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- Apple: To Our DevelopersOctober 1
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Apple Drops NDA From iPhone Development —
However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software.
- Do We Have Too Many OpenIDs?September 29
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Yesterday, @webmacster87 sent me an @reply on Twitter, stating that the OpenID technology “has a backwards effect,” because we have so many OpenIDs. I agree on some level, but not on another level. Let me explain.
Geeks Can Have One Constant OpenID, and Switch Providers.
There’s a lot of OpenID providers, and some of them are doing some very unique things with the technology, which causes me to switch to them as my OpenID provider. There’s also many services that give you an OpenID when you signup for their services — like Flickr, Yahoo and WordPress.com. There’s a problem, though: when we have this many OpenIDs, you might forget which one you used for which service. That’s where the geeks get the advantage.If you have a website (it doesn’t matter if you maintain it or not), all you need to do is add a couple of meta tags to the head section of your website. 1 Then, whenever you visit a website that requires you to enter in your OpenID, simply enter in your website address (in my case, chris24.ca). You’ll get redirected to your current OpenID provider to authorize the request.
If you’d like to switch your provide
- No-WWW, Please.September 29
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Mail servers do not require you to send emails to recipient@mail.domain.com. Likewise, web servers should allow access to their pages though the main domain unless a particular subdomain is required.
Why do we still use the www subdomain? It seems like it’s more of a tradition, than something that people want.
- The Microsoft “I’m a PC” Campaign is BrilliantSeptember 19
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Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” Campaign —
The ending of the “Stereotype” ad — “I’m a PC, and I sell fish” — was brilliant. A number of people have said that’s a pretty weak ending, but I strongly disagree. When I heard the last line, I laughed for a few seconds. And now, I think about the fish man whenever I think about Windows or Microsoft.
- Turning Down The NoiseSeptember 14
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This weekend has really made me reconsider a lot of what I do on the web. I read tweets, I (try) to keep up-to-date with my RSS subscriptions, I keep up with emails, and I do a lot of things just for fun. There’s way too much noise in my online life, and not enough productivity. I have to turn down that noise, and turn up my productivity.
Twitter: Non-Stop Noise
I am a Twitter addict. It’s not the amount of tweets that makes me an addict — I’ve toned that down quite a bit lately — but more about the number of tweets I read. Most of the tweets I read aren’t necessary, but I read them because I know the person writing them. However, I’ve also added a number of people that I don’t know at all, and that’s where the problem starts.
I will add people I don’t know if I genuinely enjoy their tweets, but if there tweets are something like “Pizza for lunch,” then there isn’t much of a point to following them because I don’t know them. They’re random people. On the other hand, if that was someone I’d consider a friend that had tweeted that, I’d read it without any problem because I care about little details, but only if I know the person in some way.