Christopher T. Nitchie: Geek StuffBlogging of technical stuff of interest.(Untitled)- February 6, 2002 You know, I realised in the shower that my post on Radio documentation was much more confrontational than I meant it to be, so I edited it up and made it a story: Radio Docs and Where to Find Them. I was going to change the post to point to the story, but Garth had already commented on it, so I felt obligated to leave the old version as-is. I stand by my criticism, but the post is more caustic than I had intended.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100564/categories/geekStuff/2002/02/06.html#a102 (Untitled)- February 6, 2002 One final note before I sign off. The Web Services the BigCo's talk about will one day soon allow me to check the weather and stock quotes and bank balances and countless other pieces of information. That's nice. The Web Services that run on your desktop (like Radio) allow create an infinite web of interacting applications owned and operated by other human beings all over the world. That's awesome.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100564/categories/geekStuff/2002/02/05.html#a101 (Untitled)- February 6, 2002 A few days ago, Dave Winer pointed to Charles Miller who complained about the documentation problem with Radio 8. That got me thinking, and this post is the result. Radio has two audiences: writers and developers. UserLand treats its writer customers very, very well. The application built in to the Radio platform makes writing for the web easy and powerful. Five minutes, and someone who knows very little about technology can be writing to the web. That's incredible...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100564/categories/geekStuff/2002/02/05.html#a100 (Untitled)- February 6, 2002 Giants forging Web services consortium. "Microsoft, IBM, Intel and BEA Systems plan to educate businesses on how to build Web services and how to ensure they do it in a compatible way, according to sources." CNET News.com Call me a skeptic, but any time BigCos get together to "educate" they wind up stepping on each others' toes, getting in each others' way, arguing, bickering, and trying to control the conversation. Do you really expect Microsoft to get along with Bea, an upstart...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100564/categories/geekStuff/2002/02/05.html#a99 |