By the by: Correlating the new del.icio.us JSON URL feed with Google’s recent deprecation of the SOAP Search API is about as effective as noticing how often the clock reads 12:34 when you just happen to be looking at it.
For what it’s worth, I still feel like I’ve been unfair to the guys at Google over Reader. I know how much work must’ve gone into that thing, because I know how something like that could’ve been built. I really think it’s just because it’s not the right kind of app for me, [...]
You know after I posted that semi-rant on Google Reader, it occurred to me that I was maybe being a bit too hard on it. I mean, obviously, there’s evidence of hard work put into this thing. And although I haven’t bothered to view source yet, I imagine there’s some cool AJAX-style magic [...]
Google took a big step toward challenging Microsoft’s dominance in computer word-processing and spreadsheets with the announcement Tuesday that it would distribute Java technology from Sun Microsystems.Source: Wired News: A Challenge to MS Office Errr… How does that follow? Just because a Happy Meal comes bundled with LEGO Bricks doesn’t mean McDonalds is challenging the [...]
Hi there! My name is Leslie Michael Orchard. I'm a serially enthusiastic, caffeine-dependent {web,mad,computer} scientist and {tech,scifi} writer working for the Mozilla Corporation and living near Ann Arbor / Detroit in Michigan.
