... http://kurplop.com/2008/03/12/sxsw-notes-building-scalable-websites/