Archive for September, 2008:
Unconference News and Preparation
So, I just finished my first cut at my slides for my OpenWorld Unconference session, which I’m tentatively calling, “Are you insulting me? Essential geek-speak, FTW!”.
If you’re interested, check them out and give me feedback, comments, keeping in mind my goal is to educate by example, not give a comprehensive history. And to have a [...]
Rise of the Machines?
Ironically, the same day as my tongue-in-cheek post about Chrome and HAL, news that United Airlines’ stock was pummeled thanks to algorithms broke.
After trying to write a short version of the story, I’m realizing it’s too complex. Here are the events in the sequence they’ve been reported by the Wall Street Journal:
Late on September 6, [...]
Separated at Birth?
While answering comments today, a separated at birth popped into my head for Google Chrome, the HAL 9000.
The Chrome logo is also very reminiscent of eyes the CG Transformers have in last year’s live-action movie. I don’t recall that Skynet had a logo, but I’m sure it would be the type of shiny eye [...]
Thoughts on Chrome
So, I decided to read the Chrome comic book, which was sent out to a select few influencers prior to the launch last week.
I wanted to see what all the fuss is about, and a couple things intrigued me. First, since Chrome is Windows only, it must be pretty good to stay relevant in an [...]
Back to Work
So, I’ve returned from my staycation officially, and thanks to scheduled posts, it was almost like I never left. Everyone wins.
I’ve made it through several hundred emails; incidentally, would you take a job that had in its description of responsibilities:
To send and receive thousands of emails each month.
Just wondering, since we all seem to have [...]
The Wordle According to AppsLab
Earlier this year, a friend of the ‘Lab, let’s call him Jim, asked me to open up email subscriptions for this little blog so he could consume his AppsLab goodness by email.
Through Jim’s crusading, we now have 17 subscribers by email. I think each of you should thank Jim with flowers or chocolates.
Anyway, Jim and [...]
OpenSocial Update
I haven’t blogged about our OpenSocial progress since Rich finished up his last mockup revisions a few weeks ago.
Not a whole lot to report, Rich got pulled away to work on a Mix hardware upgrade for a week, then he took a well-deserved break. My guess is he’s refreshed and back cranking out the Javascript [...]
Jumping into the Unconference
The Unconference at OpenWorld continues to fill up; Tuesdays advance slot are all full, and Wednesday is quickly filling up too.
I noticed Raimonds added a session last week called “Using Ruby on Rails with legacy Oracle databases” on Thursday at 10 AM. If you’re still at the conference on Thursday, I highly recommend checking out [...]
What’s Left to Murder-Death-Kill?
You know it’s a good day when you can drop a Demolition Man reference.
It’s a weird time right now. Intertubes-based communication is crowding older, established methods, and as digital natives (i.e. Millenials) enter the workforce, their preferred means for communicating are at odds with what we’re all used to using to, you know, do business.
This [...]
Why Flickr Rules Even if You Don’t Share Photos
I love Flickr. It’s one of the original Web 2.0 poster-children for good reason.
Beyond the API and the tagging and the sharing of images, Flickr has become my go-to resource for awesome pictures.
Everyone knows that images make boring, more interesting. You know, that whole picture is worth a 1,000 word aphorism?
When you install a new [...]
