Neil Mansilla wrote: I've
been working and
deploying applications on
the Web since 1994. I've
gone from shared hosting
on SGI boxes, to
dedicated hosting, to
co-location with Verio
and Level3 (still have ...
JNels wrote: Hey -
Jeffrey Nelson here at
Verizon Wireless. Not a
bit of snubbing going on
here. Encourage folks to
review the materials from
our announcement about
joining LiMo Foundation
earlier this ...
Joachim Van der Auwera
wrote: I agree that code
generation can be very
important for relieving a
couple of the challenges
of building reliable,
consistent applications
in a minimum amount of
time.
There ...
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Well, if you haven't heard of it yet, Google launched something called "Google
App Engine", a highly available, highly scalable, complete stack for deploying
and hosting web applications. It "sorta" competes against Amazon's EC2.
This is a little premature, but the deal is done. Following the core tenets that
I believe this venture fund should operate, I'm "un-announcing" a $50K fund
with Microsoft here in a web 2.0 way. The official PR/press will follow in the
next month or
The Web is one of the most important technological as well as social/cultural
developments in our life. Its global impact is rooted in its openness and its
capability to evolve on a democratic basis. However, I have concerns. I'm
concerned about th
The F2F meeting of OpenAjax Alliance at NYC on March 21st worked out really well
in my oppinion. The discussions around Ajax Runtime wish list
(http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/Main_Page) were fantastic. It looks to me
that we are seeing some goo
Security is a big issue that needs a lot of attention from the industry: cross
site scripting, lack of security sandbox, cross site request forgery, mashup
security, etc. are all major challenges facing us. In the Web 2.0 world, these
issues are jus
There are various concerns about Ajax performance. Some people blame JavaScript
and some people blame the browsers.
What is the reality? This article presents a study and analysis of the various
Ajax performance issues. For example, what are the co
What is the reason for this Obama phenomenon? Why is it happening now, not ten
years ago or four years ago, but at this particular moment of history?
Likewise, similar questions can be asked: What is the reason for this Web 2.0
phenomenon? Why now
Programmatic DOM node manipulation is actually not straightforward, given that
Internet Explorer has so many unique DOM behaviors. I ran into quite a few
issues recently when I was playing with Dojo Toolkit. I didnt find a thorough
answer to my ques
In this high tech industry, one of the most misunderstood and potentially
misleading conventional wisdom about startups is the separation of "business
side" and "technical side" and "technical people should listen to the business
people". Such teach
Prototype.js is a popular Ajax toolkit for web developers. I have enjoyed using
it despite the complains I heard from people about how Prototype.js does too
much JavaScript hacking that breaks other people's code. I tend to brush such
complains aside
Just over
a week ago
the
founders
of and
five
engineers
from VoIP
services
provider
Jangl left
for Jajah
after the
company
failed to
find a
proper
suitor.
Following
their
departure,
it was
unclear
what would
happen to
Jangl̵
7;s assets
and
remaining
staff. Now
we hear
from
multiple
sources
close to
the deal
that Live
[...]
This
morning,
we've had
two unconf
erence
sessions,
here at
the
Berkman
tenth anni
versary co
nference.
And I have
to say, as
far as I
can tell,
it's going
really
well. The
participan
ts
(formerly
known as
attendees)
filled in
the grid
of times
and places
with a set
of great
topics,
ranging
...
In this
next entry
in my peer
networking
discussion
series, I
talk about
some of
the
reasons
why just
having a
pure peer
network
isn't good
enough for
today's
modern
apps - we
need more.
I bought
my camera
from
Amazon (a
Canon
SD900)
years ago
and when
they
launched
the Eye-Fi
based on
my past
buying pre
ferences
they sent
me a
special
offer for
the Eye-Fi
Wireless
SD Card.
Otherwise
I would
never have
found this
very cool
little
device.
The Eye-Fi
is a SD
Card and
Wi-Fi
combo [...
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"Review:
Eye-Fi
Wireless
SD Card",
url: "http
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zedsoftwar
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/05/16/rev
iew-eye-fi
-wireless-
sd-card/"
});
More on
the topic
of Java
Object Per
sistence
...I have
this time
interviewe
d the
following
ODBMS.ORG
experts
Jose
Blakeley (
Microsoft)
, Rick
Cattell
(Sun Micro
systems),
William
Cook (Univ
ersity of
Texas at
Austin),
Robert
Green
(Versant)
, and
Alan
Santos (Pr
ogress).Th
e panel
addressed
the ever
open issue
of the
impedance
mismatch,
a problem
which has
existed
ever since
computers
were used
to persist
ently
store data
- in file
systems or
database
management
systems -,
and where
no fully
sati
Novalys is
once again
holding
their
annual
survey of
PowerBuild
er users.
Once you
complete
the
survey, yo
u’ll
be allowed
to access
the
results of
the survey
for the
last
several ye
ars.Origin
al Entry
OK, some
women
are
concerned
about
sexism in
IT.
Here&rsquo
;s what I
think.
First, I
do not
like when
people
curse in
public
.
Not just
because
that there
are women
in the
audience,
but
it’s
just plain
wrong.Seco
nd, there
is v
Sun has
launched
the
"Student
Reviews
Contest":
it is
reserved
to
students
that are
regularly
enrolled
in an educ
ational
institute
and would
like to
write a
review
about Open
Solaris or
NetBeans
6.1. The
prizes are
small
($250
grand
prize
and...
and much
to my
surprise,
the public
beta of
the flash
player 10
is
out.
I knew
this would
be coming
before too
long, but
didnt
realize
that it
would be
out so qui
ckly.
; This new
version is
filled
with lots
of new
features
aimed at
allowing
I’m
giving a p
resentatio
n on
“The
Politics
of Metrics
” in
Rochester
on May
15th, for
a seminar
being
organized
by the IT
Metrics
and Produc
tivity
Institute;
it’s
an updated
version of
the presen
tation I
gave in
Orlando a
month or
two ago.
You should
attend in
person, if
possible,
so you can
not only
hear my
[...]
I’m
excited to
announce
the launch
of a new
site,
Bugpedia.
Creating
the Enerjy
Index
threw out
a lot of f
ascinating
data and I
was
frustrated
that I did
n’t
really
have
anywhere
to put it.
For
example,
if you
follow
this blog
you’
ll have
seen Rich&
#8217;s
post on
our
analysis
of
Cyclomatic
Complexity
. Well,
just [...]
Sean
McGrath
gave the
closing pr
esentation
at XTech
2008 last
week in
Dublin. He
quoted
from Jorge
Luis
Borges's
The
Analytical
Language
of John
Wilkins.
Wilkins
was an
17th
Century
English
scientist.
(He is
also one
of the
characters
in Neal St
ephenson's
Quicksilve
r.)
Wilkins
designed a
Philosophi
cal
Language
in which
the
letters of
each
word give
not just
the sound
but also
the
specific
meaning of
the word.
It would
have been
an amazing
accomplish
ment had
it worked.
Borges su
I recently
picked up
Ron Paul&#
8217;s
“The
Revolution
: A Manife
sto”
.
I’ve
made my
way
through
the first
two
chapters
which do a
great job
of simply
explaining
the
problems
with our g
overnment.
A few of
the
highlights
include,
for
example,
the 1996
election
won by the
Republican
party:
The
Contract
with
America
was
typical
[...]
As I write
the last
of my
event
summary
reports
and follow
up action
items, I
am now
officially
putting a
bow on the
TIBCO user
conference
(TUCON
2008)
What a
madhouse.
I was acco
untable
for the
TIBCO
Analyst
Summit
(TIBCO?s
first
ever), two
days of
the
Business O
ptimizatio
n track of
presentati
ons
(combining
[...]
Apparently
Lucas is
up to his
old tricks
again .
How sad .
I was
hoping
that
Spielberg
might
diminish
Lucas?
influence
on the
film .
*sigh*
I?ll
probably
go see it
anyway. On
the upside
Iron Man
was surpri
singly
good and
Prince
Caspian
looks to
be good...
(read
more)
At the end
of this
week, I
will no
longer be
employed
by BEA
Systems.
It has
been a
great 4
years
working at
BEA, and u
ndoubtedly
the
highlight
of my
career
thus far.
I have
enjoyed
the opport
unity to
write for
the BEA
developer
community,
and to
lead
Tooling at
BEA these
last 3
years.
May. 6, 2008 03:21 PM
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