Teasing the Rails Inflector
9 April 2007
I must be getting buggy-eyed from all of the finals, but this is funny to me today.
Entries tagged “Technology”
45 Minutes
28 March 2007
Looking back, the entire month of February still feels like a blur, like riding shotgun: ahead and behind you the scenery seems to move slowly, but immediately around you, the world races by. [Enlighten][], essentially the place to do interactive work in Ann Arbor, hired me sight-unseen to a contract (a.k.a. Big Boy Job). With [...]
JavaScript libraries revisited
11 January 2007
Today [PPK rounded up several recent posts debating Javascript Libraries][ppk]. I defended JS libraries a few weeks ago, but I feel the need to expound. They get a bad rap, and I think its undeserved–especially as the expectations of Web users increase. [ppk]: “QuirksBlog: Again JavaScript libraries”
An argument for frameworks
21 December 2006
In [Six things that suck about the Web in 2006][six things], Roger Johansson of 456 Berea Street complains about [six things]: Overuse of JavaScript frameworks/libraries. Back to the 90’s, baby, except they were called DHTML libraries that time around. What is it with people learning a JavaScript library instead of learning to write JavaScript? It’s [...]
Vaporware insults, part 2
4 December 2006
Wow–[I'm really taking a beating on this one][vaporware]. [vaporware]: ““Vaporware” an unneccesary insult” Without a doubt, the decision to pre-announce software may not be a good one. I still think, however, that my commenters discount the Omni cult following. There are many people who want to be inside the development cycle and know what’s going [...]
