A few weeks ago Robert Reich called me up and asked if I would present Torbit at the Boulder New Tech Meetup. They’d had a cancelation and needed someone to fill in at the last minute. Of course, I jumped at the chance. Here’s 5 minutes of me talking about my favorite company in the world and answering a few questions at the end:
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a blog about building stuff on the webLessons from Högertrafikomläggningen
by Josh Fraser on May 9, 2011
Yesterday afternoon I closed my laptop and went for a bike ride on the South Marshall Mesa trail. It was a beautiful day and the close proximity to the mountains and biking trails is one of my favorite things about Boulder. I've found jumping on a ...
Don’t wait for permission
by Josh Fraser on May 7, 2011
A few years ago I wrote a post titled Looking for a job? Don't be this guy. Today I want to share a positive example of what you should do instead if you're looking for a job.
I love the 360 panorama app from Occipital. It's the easiest way to ...
Book review: Moonwalking with Einstein
by Josh Fraser on May 1, 2011
I just finished reading Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer. I first heard about the book on the Colbert Report and it turned out to be a fascinating read. The book is a autobiography about a journalist ...
Why Greplin is my favorite new startup
by Josh Fraser on April 17, 2011
I've talked before about how much I love Greplin:
Greplin is a tool that allows you to search across all your content from one search box. For example, I've got my account set up to index my Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Google ...
Guest post on TechCrunch: How fast is your site?
by Josh Fraser on April 4, 2011
On Friday I had the privilege of writing my second guest post for TechCrunch. My article was titled How Fast Is Your Site? Measure It With Google’s Page Speed Online. I talked about the new Page Speed Online tool from Google and how you can use it ...
Brick walls
by Josh Fraser on March 29, 2011
This is one of my favorite quotes of all time:
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people ...
Detecting subdomains & effective TLD’s using publicsuffix.org
by Josh Fraser on March 17, 2011
How do you detect if a domain contains a subdomain and then return that subdomain? At first it seems like it should be a simple problem. Just write a regexp that looks for the first period and return everything up to that point, ...
Why charging for developer tools is stupid
by Josh Fraser on March 9, 2011
I saw today that Apple has started charging for Xcode. For the non-developers out there, Xcode is a tool from Apple for building software for the Mac, iPhone and iPad. It used to be free, now it costs $4.99.
Seeing this reminded me of a Microsoft ...
TechStars companies’ hosting decisions
by Josh Fraser on January 11, 2011
The other day I stumbled across a post on Hacker News titled Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions. The post caught my attention as it's always interesting to see the decisions other smart founders are making. Being a TechStars alum, I immediately ...
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I'm the CEO of Torbit which is a service that can automatically speed up your website. I enjoy solving interesting problems, coding, public speaking and playing outdoors. I previously founded EventVue. This is my blog where I share what I'm learning about life, entrepreneurship and software development. read more »Connect
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