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Buzzwords or Usability?

Tue 6 Dec 2005 2:32am

I just read a totally awesome post by Kathy Sierra that I found via Brian’s Delicious. Basically, Kathy asserts that all the (sometimes poorly defined) web2.0 buzzwords that are floating around don’t mean jack if you aren’t using them to create a more kick-ass experience for users. I couldn’t agree more. Web developers have to […]

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Ruby on Rails: Why Won’t You Work?

Mon 5 Dec 2005 3:12am

I’ve been trying to get into Ruby on Rails lately. I purchased the PragProg book and read through it. After reading about it, I was really excited by the beautifully elegant system that they have set up for building webapps. Building them very quickly. I even tried a few examples and they worked like a […]

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Microsoft: Positive Signs?

Thu 1 Dec 2005 2:02am

Earlier this month, I thought that Microsoft might be starting to show an about face in their online strategy. First, great hoopla was raised in the blogosphere over the release of Simple Sharing Extensions. Frederico Oliveira over at WeBreakStuff certainly had positive things to say about it (although he also had positive things to say […]

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Sean McBride
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