BurningbirdO’Reilly is celebrating it’s 25 year anniversary. That’s a lot of critters on a lot of covers. Congratulations to the many people I have worked with at O’Reilly, especially Simon, Tara, David, Andy, Linda, Ron, Edd, Nate, Todd, and Derrick I’m celebrating by finishing the first draft of the last book I’m writing for O’Reilly. Rah.
Next week I’m delivering to my editor the complete first draft of “Practical RDF” for O’Reilly. Yeah, finally. No one has seen the complete TOC, including the tools, APIs and whatever used in the book and I thought I would provide a heads up before the book is released for public review. If you’re interested, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Jeneane Sessum isn’t particularly fond of New Year’s Eve, but she still looks for the positive within this year’s end: Beyond the obvious, I think about this place we’re building online. And I think 2002 was a year of a different kind of love. A different kind of family. A […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. There’s something magical about seeing the first snow flake falling. At that moment, you and nature are joined in a special secret only shared by those who look out their windows at just the right moment. The first flakes are few, and dance lightly about in the breeze, like the […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A joke for you: A woman approaches the counter at a bookstore. The guy behind the counter smiles and says, “May I help you?” “Yes. I bought this book last week,” she said. “And I wasn’t able to put it down for a moment”. The clerk replied, “It was […]