BurningbirdPat Patterson used the Planet software to create a new aggregation of feeds from weblogs, this one surrounding the topic of ‘identity’ and called Planet Identity. As with Planet RDF, these groupings help us keep up with what’s happening within the specific community of interest. Interesting that Microsoft’s InfoCards has not had much pushback. Julian Bond is about the only […]
I thought I would share a photo of Missouri’s colorful flora. Yes, you never know what exotic bloom you’ll come upon when out walking in these hills. This silk floral lei was hanging from a tree in the middle of the forest that surrounds the Illinois end of the the Chain or Rocks Bridge. For […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Seems that O’Reilly has had another one of its invite-only summits, but this time about Ajax. If you’ve missed hearing about Ajax, it’s the web development equivalent of tags (as taxonomy) and metaformats (as semantics). This is part of the technology that makes America, well, America. A new twist, though: […]
As was pointed out in comments, according to Bill Gates–a kid born rich who got richer– since I am an unemployed computer tech, I must suck. Anybody who’s got good computer science training, they are not out there unemployed,” Gates said. “We’re just not seeing an available labor pool.” What Gates means, according to David Weinberger, in […]
How disappointing that the long fought for gay rights bill lost by one vote in Washington state. And how much this loss can be placed on Microsoft’s sudden decision to withdraw support is hard to say, other than it couldn’t have helped. Several good writings on the issue including: original report at The Stranger, New Frames, BlueOregon, CNet and others. […]