Friday, February 23rd, 2007
This is an interesting article by Rich Seeley on 2/22/06:
URL: http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci1244843,00.html
The number of mobile workers globally will soon be more than double the total U.S. population, according to predictions by another analyst firm, IDC Corp. IDC has predicted that in two years there will be 878 million mobile workers ...
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Monday, December 11th, 2006
The Ajax wildfire makes many people constantly think about what impact it has on other technologies such as Java, Flash and .NET. Are application developers going to switch from other technologies to Ajax? I explored this subject with regard to Flash in my earlier post
The Converging Developer Community - AJAX ...
Posted in WebDev, conference | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
On October 31 2006, while we are all enjoying trick and treat on this Halloween day (a beautifully sunny day in Boston), there are some very nice treats in the web 2.0 space too:
JotSpot, a wiki-based collaboration software and service company, was acquired by Google on October 31 2006. The ...
Posted in google, software business model | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 13th, 2006
What is Internet Messaging Bus? Internet Messaging Bus is an enhanced web communication layer built on top of HTTP that supports two-way, bi-directional communications as well as reliable messaging.
We all know HTTP, the communication layer of Web 1.0. Recently, we also started to realize some of the limitations of HTTP. ...
Posted in WebDev, web 2.0 | 16 Comments »
Saturday, October 7th, 2006
At AjaxWorld Conference and OpenAjax Alliance back to back meetings in Santa Clara, CA this week, it has been hard not to think about the developer community and how Web 2.0 is impacting it today.
Web development can be roughly divided into two camps:
Web site development;
Web application development;
"Web site development" is ...
Posted in WebDev | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
It is shocking that some people would actually recommend "Java EE to be more Ajax-like". Java Developer's Journal reports in story "Why Can't Java EE Be More Ajax-like"?) that Cincinnati-based Brandon Werner's blogged:
"AJAX is not a set of any one company’s technologies, and there is not even a 'reference ...
Posted in WebDev | 26 Comments »
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
There are some fairly big issues with Ajax and I am puzzled. I think the Ajax community need to pay more attention here in order for Ajax to be really adopted.
Before i get into the negatives about Ajax, let me clarify my position about Ajax first.
Yes, there are ...
Posted in WebDev | 6 Comments »
Friday, May 5th, 2006
This is the third post of Enterprise Rich Internet Application Series.
RIA Solutions Today
There are many RIA solutions available today. Each of them fits into one of the approaches mentioned above. Some of the solutions come with tooling that can simplify development and maintenance. The following table shows a list ...
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
This is the second post of Enterprise Rich Internet Application Series.
Approaches to RIA Development
Though it is still evolving rapidly, today’s RIA marketplace is already rich in choice, and IT is challenged to match technology options with business goals. But while there are a variety of approaches and products ...
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Thursday, April 27th, 2006
This is the first post of Enterprise Rich Internet Application Series.
Welcome to a New Paradigm
The Web began as an environment for content sharing and small-scale data transfer via e-mail, newsgroups, and so forth. These initial uses quickly led to more sophisticated applications, particularly in the ...
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Sunday, August 14th, 2005
Introduction
Gmail, GoogleSuggest and GoogleMap opened the eyes for millions of netizens to a “new” Web: a smarter, more responsive and more interactive Web that does not employ a foolhardy “click, wait and refresh” approach. For the first time, the vast majority realize the Web can be much better than what ...
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