Monthly Archives: July 2007

XML is almost 10 years old now. IT Conservative brings up something, albeit making it bigger than it really is, that is a point worth making: I grew up with the idea that it is better to put a bit more effort into something at the beginning so that you would safe a lot ofContinue reading “10 Years of XML”

I love this. Enjoy.

There are two things going on right now that really capture my attention (as far as web 2.0 goes): Twitter, Jaiku and to a lesser extent Pownce Facebook I talked about Twitter before (here and here). I did not mention facebook much I think. I became a member a month or two ago and haveContinue reading “The Two Things on my Radar”

Phil Morle talked about WebFS on Webjam 3. It’s a short 3 minute presentation but it gives a nice idea on what is supposed to do. http://www.viddler.com/player/77accd20/ Still don’t get it? Check my advocacy page.

I had some more time to read some and explore some new weblogs the past few days. One of the more amusing ones is a new kid on the block: IT Conservative. Written by someone who clearly is no big fan of free software, given the tag-line: “Fighting the war against Free Software fundamentalism.” HisContinue reading “IT Conservative”

Here’s a nice and long Javascript tutorial. I haven’t done much with Javascript for the past years and was never that familiar with the things beyond basic control structure, simple DOM things and functions and things. This tutorial gives a nice introduction into JS’s object model. A good read.

London Design Festival 2006: Bridge, by Michael Cross, is a series of steps that rise out of the water as you walk across them, as if walking on water. On entering the exhibition the visitor is met by an empty expanse of water with one step at its edge: stepping on to it forces it…