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Joe Walker

Why is the web the default development platform?
10 years ago the default was probably VB6/Windows, these days it’s just the web. Why? If we don't know what's right about the web, then it's hard to know how to build on the success. 4 reasons why; and they've all got something vital in common.
Posted: Nov. 19, 2008 08:17 AM
Defining The Open Web
Brad asked what the 'Open Web' is. Twice. My mum was always cross if she had to ask 3 times, so here's my stab. The Open Web is the user-remixable technologies that are shipped by the clear majority of major browsers So, for example: XHTML 2.0 is
Posted: Jul. 23, 2008 06:00 AM
Defining The Open Web
Brad asked what the 'Open Web' is. Twice. My mum was always cross if she had to ask 3 times, so here's my stab. The Open Web is the user-remixable technologies that are shipped by the clear majority of major browsers So, for example: XHTML 2.0 is
Posted: Jul. 23, 2008 06:00 AM
Lessons from Hosting a Website
You might have noticed that the getahead.org domain has been replaced by directwebremoting.org. There’s a story behind it ... 3 years ago when DWR started to be successful, I bought 2 identical servers, built them identically with the latest Deb
Posted: Jul. 22, 2008 11:46 AM
Lessons from Hosting a Website
You might have noticed that the getahead.org domain has been replaced by directwebremoting.org. There’s a story behind it ... 3 years ago when DWR started to be successful, I bought 2 identical servers, built them identically with the latest Deb
Posted: Jul. 22, 2008 11:46 AM
Useful Feeds
How many blog posts start with the words "Sorry I've not been blogging much recently, but I resolve to post more often from now". Such a post may be followed by some actual substance, before the silence re-starts. This is not one of those posts. Ge
Posted: May. 23, 2008 06:59 AM
Useful Feeds
How many blog posts start with the words "Sorry I've not been blogging much recently, but I resolve to post more often from now". Such a post may be followed by some actual substance, before the silence re-starts. This is not one of those posts. Ge
Posted: May. 23, 2008 06:59 AM
Big Question for Sun
It looks from the outside as though every spare resource that Sun has is going into JavaFX. JavaFX may or may not win against Flash/Flex/Air/Silverlight/Android/Ajax, but while Sun is concentrating on FX, it doesn't appear to be giving the Java langu
Posted: May. 19, 2008 07:35 AM
Big Question for Sun
It looks from the outside as though every spare resource that Sun has is going into JavaFX. JavaFX may or may not win against Flash/Flex/Air/Silverlight/Android/Ajax, but while Sun is concentrating on FX, it doesn't appear to be giving the Java langu
Posted: May. 19, 2008 07:35 AM
App Engine and Java
The world is now split into Python programmers, making funny 'Goo' noises over App Engine, and everyone else who are wondering when/if this will be available in their language or if they are going to have to change their spots. Of all the languages
Posted: Apr. 9, 2008 02:49 PM

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