Saturday, June 28 2003
On Helsinki
Pros: * They're serious about this "midnight sun" thing * Discovered I actually like herring * Fantastic mobile phone coverage * Hima & Sali * Free bicycles! Cons: * They're...
Caching is often enough
I feel compelled to respond to Norm Walsh's thoughts on caching. It's important to distinguish between the capabilities of a specific product (such as WWWoffle) and the technology that it...
Tuesday, June 24 2003
GoogleStuff
You might notice a few ads in the Weblog and a few other places on the site; I'm playing with Google AdSence, first pointed out by AaronSW. This is really...
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Bees and Ants
The W3C Semantic Web wiki has an entry called 'BeesAndAnts' that very effectively conveys something that I've been trying to articulate for a while (and, as usual, failing). It's not...
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SOAP1.2
We finally did it. More than two years ago, I went to North Carolina almost by accident; at the last minute I asked David Fallside if I could come to...
Starting Fresh
Sam Ruby suggests a roadmap for a new effort that may very well replace RSS. I and many other people have been tempted in the past to do this, and...
Monday, June 23 2003
On Tallinn, Estonia
Pros: * quick 1.5-hour boat ride from Helsinki * cool, still-foreign-looking passport stamps * full of beautiful european architecture / city planning Cons: * v. aggressive postcard-selling girls on EVERY...
Sunday, June 22 2003
RSS History as state transfer
Mark Baker responded to my thoughts on RSS history a while back, and I'm *finally* getting around to responding (nothing like a hotel lobby to clear your thoughts...). I agree...
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Economics of standards
Looks like a good to-read list: John Beatty: Economics of Standards (via John Beatty, one of my fellow BEA-ers; hi John!)...
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Friday, June 20 2003
Question for the day
Is a Weblog a medium or is it a genre? (yes, this is a Weblog post about Weblogs. Oh, dear God, I've been sucked in...)...
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Tuesday, June 17 2003
Spot the difference...
What does this interesting new, ad hoc work have to do with this interesting , new standards work and this interesting, new-ish effort by GK?...
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Monday, June 16 2003
Weblog data modeling
Sam Ruby has announced a Wiki about what a weblog entry is. Couple of things out of the way first; * 'log' is confusing; I thought he was talking about...
Saturday, June 14 2003
OxygenXML
Sean McGrath, Macintouch and others point out OxygenXML, a pretty slick-looking XML editor. Either it's pretty new and only now coming onto the scene, or I've had my head deeper...
Thursday, June 12 2003
Web-izing the Palm Pilot
Having a network-enabled (even if only through BlueTooth and infrared) is a heady experience; the ability to access the Web and sync applications from anywhere - really anywhere - is...
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Identifying RSS-Like Formats
I'm surprised by Dave Winer's continuing reluctance to identify RSS 2.0 with a namespace, given howstrongly he feels about interoperability and respecting format definitions. If RSS 2.0 had a namespace,...
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Friday, June 6 2003
Newest Toy
Got the Palm Tungsten T the other day ($309 from buy.com, - $50 trade-in). Nifty, much better than the aging handspring I was toting around. Cool apps include Kinoma for...
Wednesday, June 4 2003
RSS Soundbite
Tim Bray is looking for an RSS soundbite, what some people would call an elevator pitch, I suppose (aren't they supposed to be level? Never mind). I made an attempt...
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