Category Archives: Raptor Banter

From You’ve Got Mail to You’ve Been Forgotten: A Cautionary Tale of Tech Giants

There was a time, not too long ago, when the words “You’ve Got Mail” were more iconic than any modern startup catchphrase. Before Google was a verb, before TikTok was melting the attention spans of millions, and before streaming meant anything other than a babbling brook, there was AOL. Yes, America Online, the crown jewel […]

The Goats of Raptor: A Bleating Good Metaphor

Goat

Goats: the horned critters best known for their propensity to ram into people, eat just about anything, and produce milk that is subsequently turned into a variety of cheeses that people pretend to enjoy. They also make a high-pitched noise — resembling “maa” or “baa” — called a bleat. Oddly enough, goats’ bleating is one […]

An Ode To WordPress

Development Setup from the early days of wordpress.

www.zackthoughts.gov.www\zackthoughts:  Ah, WordPress. The humble little platform that could. Born in 2003 with the simple mission of giving the everyday internet user a way to blog their thoughts without needing to master the sacred art of HTML or strike a bargain with a web developer wizard. Back then, WordPress was like a digital diary; clean, […]

Google is a Ghost Town

The Featured Image for Google is a Ghost Town

Google is one of the largest companies on the planet. As of writing this, their share price is in the triple digits, they have a market cap of around $2 trillion, and their parent company, Alphabet, has somewhere in the neighborhood of 180,000+ full-time employees. They have seemingly infinite resources, a near-total monopoly on search […]