It’s time, once again, for the annual Apple Developers Conference – where a number of new products and technologies are announced to Apple Developers. This year’s largest rumor is that Apple is switching manufacturers from IBM to Intel [NYT Reg Req]. Beyond that, however, there is still a lot of speculation. The show begins at […]
Comment · Posted: June 6th, 2005
In an InfoWorld article, from last week, a mention of using streaming HTTP for advanced Web-based applications was made. There was barely any explanation of the technology and I imagine that some people don’t know how it works. I figured that I could pull together a couple examples to show people. The basic concept is […]
Comment · Posted: June 5th, 2005
Google just released an interesting feature that I’m sure is going to be getting a lot of play in the upcoming days. The premise is that you generate a site map of your web site, submit it to Google every time your content changes, and your site will get crawled sooner. I’m going to investigate […]
Comment · Posted: June 3rd, 2005
If you are not familiar with the ‘Thoughtless Acts‘ train of thought, I highly recommend that you read into it more. Here’s a snippet: Some actions, such as grabbing onto something for balance, are universal and instinctive. Others, such as warming hands on a hot mug or stroking velvet, draw on experiences so deeply embodied […]
Comment · Posted: June 2nd, 2005
I think now is a good time to re-cap the last two weeks: We’ve made some significant progress, considering that we only started the Monday before last. We’ve managed to finish a large portion of the community aspect of the site, including some of the staples: Sign-Up, Profiles, Contacts, and Communities are all pretty much […]
Comment · Posted: May 29th, 2005
A topic that has intrigued me, lately, is the freedom that some companies are giving to their employees – ‘allowing’ them to explore some topics that interest them (and yet, still benefit the company) and not just menial product-upgrades.
Comment · Posted: May 21st, 2005
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. On that note, I am very impressed with the clarity of the code snippets provided in the new Backpack API, I’m hoping to carry over some of that philosophy, add in a large helping of practical examples, and serve it up in ideaShrub. […]
Comment · Posted: May 18th, 2005
Josh pulled together a very nice logo today:
It’s still undecided as to if this is the final piece, or not. We also have a couple other iterations for different pages of the site. We’ve all agreed that the colors look good, so there’s that, at least. The relative positioning is still up in the air, […]
Comment · Posted: May 18th, 2005
