Agile Ajax
Aidan Henry over at MappingTheWeb asks whether Ajax is on the way out. Aside from observing that the "frenzy ways of web 2.0 are over," he opines that:My quarrel lies in the fact that many web designers and developers choose to overuse this technology to the point of stupidity. It is meant to simplify the experience, not co (Read More)
CNN
Sean Knapp had it made. As a young computer scientist, he couldn't have had a better gig: working at Google, the engineer's paradise. He had all the usual perks - a massage every other week, onsite laundry, free all-you-can-eat haute cuisine. Even better, he got to work on some of Google's highest-profile products, includin (Read More)
One Microsoft Way
Microsoft admitted that a partner was responsible for some legitimate URL blocking that happened this weekend on Windows Live Messenger. However, the company still can't completely answer the "why?" question.Read More...
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Journyx Project Management Blog
Your IT department is taking on a complex project—a new application with lots of data integration challenges, a Web front-end, a new database-management system platform, dedicated servers in the data center, and field-office training during the roll-out, along with all the usual issues of change control, help-desk set-up an (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped noticed today that Google announced that it will be shuttering its Hello photo sharing and chat application next week. Hello was an instant messenger-like desktop photo sharing application that made it easy to send photos to friends via an encrypted connection. The Hello.com web page (Read More)