Technology
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Yahoo! Open Sources a Bunch of Developer Tools
Yahoo! has released a set of powerful User Interface Library and Design Pattern Library controls. These things allow developers to insert auto-complete functions, pagination (next/ previous buttons), navigation tabs, and other useful widgets into their web projects. Experienced developers may not need these, but by sharing their work under Creative Commons and BSD licenses, Yahoo!…
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Read/ Write Web for Technology/ Media Analysis
As I said upon the launch of Derivative Works, I am interested in web technology trends, but there’s no reason for me to blog about them because other people do such a great job of it. Keeping up with the day job, family, and various projects, my life doesn’t include a trip to Vegas for…
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Weblog Plagiarism Hysteria
There’s been a lot of noise lately (and in a dull fashion, for a while) about “plagiarism” of weblog content on the internet. The latest rush was started here by Om Malik. Here’s my take:
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International Communications Data Mining by the NSA: Sounds Good to Me
Today’s New York Times has a long story about how the NSA is monitoring all international electronic communication. They also have a news story that shows what the agency actually does: The agency has traced and analyzed the traffic flow – looking at who is calling whom, where calls originate and end, and other patterns…
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Y!Q for Publishers: More Hyper, Less Link!
I helped create a tool to create Y!Q links, allowing for rich annotations.