It’s been almost 10 years since Microsoft Office products started automatically replacing smileys like :), :( and signs like -->, <-- into icons made in Wingdings font. In 2013, now there are people using computers and phones which are not manufactured by Microsoft and thus, they do not have this proprietary font. If you are one of these people, when you read an email composed with Outlook, you will see something like this: Read More →

A new Xbox is coming out later this year, that’s for sure. There is a big secrecy going on and almost nothing leaked, yet. After reading Youssef’s post on the new Xbox, I compiled a list of my thoughts about the upcoming product. Note that, I don’t know what is the name or features going to be in the new Xbox, but I have a dream about how the new Xbox can move console gaming forward: Read More →

People often wonder about what kind of software projects a company could or should open source. This is a dangerous decision for a company, due to the risk of losing strategic position against competitors. As someone working at a company, here is what you can open source from your work. Read More →

In September 2011, Facebook made a breakthrough change and introduced Custom Actions for Open Graph. At that time, users did not know anything about it but it was hell of an opportunity to fill users’ timelines with activity posts and gain lots of users. Here is a story why Facebook gave a chance to developers and now how will they use this to eat social startups:

Some background

At that time, a social app called Path was announced by cool guys in SF, but it wasn’t a hit since it was nothing more than an app you can post pictures and tag your Facebook friends on it.

Then me and two friends of mine sat and thought that we can definitely do better than that. Read More →

My marriage is falling apart. I no longer have the capacity to support a full time job, a family, and this project. I’m looking for someone to take over phpVirtualBox. These are not my words. These are from author of an open source project with more than 1,300 stars on project page (which is something pretty damn cool for an open source project). God knows how many companies are using it for free. Read More →

There was a guy and I was enjoying his blog posts a lot recently. Then I dig internet with his name and every other minute passed, I was getting much amazed. And he was just 3 years older than I am. He did some amazing stuff like: Co-founded Reddit – millions of people visit every day Contributed to RSS 1.0 spec when he was 14 – millions of people still use it every day Co-authored Markdown syntax – which I’m using right now to write this blog post Member of W3C RDF Group – worked with TimBL Authored web. Read More →

It’s that time of the year again. I’ve recently turned 23 and time is passing really fast. Life is getting complicated and at the same time sad facts keep my mind busy. I am now more aware of things but I am more alone and on my own. I know at the end, only a little of what I care about now will matter. That’s why it is mostly depressing right now but I know things will eventually get better. Read More →

It was about to be a month since my previous blog post. So here is a status update. I was busy building my new life in a new county, with a new job and new friends. Luckily it’s been good so far. I am sharing a rental apartment with a colleague from Microsoft. I’m living in Bellevue, WA for now. I’m still trying to get my first driver’s license, but I’m not sure if I should get a car since I’m completely fine with commuting to work and carpooling with friends.

I am trying to establish my living style as well. I’m on my way to become a minimalist in terms of owning stuff. I’m still buying stuff that I can throw them away anytime —no strings attached.

For the last 8 years, I’ve been living in school dorms. But I’ve just realized that somehow I’ve been taken care of all the time and now I’m on my own. Budget planning, rent, bills, health insurance, taxes, groceries, company stocks etc. have never been part of my life that much. Read More →