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Ian Davis: British; married with kids; technical architect; CTO of Talis; co-author of RSS 1.0; creator of FOAF icons; Semantic Web hacker.
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Monthly Archives: June 2002
sml.NET
sml.NET. Another functional language for .NET, this time a version of Standard ML [via Lambda the Ultimate]
RDF in OCS?
RDF in OCS? OCS has been at version 0.4 for over a year and it’s time to revisit it. One of the major flaws of OCS has been that it is not strictly correct RDF which means that implementors can’t … Continue reading
The Design of Sites
This looks like an interesting book [Amazon], due for publication in July. It’s subtitled ‘A Pattern Language for the Web’. The patterns are categorised into 18 areas including ‘Deceptively Simple Site Search’, ‘Consistency in Navigation’, ‘Encouraging E-commerce’ and ‘Fast Sites’. … Continue reading
Open Mobile Alliance
Open Mobile Alliance. Here’s the ultimate irony. WAP’s reputation has hit such a low that its parent body, The WAP Forum, has been forced to change its name to avoid associating itself with all the negative press! The Open Mobile … Continue reading
A compiler writer’s guide to C#
A compiler writer’s guide to C#. A fascinating look at the bare essentials of the C# language. [via Lambda the Ultimate] I’ll give an overview of C# from the point of view of a compiler writer. The hope is that, … Continue reading
Can Public Hotspots Make Money?
Can Public Hotspots Make Money? Report from the 802.11 Planet Conference on the viability of commercial public wi-fi access. [via Techdirt] Analysts said the market for public hotspots, despite all the hype, doesn’t appear all that large, except for niche … Continue reading
Online retailers continue strong growth
Online retailers continue strong growth. A recent survey by shop.com shows that there are more profitable e-commerce sites than unprofitable ones (in the 100 they surveyed). Not wholly surprising since primary effect of the current market conditions is to weed … Continue reading
Herb Sutter joins Microsoft
Herb Sutter joins Microsoft. Herb is a recognised C++ luminary and his hiring may indicate how much Microsoft values C++ still. [via Sam] I certainly hope that C# will be the destination of choice for a lot of today’s Visual … Continue reading
I-Mode Conquers Europe
I-Mode Conquers Europe, (allegedly!). This article is rather hype-inflated but picking the details apart it seems to me that the big winner is the content provider’s freedom to set subscription charges. It’s not the technology that’s important but the attitude … Continue reading
