# Jonathan Tarud Tech. Business. Design. URL: https://www.jonathant.com/ Author: Jonathan Tarud Posts: 63 --- ## Posts - [Stripe Needs Client-Specific ACH IDs](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/stripe-needs-client-specific-ach-ids/) — 2026-07-01 - [RSS turns 20](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/rss-turns-20/) — 2022-09-20 · linked post: http://scripting.com/2022/09/18.html - [Choose Boring Technology](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/choose-boring-technology/) — 2020-04-07 · linked post: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology - [Leadership is a Privilege](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/leadership-is-a-privilege/) — 2020-01-08 - [Deleting Cookies and Data](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/deleting-cookies-and-data/) — 2020-01-02 - [eBooks are being held back](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/ebooks-are-being-held-back/) — 2019-12-29 - [Wi-Fi 6’s Claims Are Real](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/wi-fi-6s-claims-are-real/) — 2019-12-22 - [Fast](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/fast/) — 2019-12-21 · linked post: https://patrickcollison.com/fast - [Only 15% of the Basecamp operations budget is spent on Ruby](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/only-15-of-the-basecamp-operations-budget-is-spent-on-ruby/) — 2019-12-19 · linked post: https://m.signalvnoise.com/only-15-of-the-basecamp-operations-budget-is-spent-on-ruby/ - [Your Deadline Will Be Affected](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/your-deadline-will-be-affected/) — 2019-10-31 - [When did work-life balance become such a bad thing?](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/when-did-work-life-balance-become-such-a-bad-thing/) — 2019-06-29 · linked post: https://m.signalvnoise.com/when-did-work-life-balance-become-such-a-bad-thing/ - [Roadblocks vs. Speed bumps](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/roadblocks-vs-speed-bumps/) — 2019-06-19 · linked post: https://robwalling.com/2019/06/17/speed-bumps-vs-roadblocks/ - [I found two identical packs of Skittles, among 468 packs with a total of 27,740 Skittles](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/i-found-two-identical-packs-of-skittles-among-468-packs-with-a-total-of-27740-skittles/) — 2019-04-18 · linked post: https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/follow-up-i-found-two-identical-packs-of-skittles-among-468-packs-with-a-total-of-27740-skittles/ - [Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/cambridge-spin-out-starts-producing-graphene-at-commercial-scale/) — 2019-03-21 · linked post: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-spin-out-starts-producing-graphene-at-commercial-scale - [Why Strategic Planning is Not](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/why-strategic-planning-is-not/) — 2019-03-09 · linked post: http://www.barnetttalks.com/2019/02/why-strategic-planning-is-not.html - [ARM processors like the A12X Bionic are nearing performance parity with high-end desktop processors, but the old truth of x86 superiority still lives strong](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/arm-processors-like-the-a12x-bionic-are-nearing-performance-parity-with-high-end-desktop-processors-but-the-old-truth-of-x86-superiority-still-lives-strong/) — 2019-03-07 · linked post: https://web.archive.org/web/20190307044645/https://reveried.com/article/arm-processors-nearing-performance-parity-with-x86 - [Time to change all those .dev local environments](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/time-to-change-all-those-dev-local-environments/) — 2019-03-02 - [NetNewsWire Almost Ready to Ship](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/netnewswire-almost-ready-to-ship/) — 2019-02-20 · linked post: http://inessential.com/2019/02/19/netnewswire_status_february_19_2019 - [How to activate Apple ID 2fa when you have two accounts](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/how-to-activate-apple-id-2fa-when-you-have-two-accounts/) — 2019-02-14 - [Bad Words for Describing Software Products](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/bad-words-for-describing-software-products/) — 2019-02-10 · linked post: https://www.gkogan.co/blog/bad-words/ - [Out-of-Office Messages are a Security Risk](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/out-of-office-messages-are-a-security-risk/) — 2019-02-04 · linked post: https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234629/https://lonesysadmin.net/2019/02/03/out-of-office-messages-are-a-security-risk/ - [Hilbert’s List](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/hilberts-list/) — 2019-01-01 · linked post: https://seths.blog/2018/12/hilberts-list/ - [Some advice from Jeff Bezos](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/some-advice-from-jeff-bezos/) — 2018-08-31 · linked post: https://m.signalvnoise.com/some-advice-from-jeff-bezos-4ee95086c76b - [The Oldest Airlines in the World That Are Still Flying Today](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/the-oldest-airlines-in-the-world-that-are-still-flying-today/) — 2018-08-16 · linked post: https://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/oldest-airlines-around-today#avianca-plane - [T-Mobile Tackles Customer-Service Woes by Adding a Human Touch](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/t-mobile-tackles-customer-service-woes-by-adding-a-human-touch/) — 2018-08-15 · linked post: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-15/t-mobile-tackles-customer-service-woes-by-adding-a-human-touch - [Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We’ll Give You Our Users](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/facebook-to-banks-give-us-your-data-well-give-you-our-users/) — 2018-08-06 · linked post: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-banks-give-us-your-data-well-give-you-our-users-1533564049?mod=breakingnews - [Why you shouldn't worry about radiation from your Wi-Fi router or iPhone](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/why-you-shouldnt-worry-about-radiation-from-your-wi-fi-router-or-iphone/) — 2018-05-21 · linked post: https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/21/why-you-shouldnt-worry-about-radiation-from-your-wi-fi-router-or-iphone - [Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/google-removes-dont-be-evil-clause-from-its-code-of-conduct/) — 2018-05-18 · linked post: https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393 - [Do I Need a VPN if I Have Nothing to Hide?](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/do-i-need-a-vpn-if-i-have-nothing-to-hide/) — 2018-04-17 · linked post: https://hackernoon.com/do-i-need-a-vpn-if-i-have-nothing-to-hide-a6640ac69325 - [Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/graphenes-sleeping-superconductivity-awakens/) — 2017-01-20 · linked post: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/graphenes-sleeping-superconductivity-awakens - [Huawei hedges bet on Google’s Android, plans in-house OS](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/huawei-hedges-bet-on-googles-android-plans-in-house-os/) — 2016-06-26 · linked post: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/huawei-hedges-bet-on-googles-android-plans-in-house-os/ - [More details emerge of the simple yet clever tech behind Live Photos](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/more-details-emerge-of-the-simple-yet-clever-tech-behind-live-photos/) — 2015-09-15 · linked post: http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/11/how-live-photos-works/ - [iOS jailbreak malware stole 225,000 Apple IDs across 18 countries](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/ios-jailbreak-malware-stole-225000-apple-ids-across-18-countries/) — 2015-09-01 · linked post: http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/01/ios-jailbreak-keyraider-malware/ - [Don’t follow your heroes](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/dont-follow-your-heroes/) — 2015-07-28 · linked post: http://justinjackson.ca/heroes/ - [Visa Invests in Stripe at $5 Billion Valuation and Strikes Commercial Deal, Too](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/visa-invests-in-stripe-at-5-billion-valuation-and-strikes-commercial-deal-too/) — 2015-07-28 · linked post: https://web.archive.org/web/20150728125728/http://recode.net/2015/07/27/visa-partners-with-stripe-and-invests-at-5-billion-valuation/ - [Google Wants a Piece of Air-Traffic Control for Drones](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/google-wants-a-piece-of-air-traffic-control-for-drones/) — 2015-07-25 · linked post: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-24/google-has-way-to-unclog-drone-filled-skies-like-it-did-the-web - [Speed as a Habit](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/speed-as-a-habit/) — 2015-07-22 · linked post: http://firstround.com/review/speed-as-a-habit/ - [Apple reportedly joins talks with cell providers to launch new ‘e-SIM’ cards](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/apple-reportedly-joins-talks-with-cell-providers-to-launch-new-e-sim-cards/) — 2015-07-21 · linked post: http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/16/apple-joins-e-sim-talks/ - [Apple Reports Record Third Quarter Results](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/apple-reports-record-third-quarter-results/) — 2015-07-21 · linked post: https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/07/21Apple-Reports-Record-Third-Quarter-Results.html - [The Angel VC: The evolution of the SaaS landing page](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/the-angel-vc-the-evolution-of-the-saas-landing-page/) — 2015-07-18 · linked post: http://christophjanz.blogspot.de/2015/07/the-evolution-of-saas-landing-page.html - [Google’s product strategy: Make two of everything](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/googles-product-strategy-make-two-of-everything/) — 2015-07-15 · linked post: http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/10/googles-product-strategy-make-two-of-everything/1/ - [Google Takes Stricter Approach to Costs](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/google-takes-stricter-approach-to-costs/) — 2015-07-15 · linked post: http://www.wsj.com/article_email/google-takes-stricter-approach-to-costs-1436827885-lMyQjAxMTE1NzEzMzQxNjMwWj - [Wearables](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/wearables/) — 2015-07-09 - [Don't scratch too hard](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/dont-scratch-too-hard/) — 2014-02-12 - [Consumer Grade](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/consumer-grade/) — 2014-02-06 - [Firefox FAIL](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/firefox-fail/) — 2013-07-24 - [PayPal's New Card Reader Seems Very Familiar](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/paypals-new-card-reader-seems-very-familiar/) — 2012-03-16 · linked post: https://www.theverge.com/2012/3/15/2874647/paypal-here-credit-card-reader-pictures - [Maybe There Really Will Only Be Five Computers...](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/maybe-there-really-will-only-be-five-computers/) — 2011-09-01 · linked post: https://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/09/maybe_there_really_will_only_be_five_computers - [Amazon may sell 3-5 million tablets in Q4: Forrester](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/amazon-may-sell-3-5-million-tablets-in-q4-forrester/) — 2011-08-30 · linked post: https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/29/us-amazon-tabletsales-idUSTRE77S3Y720110829 - [Evernote's $50 Million in Funding Goal: Build a Hundred Year Company](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/evernotes-50-million-in-funding-goal-build-a-hundred-year-company/) — 2011-07-13 · linked post: https://web.archive.org/web/20110714102304/http://blog.evernote.com/2011/07/13/evernote-gets-50-million-in-funding-with-faq/ - [Why Android will gain HUGE tablet marketshare later this year](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/why-android-will-gain-huge-tablet-marketshare-later-this-year/) — 2011-06-17 · linked post: https://web.archive.org/web/20110618235623/http://scobleizer.com/2011/06/15/why-android-will-gain-huge-tablet-marketshare-later-this-year/ - [Note to entrepreneurs: Your idea is not special](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/note-to-entrepreneurs-your-idea-is-not-special/) — 2011-06-14 · linked post: https://web.archive.org/web/20110616065131/http://blogs.reuters.com/small-business/2011/06/14/note-to-entrepreneurs-your-idea-is-not-special/ - [Google Announces ‘Instant Pages’](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/google-announces-instant-pages/) — 2011-06-14 · linked post: https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/14/google-announces-instant-pages-instant-image-search-and-instant-availability-in-32-languages/ - [Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/duke-nukem-forever-barely-playable-not-funny-rampantly-offensive/) — 2011-06-14 · linked post: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/06/duke-nukem-forever-review-barely-playable-unfunny-and-rampantly-offensive/ - [IBM's centenary: The test of time](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/ibms-centenary-the-test-of-time/) — 2011-06-12 · linked post: https://www.economist.com/node/18805483/print - [iCloud’s real purpose: kill Windows](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/iclouds-real-purpose-kill-windows/) — 2011-06-07 · linked post: https://www.cringely.com/2011/06/07/iclouds-real-purpose-is-to-kill-windows/ - [For This Reason Soon Google Apps Will Only](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/for-this-reason-soon-google-apps-will-only/) — 2011-06-02 - [Netflix Is Killing BitTorrent in The US](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/netflix-is-killing-bittorrent-in-the-us/) — 2011-04-28 · linked post: https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-is-killing-bittorrent-in-the-us-110427/ - [Brent Simmons on why we still need blogs:](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/brent-simmons-on-why-we-still-need-blogs/) — 2011-04-12 - [Zappos Is So Good At Customer Service, 404 Means A Whole Different Thing](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/zappos-is-so-good-at-customer-service-404-means-a/) — 2010-09-16 - [Wag of My Finger to Paul Allen](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/wag-of-my-finger-to-paul-allen/) — 2010-08-27 · linked post: https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/27/paul-allen-google-faceboo/ - [HP vs Dell: Storage Showdown](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/hp-vs-dell-storage-showdown/) — 2010-08-26 · linked post: https://web.archive.org/web/20100828103747/http://www.techcrunchit.com/2010/08/26/hp-ups-the-ante-for-3par-offers-1-8-billion-for-data-storage-company/ - [I have a new blog...We'll See](https://www.jonathant.com/blog/i-have-a-new-blog-well-see/) — 2010-07-28