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Wikipedia
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Essays
  • Micro-blogging Backup, part the third, 03 Sep 2009
    In which we peel back the covers on what's been built so far.
  • Defending the tax, 13 May 2008
    Not a political tax, the angle bracket tax.
  • DocBook 5.0: The Definitive Guide Updates, 04 Mar 2008
    Better content, better presentation.
  • Parallel windows redux, 01 Dec 2007
    I'm driving two browser windows in parallel again. That's good news for my presentations.
  • A little bit of Ajax, 15 Oct 2007
    After a brief exploration of “information management” programs, I decided to roll my own. Irrespective of whether it succeeds or fails, I learned a little something about Ajax. Emphasis on little.
  • Shared annotations?, 18 Sep 2007
    Perhaps I'm responsible for reviewing more documents than the average engineer (though I sort of doubt it), but I can't believe that I'm the only one who's been waiting years for a practical way to share annotations.
  • Parallel Windows, 20 Feb 2007
    I'm trying to drive two browser windows in parallel. It used to work, circa August of 2006, but doesn't anymore. Perhaps I was exploiting a feature subsequently deemed a bug. I dunno. Lazyweb?
  • On linking, 17 Feb 2007
    If you've got the metadata, use it: taking a run at link indirection.
  • In praise of web 1.0, 03 Apr 2006
    I'm as excited as the next web developer about the whiz-bang, AJAX, JavaScript magic of web 2.0 interfaces, but let's not forget that there's still value in designing workable interfaces for less powerful browsers.