Opinion — I began running this blog a bit over a month now and I mentioned two aspects where WordPress — and other blogware — could be better in my initial post. Since then, I've gotten a chance to explore, among other blog-related technologies, the usage of XML feeds, the difference between technorati and del.icio.us when it comes to spreading a meme, and most importantly, trackbacks and pingbacks. Trackbacks and pingbacks are a great idea, but neither is a credible protocol that will last in the long run. Here are several critics to the two protocols I would like to share.
Filed under Blog, Highlights, WordPress by on Mar 7th, 2005. 
Funny — Dear Mr. Architect,
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.
Filed under Blog, Highlights by on Mar 4th, 2005.
Perspective — The detail that caught my attention when I read New York Times' recent story on how our workplace contributes to make us unproductive may also be the most insignificant: It took Katie Hafner over two hours of hard labor to write it. Most — all? — jobs require you to be productive in a way or another. And writers, such as journalists or software programmers, are no exception. But then, how do you measure a writer's productivity?
Filed under Blog, Highlights by on Feb 14th, 2005.
Perspective — RDF and the Semantic Web are getting serious attention, but they are ludicrous ideas. They may be about doing the right thing, but they are doing it the wrong way.
Filed under Blog, Highlights by on Feb 4th, 2005. 12 Comments.
Business Tip — A number of web sites out there will tell you how to come up with a workable business model for your e-commerce web site. Here's an untypical way to sell your content.
Filed under Blog, Highlights by on Feb 1st, 2005. 3 Comments.
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