Comments on: Tagometers and Travesties http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Unit Structures – Customizing the Del.icio.us Tagometer in two steps http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-366823 Unit Structures – Customizing the Del.icio.us Tagometer in two steps Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:25:14 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-366823 <p>[...] to Del.icio.us and (Les) for the release of the Tagometer product today. I spend way too much time manually looking up the [...]</p> [...] to Del.icio.us and (Les) for the release of the Tagometer product today. I spend way too much time manually looking up the [...]

]]> By: john manoogian III ( http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-63132 john manoogian III ( Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:28:08 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-63132 <p>mmmmm, swilling the liquid core...!</p> mmmmm, swilling the liquid core…!

]]> By: Douglas Thrift's Blog http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-60890 Douglas Thrift's Blog Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:04:11 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-60890 <p><strong>Tagometer Thingy...</strong></p> <p>Woo! Now I can see that nobody saves my blog entries in del.icio.us; I'm special! Anyhoo, yeah I hacked the thingys mentioned in tagometer: badges badges badges badges BOOKMARKS BOOKMARKS and Tagometers and Travesties so they worked for me. I......</p> Tagometer Thingy…

Woo! Now I can see that nobody saves my blog entries in del.icio.us; I’m special! Anyhoo, yeah I hacked the thingys mentioned in tagometer: badges badges badges badges BOOKMARKS BOOKMARKS and Tagometers and Travesties so they worked for me. I……

]]> By: Widgets Lab » del.icio.us tagometer widget http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-60590 Widgets Lab » del.icio.us tagometer widget Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:41:42 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-60590 <p>[...] Tagometers and Travesties Tech reading. Matt McAlister showing features in a Tag-O-meter widget video Thursday December 21st 2006 Filed under: widget news [...]</p> [...] Tagometers and Travesties Tech reading. Matt McAlister showing features in a Tag-O-meter widget video Thursday December 21st 2006 Filed under: widget news [...]

]]> By: timb http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-60395 timb Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:22:52 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-60395 <p>hooray, i'm glad to see the json url feed.</p> <p>however, i shouldn't have to generate the md5s of the urls i am interested in... i should just be able to give it the actual urls.</p> hooray, i’m glad to see the json url feed.

however, i shouldn’t have to generate the md5s of the urls i am interested in… i should just be able to give it the actual urls.

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-60303 l.m.orchard Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:47:44 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-60303 <p>Honestly, it brightened my mood. The smiley was neither ironic nor sarcastic. Something big I helped launch has been stirring an interesting discussion, however tangential my blame in the making. </p> <p>Vanity and Carly Simon aside, I know I'm not the main perpetrator of JSON. I just couldn't resist an opportunity to be a smart ass. For that I have a <em>sincere</em> apology. I should probably strike it or delete it now that the giddiness of a major launch and a lot of attention has subsided.</p> <p>But seriously, what I meant above is not that this is <em>your</em> issue, per se. This post is really more directed at some comments on your blog post, in bulk. </p> <p>Our particular intentions behind using JSON here do not necessarily map to anyone else's expectation from a web service or standards-driven perspective. It seems like a lot of people are looking at this JSON data since its early release, divorced from it's main consumer: The Tagometer JS include. It works for that purpose - and incidentally might help others - but we're not working very hard to support other uses.</p> <p>Apropos of that, I don't particularly buy the hyperbole about JSON being XML's superior in the general case. JSON's a brilliant hack, but it's got issues. And seriously, if anyone thinks that adding and removing script tags on the fly in a browser DOM is the best overall way to go about things... they should be strung up. It just so happens that right now, it's the only way to do some things.</p> Honestly, it brightened my mood. The smiley was neither ironic nor sarcastic. Something big I helped launch has been stirring an interesting discussion, however tangential my blame in the making.

Vanity and Carly Simon aside, I know I’m not the main perpetrator of JSON. I just couldn’t resist an opportunity to be a smart ass. For that I have a sincere apology. I should probably strike it or delete it now that the giddiness of a major launch and a lot of attention has subsided.

But seriously, what I meant above is not that this is your issue, per se. This post is really more directed at some comments on your blog post, in bulk.

Our particular intentions behind using JSON here do not necessarily map to anyone else’s expectation from a web service or standards-driven perspective. It seems like a lot of people are looking at this JSON data since its early release, divorced from it’s main consumer: The Tagometer JS include. It works for that purpose – and incidentally might help others – but we’re not working very hard to support other uses.

Apropos of that, I don’t particularly buy the hyperbole about JSON being XML’s superior in the general case. JSON’s a brilliant hack, but it’s got issues. And seriously, if anyone thinks that adding and removing script tags on the fly in a browser DOM is the best overall way to go about things… they should be strung up. It just so happens that right now, it’s the only way to do some things.

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-60300 Geof F. Morris Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:28:32 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-60300 <p>Aw, man. It should've been "Do not taunt happy JSON URL feed."</p> Aw, man. It should’ve been “Do not taunt happy JSON URL feed.”

]]> By: Dave Winer http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties/comment-page-1#comment-60293 Dave Winer Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:00:51 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/20/tagometers-and-travesties#comment-60293 <p>Not sure if I helped your mood or made it worse, but the rant wasn't about you. </p> <p>http://www.json.org/xml.html</p> <p>Tell me what you think of that bit of hyperbole. Someone there is trying to undermine a lot of work a lot of people did over a long period of time to get software to interoperate. When you say that's just my issue, you miss the point. It should be everyone's.</p> Not sure if I helped your mood or made it worse, but the rant wasn’t about you.

http://www.json.org/xml.html

Tell me what you think of that bit of hyperbole. Someone there is trying to undermine a lot of work a lot of people did over a long period of time to get software to interoperate. When you say that’s just my issue, you miss the point. It should be everyone’s.

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