There’s a whole lot of dialogue around the web these days regarding the use of the Internet as a social tool - shared bookmarks ala , tagging galore, etc. And blogging software (like Wordpress) supports that to some degree by offering pingbacks and trackbacks so that someone writing an entry about somebody else’s entry can […]
When it comes to personal projects, my difficulties often don’t lie in my technical abilities or understanding of the challenges I’ve set for myself. I’m more than ready to learn whenever I hit a stumbling point in my knowledge - it’s helped me rapidly familiarize myself with PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, Applescript and other computer […]
I’ve been using [Rails][], the hot new web programming framework from the guys over at [37Signals][37] for most of my current programming projects, including the super-secret tool I’m building now. I’m not sure whether to call it unfortunate or fortunate, but in subscribing to the Rails methodology I seem to also have succumbed to a […]
As I write this entry, the Catholic pope approaches death, according to the news reports I’ve heard. Though I am not bound to the man by religion, he is perhaps the most influential living spiritual being of our time. So his passing offers me (and many others, I am sure) time to reflect on our […]