Fred Wilson says that the definition of “Web 2.0″ has become so hyped up that it’s borderline worthless as a term, but that he likes the early definition “the web as a platform.”
I don’t disagree with this as a technical description of why the web is such a powerful enabler; but the thing is, it […]
Along with many many other interesting things that I’ll omit here as off-topic, I heard a lot of good discussion at BAR Camp about microformats.
Beyond their technical usefulness and practicality, microformats are interesting to me because so many of them seem to be centered around de-coupling personal data from application that might use that data. […]
A bunch of recent technical books have gone through a “beta” process, either public or by invite. This is great for everyone, since it allows interested readers to comment and correct ahead of the first print publication, so the “first” print edition is really more like the second. There’s various ways in which people have […]
I recently read a couple of articles that suggested “automatic” 401K and IRA signups and a “sensible default portfolio” as a way to increase the low savings rate in the U.S., and it reminded me of an impressive feature of the Rails web application framework, which is essentially that of “smart defaults.” This is touted […]
I recently attended a Rails meetup here in SF with David Hansson and some other folks in town for the AJAX Summit. I wanted to try to get more of a feel for Rails, AJAX, and the current Web 2.0 mentality (and look for potential hires). I took away two lessons: (1) these technologies really […]