Entries from February 2006

February 27, 2006

Authority and Identity- An Important Relationship

One of the things that I was thinking about this weekend was authority in blog search rankings. While most of us will never even get near the Technorati Top 100, we do care about our blog rankings because that ranking has been translated to authority. Over time, authority will become much more important as this [...]

February 26, 2006

Making loose coupling real

David Chappell: “I’d argue that an important aspect of loose coupling–often the most important–is the ability to communicate via queued messaging. Sadly, this isn’t really possible today in an interoperable way with web services.”
I agree with David- we’ve really only solved interoperability between endpoints. Shy Cohen writes about this challenge as well. Hopefully we’ll see [...]

February 25, 2006

Diving into edgeio

I’m starting to dig into edgeio to better understand its services and potential. I’ll likely be posting some listings tonight or tomorrow. Watch this space for an update.

February 25, 2006

origami

is coming…

February 25, 2006

iPod boombox coming?

ThinkSecret: “The iPod Hi-Fi boombox will mark Apple’s first foray into significant iPod companion products, as the company seeks to capitalize on the iPod economy it has created, valued today at several hundred million dollars. To date, Apple has released only minor accessories for the iPod with its logo, including remotes, cases, earphones, and docks.”

February 25, 2006

If RSS is broken…

Dave Winer: “If RSS is broken, give me more broken things.”
No matter what you believe about the syndication skirmishes, Dave makes a great point here.

February 25, 2006

St. Louis blogger lunch- thoughts and ideas

I had lunch the other day with a group of St. Louis bloggers. It was a small event with Dennis Kennedy, Marianne Richmond, George Lenard and Michelle Golden. It was a nice change for me to get out of the tech blogger/IT professional echo chamber that I reside in. It was also interesting to speak [...]

February 25, 2006

Developing with Mono using Visual Studio

The Mono train keeps on moving. From Miguel de Icaza: “If you are interested in developing with Mono using Visual Studio, there are a number of tools that Francisco Martinez has developed to make your experience smoother.”
I’ve still yet to see anyone in the wild (particularly in my neck of the woods) doing this stuff [...]

February 25, 2006

Google on security?

Venture Chronicles: “Google rather lamely says that security is an issue that companies themselves have to address. Yeah, they might want to chat with the guys up in Redmond to see how well that messaging works.”
That is simply not a defensible position on the part of Google.

February 24, 2006

More Google beta issues?

Search Engine Journal: Google Page Creator Can’t Handle Capacity
Ouch. It looks like another stumble on a new service launch from Google.