I wrote http://wildobs.com with support for numerous Atom feeds (e.g. http://wildobs.com/adam_jack.atom) because they just make sense; folks can query into a database for things that interest them, and access the information when they want it. Customized notifications w/o the interruptions.
Funny thing is … I know of so few people who actually read feeds. Even techies, many just […]
In this techie world where last year is just so last decade I finally looked for and found that Google Advanced search can be page age aware. When looking for some code (even documentation) for something it is great to exclude older references. Great not to find JavaScript for Netscape 3 when I need it […]
I’m tired of WildObs users struggling with (or objecting to) Flickr. WildObs is not a photos site, it is about encounters data (what, where, when & who) but some encounters are just richer with a photo. I followed the Flickr directions, created an “import from Flickr” rails application (I’ll post code if folks are interested) yet […]
I still hear marketeer type folks saying “go to blogs and post a comment, linking back to your site”. You’ll get traffic and improve your SEO. Anybody with a half-way-modern blogging package has implemented that urls in comments get hypertexted with rel=”nofollow” which zaps any SEO value.
I don’t know wether to mention this to all the folks manually trying […]
Today I noticed that WildObs Google maps stopped showing controls, and that informational windows stopped popping. Having spent a couple of hours tinkering (removing this, removing that, questioning everything) & generally pulling my hair out. I am starting to wonder if YM4R and Google are not playing nicely today. I can see the google maps […]
Recently I did a search for “restful_authentication and open id” (looking for if others had done a better job of integrating the two than I had) and came upon “StackOverflow” in the the search results. Having thoroughly respected item #1 on Joel’s StackOverflow introduction, in short — get answers don’t get rambling discussions — I […]
I’ve was pleased to get my hands on Mozilla Lab’s Geode, their plug-in implementation of Geolocation API. I’ve been looking for something like this for a while.
What disappoints me is the API is just about numbers, not names. They do have latitude, longitude (and altitude, which is great) but no placename/placemark. Raw numbers are just […]
Last night I took Brad Feld’s advice and attended an ATLAS seminar on Social Networking: Using Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn. The speaker, Matt Galligan (aka IndieKid) of SocialThing was a smart guy, clearly into his topic/on top of his topic, was entertainingly nervous & seemingly enjoying beginning public speaking.
What struck me was:
His examples of “don’t […]
I am in the process of working Gravatar into my WildObs site. Gravatar provides “hosted user icons” (avatars) for comments on blog/forums/social networks. I applaud that (1) ‘cos I don’t want to host/manage/backup (2) I wanted to save myself writing the image crop (3) folks can use what they’ve already created.
They have good integration support, […]
At the beginning of the year I started a mental/physical (and technical) journey. I took a leap into the career unknown. After a lot of hikes/snowshoes along came Ruby on Rails on a Mac, a nomadic work-style, and a lot of fresh encounters. Not an easy transition (and still in progress) but so far a rewarding […]