Indie Tip #4: Get a Life

Indie Tip #4: Get a Life. Being an independent developer is great, but it can lead you to feel isolated if you don't force yourself to get away from your computer. You're not mingling with co-workers every day, so you've got to find other ways to socialize. Otherwise you'll end up being just another blob… Continue reading Indie Tip #4: Get a Life

Semantic web as social enjoyment

Semantic web as social enjoyment. The recent launch of Freebase.com, the first application of the semantic web engine being developed by Danny Hillis’ new company, Metaweb, was written up by, among others, Esther Dyson, Tim O’Reilly, and Martin Heller, from whom I received an invitation to try Freebase. (Note: I don’t yet seem to have… Continue reading Semantic web as social enjoyment

Joyent Slingshot

Joyent Slingshot. Introducing Joyent Slingshot Joyent Slingshot allows developers to deploy Rails applications that work the same online and offline (with synchronization) and with drag into and out of the application just like a standard desktop application. We have Joyent Connector and a select group of third party applications working under Joyent Slingshot. Joyent plans… Continue reading Joyent Slingshot

Updates on Working Virtually (March 2007)

Updates on Working Virtually (March 2007). I regularly write about the advantages – and challenges – of working virtually. Several recent items are good reading for anyone interested in this concept. 1. Reasons to Hold Out Hope For Balancing Work and Home in the Wall Street Journal (1/11/07) reports that “What’s hot is informal flexibility… Continue reading Updates on Working Virtually (March 2007)

Security Theatre

Security Theatre   Almost everything that happens before you fly on a plane is not as it seems. In order to deal with anxiety, the airlines put on a show. They've been doing it for a long, long time, and it's starting to show signs of wear and tear. The show is getting old and… Continue reading Security Theatre