Monthly Archives: February 2011

Like ’em or Hate ’em, Paypal May be the Best Checking Account Alternative for Business Banking

Posted on February 28, 2011 by jessestay

Most of you know my relationship with Paypal. They sent my wife away in tears on a recent Ebay transaction, and their customer service can be horrible at times (I’m now out $230 of my own money because of it, … Continue reading →

Posted in banking, Business, ebay, fdic, Financial Services, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, paypal, social, Technology | 4 Comments

How to Replace Twitter With Facebook

Posted on February 12, 2011 by jessestay

I just wrote about how Twitter is becoming much less necessary for me.  In this post, I’d like to show you how, with just a few steps, you can get exactly what you’re getting on Twitter and more with just … Continue reading →

Posted in Bret Taylor, Facebook, facebook page, facebook search, FriendFeed, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, robert scoble, social, Technology, Twitter | 7 Comments

With Facebook’s New Page Design, Do We Really Need Twitter?

Posted on February 12, 2011 by jessestay

(Alternate Title: “Twitter: 3 Years Later and Nothing’s Changed”) Talks of acquisition, deprecation of whitelisting, charging for API access – Twitter’s doing all they can to reduce cost and become more profitable.  It’s actually a typical story for them.  I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook new page design, Facebook Pages, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology, Twitter, whitelist | 15 Comments

Families Can Be Together Forever

Posted on February 12, 2011 by jessestay

I hope you’ll forgive this diversion from tech so I could share something that touched me.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (my employer, and Faith) just released this video and I just had to share it.  It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Changing the World, family, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints | 4 Comments

"Super Indexing Sunday" Breaks World Record With 2 Million Records Indexed in a Day

Posted on February 7, 2011 by jessestay

Facebook has quite a database with 500 million active users, and rumored total users in the billions.  There are few that can relate to the types of problems engineers and architects encounter with a database of that size.  FamilySearch.org is … Continue reading →

Posted in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Facebook, family, Family history, familysearch indexing, genealogy, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, indexing, mormons, social, super indexing sunday, superbowl, Technology | 2 Comments