Today I was investigating the LinkedIn API. Most developers who want to create a social app have tended to use the Facebook API but I was looking at an idea that was business focused so LinkedIn would be a better fit. While the API is fairly full featured, there are some big [...]
On the weekend, a new version of jQuery was relesed (1.4.2). What was already a good library has been optimized and runs even faster. Those that make heavy use of the library might want to try and upgrade. And obviously, any new projects should start with the latest version.
A lot of people are excited about cloud computing these days. But as with most new technologies, there aren’t a lot of standards defined yet. So vendors are adding new features using their own proprietary approaches. What this means is that once you have moved a site to a given cloud, you are [...]
The more I play with Mac OS X, the more I love it. This is a surprising new adventure for me as I’ve never really given the Mac OS much thought until recently. I’ve long been a Windows / Linux guy. It’s been over 20 years that I’ve been creating solutions for Windows and [...]
The last couple of months I’ve been playing with a new hosting company called slicehost. For those of us that are constantly in need for a server to just a few hours or a few days, slicehost is a god send. While I have been using various virtual hosting companies for things like our website, [...]
