economics
Why I post reviews on centralized corporate platforms
Why I post reviews on platforms I don't own...
internet
internet
Day 30: URLs and composability
Musings on URL composability in web apps.
internet
Day 19: Why am I paying for you to read this?
Musings on the perverse incentive structure of the internet.
china
Hop over the Great Firewall with Government Help
Ask someone to make a list of #ChinaProblems and the Great Firewall is going to be close to the top. The Great Firewall, usually referred to online as GFW, is a system of network hardware, software and policies that work together to wreak havoc on everyone’s favorite non-Chinese apps
china
China (Finally?) Putting an End to Foreign Investment in the Internet
Great post about in ChinaLawBlog about how China is putting an end to so-called variable interest entities (VIEs) that most of China's large internet companies, including Tencent, Sina and Baidu, used to IPO overseas and raise funds from foreign investors. Yet, the remarkable fact is that these highly
internet
A tiny server saves my internet!
In Hong Kong, we face a unique set of problems. Space is at a premium and our Internet connections are so fast that consumer routers made for mere mortals are too slow for us Hongkongers. The misleadingly named home "gigabit routers" rarely have the processing power to perform