There's an interesting discussion happening over on Dave Winer's blog about JSON, a format for storing objects using a Javascript-like syntax. The idea is that parsing a JSON object is far less intensive than parsing XML (whose parsers still have pretty big footprints). It's an interesting idea, I think, but not everyone agrees.
Programmers out there: what are your thoughts?
"In philosophy, we have a term for this: a logical fallacy. And right now, journalism is full of them."
The unusually long sentences criminalize being an anti-fascist activist, reading the wrong zines, and using the wrong communication apps. They're incredibly dangerous.
Preparing for the fastest period of technical change in decades.
The European Commission has moved its profiles to W Social. That's a terrible decision.
