Archive for October, 2005

Web 2.0 skepticism emerging

Monday, October 10th, 2005

Noticeable since the Web 2.0 Conference last week is the usual plethora of overly enthusiastic blog entries. Web 2.0 is going to change the world, everything is going to be AJAX, etc. Thankfully however, there are the faint murmuring of skepticism showing up here and there. Now most of the skepticism is coming from venture [...]

Adding Simple CSS - Part 1

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

Well I’ve just finished the second article on Web Coder Plus. Adding simple CSS, part 1 of 2.
I ran through it quickly before posting, but haven’t had the time to check it fully for errors. So if you spot one, feel free to point it out to me.
On Del.icio.us: CSS, XHTML, HTML, webdesign

Web 2.0 vs. Semantic Web

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

There is a great article on XML.com (OReillynet.com) by Dan Zambonini on how he believes the web 2.0 meme is killing (or maybe we should say aborting since it never really took off) the semantic web (SW).
The problem with SW is of course the same as the problem with good web design using XHTML and [...]

Support the Commons

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Creative commons is having a major fund drive to make $225000 by the end of the year. They need this cash to continue expanding and offering tools to help us share our work. So if you like the commons, support the commons.
On Del.icio.us: CreativeCommons, CC

Google Reader

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Now I can often go on about how AJAX is going to be misused, slow and generally a bad thing. Of course then google will go and release yet another AJAX application that just plain and simply rocks. They time and time again manage to create applications that are fast, superbly functional and extremely simple [...]