Speaking of podcasts, last week I unsubbed from Rocketboom, the show having officially become unbearably advertising-swamped. It feels good (but not as good as getting that hour-per-week of my life back from Diggnation). Possibly coming soon: unsub from Security Now, instead of fast-forwarding through half of it at present. -m
Month: September 2007
A strange note at the top of the web site that appeared in the last couple of days: Yahoo! apologizes deeply, but we will be closing down the Podcasts site on Oct. 31, 2007 It’s underlined to look like a link, but in fact is just styled that way. Some further observations and questions: The…
What are some good tools, with a strong preference for open source, for editing XForms these days? Comment below… -m
In the last few weeks, I’ve been getting more recruitment pitches, including from the well known person ________ who is now at _______, for a think-tank position with _______, multiple LinkedIn requests from Web 2.0 company ________ and even ________. So, is this a sign that the general industry is picking up? -m P.S. I’m…
EXSLT support coming to Firefox 3.0. Python Flyweights. Timeline of MSFT engagement on document standards. RDFa Primer. And not that this is a conspiracy blog or anything, but strange things are afoot at Minot AFB, hours from where I grew up. -m
Watch this space for details. I’ll be speaking about something related to Python and XPath 2.0. Watch this blog for tidbits on the subject. :) -m
My Copious Free Time(tm) has been filled lately by two different evaluation projects. One is the 2nd Annual Writing Show Best First Chapter of a Novel Contest, for which the first round of judging is just winding up. The main benefit for contest entrants is that every submission gets a professional critique of at least…
Video from XTech, worth a look. -m
In the last couple of days, I’ve had three completely separate instances of people freshly interested in XForms coming to ask me about Stuff. A declarative model is pretty much irresistible compared to the alternatives. But nobody can directly use an abstract declarative sculpture–sombody needs to put some solid vocabulary and processing meat on the…