Daily Archives: Jan 3rd

It’s high time we moved to URL-based identifiers

Jan 3rd – @ 11pm

Ugh, I had promised not to read TechMeme anymore, and I’ve actually kept to my promise since then… until today. And as soon as I finish this post, I’m back on the wagon, but for now, it’s useful to point to the ongoing Scoble debacle for context and for backstory.
In a nutshell, Robert Scoble has [...]

By Chris Messina | Posted in Citizen-centric Web, Digital Identity, Life online, Microformats, Technology, Web building | Comments (34)

The problem with open source design

Jan 3rd – @ 12am

I’ve probably said it before, and will say it again, and I’m also sure that I’m not the first, or the last to make this point, but I have yet to see an example of an open source design process that has worked.
Indeed, I’d go so far as to wager that “open source design” is [...]

By Chris Messina | Posted in Design, Open source, Philosophy, Raw Materials, Technology, The Web Arts, Usability, Web building, WordPress | Comments (14)