BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Question: How do you turn a Web 1.0 application into a Web 2.0 one? Answer: Pull the plug. I’ve been involved in comments over at Robert Scoble’s on the Zooomr crash and burn, and make no mistake: the application is down and out, and there is no plan in place to get […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Like the rest of the world, I’ve been exploring the tutorial and examples for the new Google Gears. I was particularly caught by the addition of SQLite for offline storage–I never imagined a day installing a relational database on your client’s machine via the browser on the fly. It’s remarkably easy […]
I swear, it took every ounce of strength I had to keep from running to the nearest souvenir stand, buying a giant fluffy Tweety tie, and beating that guy to death with it. Rob Rybarczyk at St. Louis Today.
From a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that’s no longer online: Jennie Irene Hodgers was born in County Louth, Ireland, on Christmas Day in 1843 and later sailed to New York with her family. But she already was calling herself Albert D.J. Cashier when she turned up in Belvidere, Ill., and enlisted in the […]
It’s a bit surprising, at times, to look around and realize how many webloggers have been hired by big companies. For the most part, such hiring is based on the person’s skill, drive, and interest, and I celebrate their good fortune and the company’s good sense. There are occasions, though, where the hiring seems less […]