Archive for the 'work' Category

More changes (good ones!)
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

I spent the last month on vacation. This was the longest stretch of time I have ever taken off. I had such grand plans for it. I even began keeping a todo list and wrote down every cool idea I had. The list grew and grew. I checked off perhaps three things by the time [...]

This whole “not working” thing
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Several people recommended that I should take an extended holiday while I have the chance. But I’m not sure that I’m cut out for vacations. I get antsy without a place to be and I feel like I’m slacking (or I worry that other people will think I’m slacking). So vacation or not, the time [...]

Changes
Friday, August 18th, 2006

Sorry to have been quiet for so long. I’ve been heads down getting the final version of the OpenSearch 1.1 specification finished and preparing a community-oriented OpenSearch website. With luck those will both go live within the week. On a related note, today is my last day with A9/Amazon. It has been an amazing several [...]

On RSS and Atom
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

RSS is great. No, I’ll go further than that. RSS, as a representation of an idea, is perhaps the single most influential cultural shift of the post-2001 technical and business community. RSS is the embodiment of the notion of sharing and syndication. Businesses will do well the heed the lessons being taught by people like [...]

Hire Joe!
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

My bet is that someone is going to make a very smart hire in the very near future. Joe Gregorio is looking for a new gig. For those that don’t know Joe, he is the co-author of the Atom Publishing Protocol, guru of all things REST (and SOAP), über-experienced programmer, fantastic writer, and just a [...]