DeWitt Clinton

Blogging via the browser is a potentially powerful model. This post, for example, was entirely written and published using Flock, the content-oriented browser based on the Mozilla codebase.
Of course, the real value isn’t in using the browser as a stand-alone blog-post editor. If you’re online you may as well use your native blog [...]

I have been revisiting the tools I use in my preferred Java web application development stack. Some of these are being used by me for the first time (Velocity, Eclipse Web Tools Project) or replace older tools that served similar roles (Subversion, Maven, Spring Framework). Others are newer versions that introduce invaluable feature [...]

As has been observed before, microformats work particularly well in the context of syndicated search.
With that in mind, here is something that I have been working on:

A draft document on OpenSearch and microformats.

But first, some background:
Microformats exhibit a profound and subtle characteristic in that they can be used to present structured and semi-structured [...]

I notice that the milestone release of Firefox 2 has implemented a mechanism for “Google Suggest“-style auto-completions right in the browser’s search box. Very neat feature.
I haven’t pinged Gavin yet about whether or not this feature will be exposed in the new search plugin model. This document hints that it might be; [...]

I pushed out a new version of the venerable Cache::Cache module to CPAN and SourceForge. It may take an hour or two for the files to propagate to the mirrors. Just a few minor bugfixes in version 1.05, nothing to worry about if it already works for you.
I wrote the original module some [...]

Forget AJAX and web services. Here is the coolest Internet product launch of the year:

Amazon.com Groceries
Some points from the site:

More than 10,000 non-perishable grocery items. Selection is growing every day.
All items are eligible for free Super Saver Shipping and Amazon Prime
A new “Shopping List” feature. Like Wish Lists, but designed for things you [...]

Bit by bit, progress was made on the demo/prototype for the little machine. The “little machine” is an experiment on how one could a) use Atom 1.0 files as a canonical store for content, b) offer read/write access via APP, c) build a real-time in-memory index of that content, d) surface that index via [...]

You can now IM me via Google Talk/Gmail via my own personal email address. Try it — add me (dewitt at unto dot net) as a contact in Gmail or Google Talk and invite me to chat.
When Google Talk launched I remember being impressed that they chose an open format as their protocol. [...]

Who is feeling creative today?
I need a name for a new site. The name needs to be available on .com, .net, and .org and not trademarked or in common use.
The site is going to host a blog, a wiki, and a mailing list for search technology information.
I’ve been incredibly frustrated by the lack of [...]

OpenID is a protocol that allows for the decentralized sharing of identity information. OpenID rocks and the web will be a better place as more people adopt it and the extensions that will follow.
The technically inclined may want to take a look at the OpenID specifications. The specs are clear and [...]