|
24 Nov 2007 07:55 am
|
Not sure if it is the Tryptophan comma I am in the day after Thanksgiving or explaining to my family that software engineers do more then make screen savers. What ever the reason, Black Friday for me means bypassing the long lines at the mall and instead writing a Blog about random ideas that have popped into my head.
Here we go:
|
24 Nov 2006 09:13 am
|
Programmableweb
www.programmableweb.com is a great web site for seeing what’s going on in the Mashup World. The site has over a thousand mashups and serveral number APIs; its the place to go to get inspiration on creating your first or next Mashup.
In October, I created the Ajax Map Comparison Mashup that allows users to see the difference between the big three Ajax Map widgets, posted programmableweb.com. The thing with Mashups if no one uses it, does it really matter? I guess that’s the same for any application, but Mashups are really more about inspirations, creativity and sharing than they are hardcore engineering.
|
17 Nov 2006 02:21 pm
|
JavaOne call for papers is now open.
Your boss may have asked you if you want to submit a paper for JavaOne or maybe you have a good idea for a paper. Let this be both a warning and inspiration to those who dare to follow .
11/14/2003
My CTO sends me an email with the subject “JavaOne Paper for 2004″. I am not really sure what he wants so I continue reading. From what I can tell, he wants me to come up with an idea for a paper to present at the next JavaOne conference. Having given numerous demos and product talks both to internal and external people in the past; I think this should be easy enough. As I finish reading the email, I realize there is only one week left to complete my abstract.
|
09 Nov 2006 04:58 pm
|
Keeping the Web simple and easy has driven Internet usage to more than a billion people worldwide. Anyone with a connection, a browser and the ability to enter a URL can use the Internet today. This simplicity is great for those looking to browse their favorite blog or search for a recipe for dinner, but it has many problems as an application development platform — usability being the primary issue. Of course, tools and HTML compatibility also pose problems, but these are development issues and are dealt with by a few well–paid, trained individuals. Usability affects a greater number of people over a longer period of time.
|
16 Oct 2006 05:57 pm
|
During a recent post about youtube.com going down, I was having a good time reading the comments (Never actually went to the story). Most of the comments were in one of two buckets; “this items is stupid and shouldn’t be on the homepage” (usually in all CAPS), or people trying to come up with oneliners about the situation. Then the post was buried, but why? Yes, youtube came back online, maybe the story wasn’t relevant anymore, but there was over 200 comments on the article, people must have been enjoying it on some level. So what’s more important: the articles or the comments?
In the youtube post, clearly the blog post about youtube going down was not interesting. Everyone just wanted to see the 404 on www.youtube.com. But with almost as many comments as diggs, people were clearly having fun, so in this case I guess the comments won. There are occasions where I do read the article the post links to, but I always read the comments. This isn’t just with Digg, when I go to Slashdot I do the same thing. If the story is even remotely interesting, I always read the comments, whether or not I read the article.
|
15 Oct 2006 05:22 pm
|
A recent story about youtube was taken of the homepage probably by people buring it. Here is an article to get it back on the homepage.
Here is the link to the orginal story on digg.