Category Archives: Spam
The shotgun approach to recruiting is counterproductive
> Hi Matthew, > > I'm very impressed with your rating/experience. > At the current time, I have a few clients that are looking for experienced > Ruby Rails developers (both contract & permanent) like yourself. There > is > lots of room for creativity and growth at these places. > > So, my contacts [...]
Also posted in Get.rich.quick, Hacks, RubyOnRails 1 Comment
Turn Ads into Art with AddArt
Another great idea from the folks at Eyebeam. Take the idea of one of the most popular extensions for Firefox, AdBlock, but remix it to display art placeholders instead of blank space. Instead of crappy banners, Fox news gets an eagle flying with an American Flag! Now, this isn’t a final product – it’s still [...]
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Every Forward Button in the World Should Be Renamed “Snopes First!”
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The problem of spam
Been reading a lot about spam problems lately. It isn’t a problem for me, since I’m not a high value target for spam. The other reason is that I’ve raised the bar by a very tiny amount. CAPTCHAs (those type the letters in the picture tests) are designed to raise the bar for spammers, and [...]
Also posted in Browsers, Captchas, Economics, Incentives Leave a comment
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