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Why OData Matters (IMHO)

Earlier this week I was in the MIX10 crowd as Douglas Purdy announced the Open Data Protocol (it was a great presentation - summarized here ). I want to share with you why I think OData could be a very big deal…But before we go there...let's start with the basics... What is OData? Where Did OData Come...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-19-2010
E-Learning 2.0

What happens to education, learning processes and knowledge sharing when you combine learning objects , MUDs , RSS , podcasting , tagging , social networking , social media , network effects , AJAX, REST , web APIs , interoperable ID systems and open courseware ? Answer: a lot... In this video recording...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 09-04-2007
Geo-crime mashups

I think I've hit a personal first: a depressing mashup. Oakland Crimestopping is a Flash-based vizualization tool overlaying reported crime data in Oakland, CA, by type (from aggrevated assault to murder to burglary) and time on a Virtual Earth map. Fortunately, I live nowhere near Oakland, but if I...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 08-25-2007
How I find stuff I like

The three main methods I use to find content I'll be interested in are: 1. My RSS reader - I use FeedDemon and have done for years. I can't get through each feed every day (not even close), but I do go through them systematically. My feeds are ordered alphabetically in folders, so if I finish one day...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 05-23-2007
Grazr gets financing and more.

Adam Green, co-founder and CEO of Grazr Corp who mailed me tonight and let me know Grazr has completed a Series A financing round of $1.5M. Dan Bricklin has agreed to join the Board of Directors too, (the co-creator of VisiCalc and much more recently author of WikiCalc ). Nice! Adam has more details...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-06-2007
FeedDemon 2.1 Beta integrates Windows Live Writer

Nick Bradbury announced the beta of FeedDemon 2.1 earlier this week , the feed reader I've been using for years now. I noticed this snippet in the new features list: Integration with Windows Live Writer . From the release notes : "If you don't already have a blog publishing tool configured...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 10-20-2006
Live Search OPML Generator

Andy Edmonds has posted about the all new Live Search OPML Generator ... " What does it do? : This app runs your query against the Live Search API with the feed: syntax , returning RSS feeds, and assembles an OPML file. You'll get the chance to choose from the results before generating the subscription...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 10-11-2006
The Future of XML

Mr Scoble got talking with Sun Microsystem's Tim Bray , a co-creator of the XML spec. I've not listened yet, but this interview sounds too good to miss : "Even Tim Bray is blown away at the popularity of XML. He was one of the co-creators of the XML spec back in the mid 1990s and in this...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by admin on 09-26-2006
Why am I moving my blog?

I finally got around to sorting out my new ' Alex Barnett blog ' on alexbarnett.net ! About my new blog I'm using Telligent 's Community Server (the recently released 2.1 version ) and running very nicely thanks to the good folks at ASPnix (my new host - they know CS inside out, so *perfect...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by admin on 09-02-2006
Moving my blog

OK, so I moved my new Alex Barnett blog to here for a number of reasons, explained here at my, er, new blog .

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-02-2006

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