Archive for August, 2008

Microblogging syndication formats
Saturday, August 16th, 2008

I’ve been thinking a little bit about the syndication formats for microblogs lately, and I’m wondering if we might all agree upon some very simple conventions to integrate the various providers. Nothing profound here, just some simple ideas about how to get an easy win with existing technologies.
Taking FriendFeed as the best current example [...]

On Fighting the Web Itself
Friday, August 8th, 2008

Earlier this week I posted a short piece about end user licensing questions in Silverlight. I discussed potential incompatibilities in the Beta 2 licensing terms with respect to open source software development. For most people this is a niche concern, a curiosity, but not something they would normally be thinking about. Besides, [...]

Will Silverlight prohibit open source applications?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

A little stream-of-consciousness sleuthing into the Microsoft Silverlight Pre-Release Software License Terms, Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 2 has me thinking about an interesting potential future scenario.
The Silverlight 2 Beta 2 licensing terms, while in no way guaranteed to be the same terms as the final license, have an interesting side-effect: they appear to prohibit [...]