Dave's Handsome Radio Blog!

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:17:47 GMT

This is a test post.

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:15:45 GMT

Here's a story I created in Radio 7.1. They seem to work pretty well. I edited this one in the outliner. I could have edited it in the browser.

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:15:32 GMT

Here's a story I created in Radio 7.1. They seem to work pretty well. I edited this one in the outliner. I could have edited it in the browser.

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 21:43:20 GMT

Drop the SOAP 1.0, "A bunch of simple AppleScripts for Mac OS X 10.1 and higher that use SOAP/XML-RPC web services."

Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:54:41 GMT

This is a test.

Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:02:09 GMT

Good morning sports fans. What a morning. Power outage last night. My desktop computer doesn't like it when it's shut down by power going off. Outlook Express refuses to read my inbox. The usual cure, restarting the computer until it works didn't work after 12 restarts. Is this any way to run an Internet? Meanwhile Microsoft promises everything will get better when they rewrite all the software and stuff me in a locked trunk. Why don't I believe that? ";->"

Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:08:52 GMT

Test post. 1. 2.

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:20:52 GMT

This is a test post. Doing research on upstreaming. Hmmm. Szzz. OK. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:45:32 GMT

Testing the new Radio/Templates/Restore Defaults command. I just gave my copy of Radio a template lobotomy. If the site looks OK the patient survived! ";->"

Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:50:20 GMT

I'm really beginning to like Radio 7.1. Up until a few days ago it was a total pain in the ass. But now I have a sense where everything is, and that I could make it do more if I want to. Still a bunch of things to figure out. The fog has lifted, I think, I hope. The acid test, the total proof of concept, of course, would be to port "Scripting News" to being a Radio 7.1 weblog. (Postscript: I'm sure I will do this at some point. But it's got to be even easier for me to update. I won't accept a decrease in functionality or simplicity. To make it worthwhile to go through the pain of transition it has to get faster and easier.)

Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:41:33 GMT

Washington Post: "At least one antivirus software company, McAfee Corp., contacted the FBI on Wednesday to ensure its software wouldn't inadvertently detect the bureau's snooping software and alert a criminal suspect."

Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:56:22 GMT

Earlier this morning I rolled up a new version of the UserLand.Com home page. It was a collaborative effort among all the people at UserLand and now, perhaps for the first time, reflects how we really view ourselves at UserLand. Is 13 years too long to wait for this? Apparently not. ";->"

Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:49:11 GMT

This is another in a continuing series of test posts. I'm working on the help text for Radio 7.1. I dread doing this work, but it's absolutely necessary.

Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:41:21 GMT

If you see this Mail-To-Weblog really really works in Radio 7.1

Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:07:53 GMT

If you see this Mail-To-Weblog really works in Radio 7.1

Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:51:42 GMT

If you can read this Mail-To-Weblog is working in 7.1.

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:42:43 GMT

My weblog isn't posting.

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:29:16 GMT

Another test post.

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:28:52 GMT

Test post.

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:27:03 GMT

Test post.

Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:55:59 GMT

Test post.

Fri, 16 Nov 2001 23:09:13 GMT

A test post.

Fri, 16 Nov 2001 23:04:03 GMT

You heard it here first: Jake is my hero! Just did his corner-turn and it worked the first time and the instructions were crystal clear.

Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:37:04 GMT

Apache XML-RPC is a "Java implementation of XML-RPC, a popular protocol that uses XML over HTTP to implement remote procedure calls."

Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:22:32 GMT

Test post.

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:50:45 GMT

Items now have permalinks? Yes. they do! Nice!

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:19:32 GMT

Here's another example post to my blog.

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:09:34 GMT

Scripting News is initialized. Email read. I fixed a small bug in the favorites-based Weblogs.Com interface. Trawling for the next thing to do. Drinking coffee. Now I'm going to edit it.

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:32:26 GMT

Test post.

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 19:17:06 GMT

Hail Powazek. He's a designer who's discovering how great it can be to partner with a geek. Bravo.

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 03:31:11 GMT

This is good news for Critical Path shareholders.

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 03:13:07 GMT

Vermeer.

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 03:06:53 GMT

Heh Evan is smart, he got a Mac. Not going to make the same mistake Ray made. Ev wants to know what it means. I know. Hehee. If I get it right what do I win?

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 03:00:22 GMT

On the other hand Ray and Microsoft are right. I think Cydney Gillis nailed it in an article a week or so ago (no pointer, sorry it's really late and my eyes are very bleary). She said that XP feels like a browser. Heh, they're smart at MS, and they have a lot of money. So they hired good UI designers and said "Make the OS feel like the Web," and you can bet that over time it's going to be hard to tell when you're in the Web and when you're in the OS. The problem for MS is that they tried this before and it flopped miserably. Remember the HTML folders bullshit. Does anyone actually use it? This is a real Hail Mary for MS. Now I'm betting the same way as Ray and MS, but totally hedging. The next product is totally in the browser. You can leave it in the tray. No problemmo. But we're not finished. But first I get a vacation probably in December if I have my way. UserLand take note.

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 02:55:43 GMT

Now it could also be wishful thinking on Ray's part. I think they made a mistake by not building their whole user interface in HTML. It would have made people feel instantly comfortable. Why? Because we think the awful UI glitches in the browser are somehow normal. It hurts so good. It's familiar. Ray's approach, like Mozilla's, is slow-growth. They invent new unfamiliar buggy interfaces. Unfortunately most users will choose the devil they know every damned day.

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 02:49:07 GMT

Over on Wes's blog, and elsewhere they're saying that Groove's business model is the same one that Visio used. Also remember FrontPage. What was the name of the company? So when you hear Ray talking about the unnatural browser interface, you're reading some tea leaves. It's fair to assume at least that he thinks this is what makes him compatible with Microsoft. I've heard MS people say the same thing. In their hearts they want the browser to go away. They captured it so they could strangle it. Apple wanted the same thing, but they went the other way -- they tried to ignore it in hopes that it would just go away. MS is more pragmatic.

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 02:38:47 GMT

InfoWorld: Ozzie: Collaboration tools must be natural. Ray says that HTML-based collaborative software isn't "natural." Hmmm. Heh. Nahh. Maybe. We'll see. ";->"

Thu, 08 Nov 2001 21:25:13 GMT

Andreas Bolka has a third implementation of XML-RPC for Rebol.

Wed, 07 Nov 2001 16:15:45 GMT

Glenn Fleishman has connected Graymatter (a Perl app) to Weblogs.Com through XML-RPC.

Tue, 06 Nov 2001 15:51:27 GMT

Will Conant: "The Mind Electric's implementation of SOAP is far better than Sun's implementation of RMI."

Thu, 01 Nov 2001 17:01:04 GMT

Yes believe it or not I'm still here.

Thu, 01 Nov 2001 14:29:46 GMT

Yes I'm still here userinterface wrangling.