Monday, June 17, 2002

Traction Software's k-logging system. Last week I suggested that the FBI might profitably use a private network of weblogs to more adroitly manage its internal flow of information. Today comes a press release from Traction Software that says in part: ... 3:43:02 PM

Is web services orchestration a new class of problem?. I agree with the RESTian argument that SOAP-accessible web services should support HTTP GET where appropriate. The notion is that this will help ensure low coordination costs both for person-to-machine as well as machine-to-machine communication.  ... 3:43:02 PM

Dave Winer's get-well e-card is here. ... 10:43:02 AM

Intertwingularity, strange loops, tangled hierarchies. Sam Ruby is moving to http://intertwingly.net. It's an apt name, attributed to Ted Nelson: ... 9:43:13 AM

Work narration and wanker management. Dorothea Salo, commenting on a recent item of mine entitled What if being non-communicative weren't an option?, raises important points about work vs non-work identity, control of expression, and "wanker management": ... 9:26:08 AM

Kimbro Staken: Sleepycat's embedded XML database. This is wonderful news: Sleepycat Software is working on a new embedded XML database. The code isn't available yet, but I suspect this will prove to be a pretty useful product. It has a C++ API and is built on the mature berkeley DB engine. It will be released under similar terms as other Sleepycat software. [Kimbro Staken: XML Database JuJu] ... 9:26:08 AM

Now, I'm using Peter Drayton's RSS 0.91 XML schema which abides the Userland mandated five hundred character max. However, Radio itself does not seem to abide by this rule when emitting the description element. ..... [Drew's Blog] Radio generates RSS 0.92 not 0.91, here's the spec 9:26:03 AM

Here is an update on my friend and boss Dave Winer.   He is in the hospital and will remain there until next weekend. [John Robb] No aliens then this time, hope you have a speedy recovery Dave. 9:26:03 AM

Sam, its working now, right ? 9:26:03 AM

Clear [remove all watches] and Import [import watch list from a mySubscriptions.opml file] both up and running. 9:26:03 AM

Drew has some good suggestions for the BlogToaster, expect to seem them implemented soon. 9:26:03 AM

I think aliens must of kidnapped Dave, no scripting news since Friday. 9:26:03 AM

I have a very beta version of blogToaster up and running, feel free to give it a go [you need MSN Messenger]. Add "toaster@zaks.demon.co.uk" as a new contact, and start a chat session, enter "add http://www.pocketsoap.com/weblog/" and hit enter, repeat with all the URL's of the weblogs you want to get notified about. enter "list" to see the list of URL's you've registered. When BlogToaster picks up a change from weblogs.com of a URL you've registered, it'll send you a message. 9:26:03 AM

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I think it's absolutely critical for someone to provide a news/mail bridge, even if it's a "for pay" service. I would pay a few dollars a month to have my mailing lists shunted through a news server, and empty out my inbox and its tremendous traffic. News is so much easier to weed through, and don't interrupt me during the day with the flapping bat wings. :) [The .NET Guy: Rants] I'm on an insane number of mailing lists at this point, but I run most of them through the mail 2 news gateway built into Mailtraq, and read them with Agent. It works much better than any other approach I've tried. 9:26:03 AM