I needed to get a small content website up and running for a project a friend of mine and I are working on, and we started discussing what to use; i.e. raw HTML, a web framework, a CMS, or something else. I have experience on ASP, IIS, and Windows Server using my own mini ASP-based …
Help Expose URLs that Suck!
Over on the Well Designed URLs Initiative blog, which is my baby, I’ve started a call-to-action to get people to use delicious to tag: URLs that Suck! Check it out, and then be sure to tag any especially bad URLs with the tag “urls-that-suck” on delicious.
About “Five Not-So-Easy Steps to Save Microsoft”
While I’m not in the habit of link blogging, Jason Kolb blogged a similar take to my recent themes about Microsoft entitled Five Not-So-Easy Steps to Save Microsoft. Jason starts with: Let me stick a disclaimer on the front of this post: I cut my teeth on Microsoft technology and have been a big supporter …
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Windows Home Server; I guess Microsoft listened!
In October 2005 I blogged about the need for a Server for End Users. I guess Microsoft was listening. ;-) From Larry Dignan over on ZDNet.
Enthusiasm for Microformats Premature
Earlier this year I raved about Microformats here on my blog. When Tantek Çelik gave his presentation at the Future of Web Apps Conference I had numerous epiphanies. As I am want to do, I projected my ideas and envisioned how Microformats could solve several problems on the web and I came away completely enthused. …
THE MOST AWESOME Print Dialog on the Web, EVER!
Some one sent me a link to this page about REST and when I went to print it, up popped THE MOST AWESOME Print Dialog I’ve EVER seen on the web! I so hope this guy starts a trend… P.S. Unfortunately it doesn’t work for me to link directly to it, or I would.
Will Microsoft Meet Occupational Programmer’s Needs?
Contents Defining “Occupational Programmer“ Professionals need Industrial Strength Hobbyists need to Learn Occupational Programmers need Productivity Occupational Programmers need Discovery Occupational Programmers need to Experiment Occupational Programmers need Progressive Disclosure Occupational Programmers need their Skills Grown But Don’t Sandbox Occupational Programmers Focus on Languages and Frameworks, not GUI Tools Not Hard to Serve this HUGE …
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Microsoft’s Obsolete Process and Release Cycle
I made two posts recently that muddled serveral issues so I am creating a seperate post here to isolate them and provide a location for comments specific to this issue: Microsoft is loosing the battle with its open-source competition in languages and web frameworks because of their obsolete processes and release cycles In summary, it’s …
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Clarifying my Microsoft Developer Division Rant, Redux
I made two posts recently discussing Microsoft’s Developer Division. Although I had strong feelings about the issues, my thoughts were still too unclear to be succinct. But writing clarifies thought and I had already waited too long to post so a-posting I went. Reading the comments it became clear I had muddled several issues: How …
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