BurningbirdOne of the programming jobs I’ve had recently was to provide PHP functions to access the Newsgator SOAP API; hiding as much of the SOAP bits as possible. I used the nuSOAP PHP library as the basis for my work. Though SOAP functionality is built into PHP 5, my client, like most people, are still […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. There are a lot of people upset at a Forbes Magazine cover story on weblogs (free and easy registration required). Of course, it seeks to generate heat by the lead-in, which is inflammatory to say the least: Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing […]
Time to start releasing some code. The Metaform RDF extension and plugins are finally really for beta use. The Metaform Extension creates a new page in your WordPress weblog that provides a home for all metadata extensions. You’ll also need to add a few lines to your wp-configure.php file and a couple of your templates. The install.txt […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. After checking out the tech.memeorandum.com web site for a few weeks now I’ve made several observations: First, most of the stories covered are about business, rather than technology. The companies in focus may be technical, but the stories are about commerce. Second, if you’re a woman writing about technology, don’t expect to […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My train leaves in about 8 hours and I’m not going to try to nap before taking it. Instead, I’m going to write, about this and that, until I have to close my computer and pack it. My mother did order DSL through her phone company for me to use […]