Lately I’ve become be very interested in Web 2.0 with particular interest in Mashup development. Microformats, REST-based web services using RSS and/or Atom that empower mashup development, and Building APIs for the web. The concept that the web can finally start evolving into a programmable set of services and data instead of just electronic brochures …
Simple technologies recombined, not technological breakthroughs, spur disruptive innovations
Yesterday when I blogged about simplicity I forgot to mention Clayton Christensen‘s take on simple technology. Clayton’s ground-breaking book was entitled "The Innovator’s Dilemma" and is a must-read for any developer who wants to understand the business dynamics between market incumbency and innovative uses of technology. From his extensive research Christensen states in The Innovator’s Dilemma …
Technologies are best when they are simple
What’s the next big thing? AJAX? Ruby on Rails? PC Virtualization? Open-Source Software? Data Security? Open Office File Formats? Windows Vista? Windows Live? Apple’s iWhatever? Yeah, all those things will get lots of hype, but the next big thing is something we’ve had access to all along: Simplicity Are my thoughts revolutionary? Nah, I’ve been …
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RSS Feeds Delivered to your Email Inbox, for Free!
I recently came across a free service I’ve been using for about a week, and I’m finding I really like it. This free service is called RssFwd, as in "RSS Forward", and it’s totally simply to use. Just type an RSS URL into the text box on the RssFwd home page and click sumbit, then key in your …
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RSS for Periodic Report Distribution?
I just had an epiphany! (So everyone, go ahead and send me 50 links that I personally have yet to run across where others have already suggested this. :) I’ve always wanted to review key numbers related to my company’s permformance on a periodic basis; i.e. each day, each week, and each month, etc. I …
RSS Version History
I found that Don Box referenced a couple of great RSS version histories at Harvard and Microsoft. I’m blogging about them so I personally can find them next time I want to read them. :)