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SXSW: Ajax, what do I need to know?

The Ajax panel covered the basics including an excellent review of the existing Ajax toolkits as well as a discussion of the negatives surrounding its usage. The panel consisted of Dylan Schiemann (Dojo, Renkoo), Dori Smith, and Jesse James Garrett (Adaptive Path). Here are the notes:

SXSW: Looking for XML in all the wrong places

This panel covered a lot of ground regarding XML. From a survey of the audience by the moderator, Thomas Myer of Triple Dog Dare Media, the vast majority of the audience was currently using XML in their projects. Interestingly, more audience members were consuming XML than creating it. Here are some of the notes from […]

Today's links for 3-16-06

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 2006-03-16 Innovation Creators: The Next Wave in Productivity Tools – Web Office: web office white paper Keywords: productivity, web2.0 Running a Hatchery for Replicant Hackers – New York Times: article on Paul Graham’s Y Combinator program Keywords: entrepreneurship, incubators, startups

SXSW: panels

I’m going to start posting some notes I took on the panels and keynotes I’ve attending at SXSW. I know I’m a bit behind on this, but I didn’t have time during the conference to skim through my notes and make sure they were coherent. A few disclaimers though on these summaries. First, these are […]

SXSW: opening remarks

Jason Fried (37 Signals) and Jim Coudal (Coudal Partners) delivered the opening remarks on building big things with small teams. Each gave a nice summary of their design, development, and overall business philosophies. Fried’s comments were particularly interesting as I just bought his latest book, Getting Real, late last week and started reading it on […]

SXSW: arrival

Well, I arrived in Austin yesterday for SXSW. I scheduled a flight for a bit earlier on Friday so I’d have a chance to check out some of the local rock climbing in Austin. After numerous delays in getting to Austin from San Antonio’s airport (Austin has some serious traffic issues), I managed to get […]

Today's links for 3-9-06

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 2006-3-9 A tip on writing AdWords ads (FrogBlog): Keywords: advertising, adwords, google Joel on Software – Fire And Motion: Keywords: development, productivity, software

Entrepreneurial proverbs

There’s a nice post over at O’Reilly Radar by Marc Hedlund on entrepreneurial proverbs. Marc gives advice on entrepreneurship for the engineers and geeks. Regardless of your background, these are some of the best and most concise points I’ve read. He breaks down the advice into a few categories: starting, the idea, people, product, and […]