Whatever the reason, I read today (and nicely enough was personally referenced in) an article that opens the discussion on the “Web 3.0″ phrase, and presents a worthwhile plea to just stop the obsessive labeling already. Read it yourself: A Preemptive Strike: Death to Web 3.0 (and 2.0 while we’re at it)

More info is online: http://onair.adobe.com/schedule/cities/minneapolis.php Click on the registration link next to the photo of the venue. (You know you want to… though I got a server error the first 4 times I tried to submit. Fifth time’s the charm I always say!)

Everyone always wants to see or hear about a “___ killer” (insert popular app/company name). I think that new apps on the market are rarely, if ever, competition-killers - it’s just typical publicity/media buzz. However there are a few things to note about Silverlight: (more…)

Features such as allowing for sometimes-connected data and local storage, a rich UI library, web browser “display object” (meaning it can be manipulated as a movieclip could be), and a very easy to develop in model that separates the UI structure from the code - all mean Apollo will bring about a ton of very cool desktop-connected applications.

Further reading: my Adobe Max notes on Apollo features, Apollo on Slashdot, and Adobe’s wiki entry on Apollo

If you have never fully understood the HTTP protocol, or for that matter, what “REST” is and why you want to, um, have to, use it every day, you must read this post:

http://tomayko.com/articles/2004/12/12/rest-to-my-wife

Ryan does an excellent job outlining the basics of HTTP and how it relates conceptually to our human languages.