Part mad scientist, part celebrity author, and part shadowy government advisor, CBS Interactive's Distinguished Lecturer David Gewirtz warps space/time with neat hacks, cool do-it-yourself projects, business survival tips, and commentary that peels paint.
David Gewirtz, Distinguished Lecturer at CBS Interactive, is an author, U.S. policy advisor, and computer scientist. He is featured in The History Channel special The President's Book of Secrets.
Here's a deep dive into the featured thumbnail feature of WordPress and a technique for converting thousands of images into WordPress thumbnail attachments.
Netflix' stock has recently taken some hits, and then, tonight, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, decided to come forth with both a mea culpa and a new name, Qwikster.com. Seriously.
One of the most exciting projects ZDNet columnist David Gewirtz has been working on is building a broadcast-quality video studio for Skype in a 10x9 foot space. Here's the story behind that project.
In a world where customer service is normally a matter of unanswered emails or, at best, incomprehensible accents, it was a refreshing pleasure to work with a company willing and able to help me solve my problem, spend as much time with me as I needed, and do it well after midnight.
Finding mysterious crashing problems is often a big challenge. Read on to learn about a free tool you can use to help find those hidden troubles.
Have you ever wanted to upgrade a heavily modified theme and seamlessly knit all your changes into the new code? Here's how.
Virtually none of the modern, under $1,000 camcorders currently in production can be used as a webcam. Here's one camera that will work.
Since I'm a geek, my life is filled with interesting hacks and projects that let me do more than a normal small business budget would allow.