Ben Werdmuller

Category: Web

  • Announcing two new projects

    I’ve been off the radar for the past two weeks, taking some time out to develop some ideas (as well as take a week’s holiday in Rome, which is a beautiful city that I highly recommend visiting). Now, though, I’m back to work, and firing full steam ahead on two new projects: OutMap OutMap is…

  • End of an era, start of a new one

    Update: Interested in what I’m doing now? Check out my about page. I have a major announcement to make: I co-founded Elgg with Dave Tosh five years ago, and it’s been a heck of a ride. I’ve been immensely proud of what we’ve been able to achieve, not least establishing the most popular open source…

  • Facebook has no need for deleting data

    Niall Kennedy has written an interesting post about Facebook’s data storage. They’ve written a proprietary filesystem to store photos in order to cut costs (up to now they’ve apparently been adding a $2 million NetApp storage system every week). It turns out they’ve decided they don’t need all the features you’d find in a traditional…

  • Notes from BarCamp Oxford

    I’m exhausted, but I wanted to get some thoughts down about today’s BarCamp in Oxford before I crash. This was proof that there is an intelligent, proactive geek community in England, and that, with the right stimulus, is capable of some incredible stuff. That said, I suspect that with a few exceptions those in attendance…