Category Archives: Web building

Windows Live and MySpace ship support for activity streams

Earlier today, Rob Dolin announced the launch of additional sources of activities for Windows Live users — including MySpace, Hulu, Skyrock, and SlideShare. Writing on the Windows Live Services blog, he outlines the premise behind the Activity Streams effort (emphasis original): With today’s latest partner integrations on Windows Live, we’ll have over fifty web activities [...]

The Web at a New Crossroads

This post is a collaborative essay written by Jyri Engström and myself, edited by Brynn Evans and originally posted to the ArcticStartup blog on September 11, 2009. Thanks to Brad Fitzpatrick for his comments on the draft. ·   ·   · Around 2003, things began to change. Technology was then the black sheep, having left overnight millionaires destitute [...]

What it takes to be open

After a minor dust up over my post on Adobe’s Open Source Media Framework, a few responses helped clarify my angst and also provided a constructive approach to evaluating “openness”. Specifically, Dion Almaer’s point system seems useful: 0 points: Say you are open 10 points: Choose an OSI license 20 points: Define the governance of [...]