Everyone is entitled to my opinion
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 23rd, 2008
If there are any WordPress plugin coders reading this, I need your help.
I’m writing a WordPress plugin to add Open Microblogging Support to a blog. In order to do this, I’d like the plugin to add a special OpenMicroblogging Page to the blog. This special Page is supported by a custom Page Template. Page Templates [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, development on Nov 23rd, 2008
After spending quite a few hours on yesterdays post, OAuth and OMB post-sharing, it occurred to me with the first cup of coffee this morning that I had missed one important user interface twist in the use of OAuth that actually makes it quite necessary.
It depends on how the UI for subscribing works. If, as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2008
This post has been superseded. I missed an important web UI issue which lead me to an incorrect conclusion.
Square peg, round hole
The OpenMicroBlogging Specification (OMB) contains a section on the use of OAuth to authorize a remote service to post to a user’s local service. After spending some time studying the OAuth and OMB specs, [...]
Posted in development on Oct 17th, 2008
I just got through watching this video of Jason Fried that was recorded earlier this week in Boston. It’s the long-form, illustrated-with-slides version of the extemporaneous talk he did for RI Nexus this past Wednesday in Providence. I highly recommend this to anyone involved in software development.
Listening to his list of specific dos and don’ts [...]
Posted in development on Oct 16th, 2008
Many thanks go out to Jack Templin and RINexus for bringing Jason Fried, founder of 37Signals to Providence last night. Jason spoke on many aspects of his success and what got him there, and answered a lot of questions, even mine!
What really impressed me about Jason’s story was that he became a success doing things [...]