Archives for: March 2008
Open source web apps *do not* suck.

Oh, no. Again, someone had something to say about open-source and again it seems that they only had a giant brush for the job. OK, let’s go. Point by point. Note that I choose to also discuss frameworks despite Myle’s disclaimer, since their redeeming value seems to be that they comes as black boxes, therefore “you can still control your [...]

By Chris with 3 comments
Stop!!! There is no Lacygate.

OK. Isn’t anyone going to put a bit of perspective on he whole Sarah Lacy thing? Look, guys. Drop it. Seriously. There isn’t a “Lacygate”. Stop postfixing everything you do not like with “-gate”. Now, Allen Stern wants Lacy to apologize. I, too, was in the room, Allen – mind if I call you Allen?. And I did not walk [...]

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SXSW Photos…

I uploaded a few photos to Flickr…click below to view my ‘SXSW 2008′ set. #flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;} #flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;} #flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;} .flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;} .flickr_badge_image img {border: 1px solid black !important;} #flickr_www {display:block; padding:0 10px 0 10px !important; font: 11px [...]

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See you at SXSW

Leaving tomorrow for Austin, TX. I will be SXSW’ing thru Wednesday 12th. If you wish to get together for a real-life chat or what not, send me an email: sxsw2008 [at] voilaweb [dot] com Cheers! var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/www.sxsw.com"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://nexus.zteo.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “y”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL25leHVzLnp0ZW8uY29tL2Jsb2cvMjAwOC8wMy8wNi9zZWUteW91LWF0LXN4c3cvPHdwdGI%2BU2VlIHlvdSBhdCBTWFNXPHdwdGI%2BaHR0cDovL25leHVzLnp0ZW8uY29tPHdwdGI%2BVGhlIE5leHVz”;

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ExtPHP: An ExtJS Converter/Wrapper for PHP Developers

It is something that I had to think about in my day job, because my team is migrating to PHP for web development and I believe that we simply do not have enough time for them to learn JavaScript’s intricacies, I needed to be the one person who would have to wrestle JavaScript when problems happened. I therefore needed a [...]

By Chris with 28 comments
Best Online Storage Service: adrive.com

Yup. I am completely, arbitrarily, crowning them “best service” in my book. So, you may ask, what amazing feature are they offering, thus justifying my edict? After all, my previous favourites were xdrive.com and box.com, both piling on announcements of sexy new features, such as an AIR desktop or widgets. Well, here it is, in all its glory: more free [...]

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