DeWitt Clinton

I am now just over a week into the development of an experimental new project. The project is, on the surface, to build a new type of Wiki. But really, the project is about the development process itself and a new way of thinking about software development. In fact, because of that new way of [...]

I’m not sure I even know if I want to write about this issue. For one, it is probably nothing. And two, this is my career — it is a small community, and I bear no ill will toward anyone in it. I’m not suggesting anyone in particular is at fault. But I briefly alluded [...]

As everyone has already mentioned, Google just flipped the switch on what people are calling My Google. Jeremy Zawodny’s commentary is particularly interesting, as is John Battelle’s. Over the past few weeks, I’ve written a few things about Google’s search history. While some of this has been critical, I certainly praise and understand Google’s interest [...]

Growth is good. Particularly when you are talking about the number of people that are reading your website. In the case of unto net, that number has been growing consistently over the past year or two. Occasionally there are surges when big sites pick up on stories, such as the one about the end of [...]

[This is a continuation of part 5 of a series of articles on transparently building a new web application.] I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t fully understand REST. I’ve read and reread Fielding’s dissertation. I’ve read most of the top web search results on REST. But still there are questions and ambiguities. [...]