- Always copy my blogs to the clipboard before clicking post. I am completely OCD about this now, having lost countless postings to the infamous “SERVICE UNAVAILABLE” error.
- Always check the domain in the URL address bar to make sure I’m still on the site I thought I was on. Myspace is chock-full of Javascript or Flash redirects in combination with phished accounts using creative linking. It’s one of the few sites you can already be at, and then somehow end up at a phishing site.
- Stock up on Firefox plugins. Adblock has never had a more useful application, and Greasemonkey scripts allow me to download Myspace songs without having to suffer through their crappy/stuttering streaming music players.
- Ignore hot girls that I do not know. Yes, they are all porno spambots from India. No, blonde Leah in her underwear does not really want to be my friend. Having accepted this fact, I am free to be productive and prosper in my entrepreneurial endeavors without distraction.
- Build my websites on a solid foundation. Think up the architecture, the ideas, get your flowcharts spread out on the table! Know what you want to do before you try and do it! Myspace tries to do everything, but succeeds at very little. Get focused, try and build a site that does one thing very well! Myspace’s biggest mistake was growing too fast without a solid foundation, and the site’s major security flaws lead the way for spammers, phishers and worms. Instead, Myspace is constantly tied up with fixing these security flaws instead of making the site run more efficiently. Know where you’re going before you get there.
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Thanks for the tip on downloading Myspace songs!
Comment by Peter — March 9, 2007 @ 5:07 pm