Is Techmeme myopic?
June 2, 2008
I’m a big fan of TechMeme, a web aggregation service that provides, at a glance, a few of what’s being discussed in the technology-focused part of the blogosphere. It has allowed me to unsubscribe from a large number of RSS feeds that were providing me with redundant information and I’ve long hoped for a version of TechMeme that would provide me […]
Why the Boo.comeback makes sense
November 28, 2006
There has been much discussion lately, most of it negative (you can read more comments on Technorati), about the comeback of boo.com and once again, I find myself on the opposite side of the shared wisdom. Before I go into reasons as to why I think a comeback by Boo.com (a boo.comeback?) makes sense, let me first go into my […]
Standards as social contracts
June 7, 2006
Looking at the efforts Dave Winer is undertaking in terms of getting OPML to become yet another standard, I’ve been thinking about how formats get adopted. The key insight I came up with is that standards are actually a form of social contract and increasingly, data formats is following the same path. Looking at the history In order […]
Adobe acquires Macromedia
April 18, 2005
This morning’s big news is that Macromedia is being acquired by Adobe. Reading through the announcement, it is hard to say whether this will come to pass or not, as there are many monopoly issues surrounding this deal. Side by Side The biggest impact will probably be felt on the low end of the creative space. Here’s […]
2005 Predictions
January 3, 2005
Another year, another round of predictions. As is now becoming customary on TNL.net, it’s time to project out the future year. As always, I’ll revisit those predictions at the end of the year. Voice Over IP VoIP experienced tremendous growth in 2004 but it was just the beginning. This year, much more will happen in that space. Cable […]
The day I broke Gmail
May 12, 2004
Like many other geeks, I’ve gotten a Gmail account but unlike most people, it took me less than 48 hours to render unoperational (and this time, it’s not a joke). First of all, let me say that while it is an interesting package, it is not without flaws. For starters, the lack of indicator when the Spam […]
Google Ping
August 12, 2003
I’ve been spending some time playing around with the Google API and can’t help but think there is a piece missing: That of sending data to Google via this interface. The concept is hardly new as weblog software like mine already sends information out to such services as Weblogs.com, Blo.gs, Blogrolling and Technorati, telling them that […]
Compression, Glorious Compression
July 12, 2003
I added the XML files and QuickTime movies to the list of things that are now compressed for this site. Expect and even faster TNL.net experience!
It’s all XML in the end
July 10, 2003
As pointed out, At the end of the day, any XML metadata wrapper around the content of our blog entries will do the job, and it’s trivial to transform one flavor of wrapper to another.. A large part of the purpose of RSS2Necho was to demonstrate that if you have an RSS feed, you can get […]
Tipping the Edge
July 7, 2003
Tim O’Reilly recently talked about the evolution of software and how all software should be network aware. While I generally believe that this is true (see my February 2000 article on Hybrid computing), I’d like to make a few comments on Tim’s note. Discoverability and Security The first assumption is that software should be able to connect automatically. […]
