Best Technical Podcasts

Every so often I like to publish my current podcast subscriptions (last update from late 2013: Top 7 Technical Podcasts). Since joining DataStax a year ago my commute time is significantly shorter, so I’ve slimmed down my playlist as well. Here is my current subscription list: Hanselminutes [rss] One of my favorites. Scott Hanselman is a great interviewer and runs through a broad variety of guests. Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots Podcast [rss] One of my other favories. Ben Orenstein from Thoughtbot hosts. Plus, the title is cool. .NET Rocks! [rss] I’ve been listening to these guys for…

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Traffic Resuming After WordPress Hack

Early in March this site was hit with a WordPress hack that was present for about 10 days until I discovered and fixed it. After the fix I was frequently checking Google Webmaster Tools to make sure search results returned. After about one week, my traffic (from Google at least) had pretty much recovered to the pre-hack levels: And here is the corresponding timeline from Google Analytics, showing traffic slowly returning to normal:

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