Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog

Ralph Windsor at DAM News – Why Small Vendors Build Better DAM Software – The Implications For The DAM Value Chain: “If you are the boss of a DAM vendor, you are going to be intimately aware exactly what is happening with a good number (possibly all) of your clients – certainly all the key…

Dave Winer – Goodbye Google Reader: “I won’t miss it. Never used the damn thing. Didn’t trust the idea of a big company like Google’s interests being so aligned with mine that I could trust them to get all my news.” Totally agree. Doesn’t hurt me. I’m using NetNewsWire without its Google Reader sync functionality;…

I’m currently investigating a new architecture for our Web app user interfaces. My JavaScript skills had been badly-neglected, now I’m trying to catch up and form opinions on how to build elements that are reusable across pages and different UIs. Here’s my (still emerging) rule set: Build components, not pages. Components can consist of other…

Dr. John Bordeaux – People, Organization, Technology?: “The right question is: “Why do we work in organizations where natural interactions and instincts are discouraged?” […] We want to help where help is needed. We solve business problems over lunch. We sketch out innovative ideas on bar napkins. This is how we live – but not…

I’ve got a nice job and I’m not hunting for a new one. This allows me to have some fun writing an uncommon resume – honest and personal. Not the polished, impersonal copy you’d use in a real-world job application. (Please remind me to delete this blog post if I’m actually searching for a job…

“Koken is a free system designed for photographers, designers, and creative DIYs to publish independent websites of their work. Exceptional media management: Koken manages your uploaded images and videos through a dedicated, desktop-like interface. […] Koken is free and may be installed on your own web server.” Written in PHP. My test installation was up…