Waves

Originally posted at borderstylo.com. When I was but a fledgling entrepreneur, like most fledgling entrepreneurs, I became frustrated with the process of trying to raise money for my fledgling venture. Now, this was during the "dot-bomb" era ... [More] , and so raising money was supposed to be easy. We also had an increasingly vocal contingent of curmudgeons, wondering why we couldn't just earn our money like everyone else, with hard work and everyday construction materials. We were pioneers, forging a new economy from bits and bytes and assembling entire companies by applying mass production to "value chains" where "capital formation" was no different than tightening bolts on a combustion engine! [Less]

To those of you who shared your stories about leaving, or took the time to clarify some of the reasons for doing so, thank you. Obviously, I am hardly alone in making the decision to quit, or at least seriously consider it. It has been nothing short ... [More] of inspiring to read your comments and realize how many of you cared enough to take action, whether it was actually deleting your account or simply taking the time to share your thoughts. I thought I'd try to respond to some of the more common objections ... [Less]

Let's all ban Facebook! After some reflection, I've decided to delete my account on Facebook. I'd like to encourage you to do the same. This is part altruism and part selfish. The altruism part is that I think Facebook, as a company, is unethical. ... [More] The selfish part is that I'd like my own social network to migrate away from Facebook so that I'm not missing anything. In any event, here's my "Top Ten" reasons for why you should join me and many others and delete your account. [Less]

I think it is fair to say that activity around Waves has stalled recently. But I am more motivated than ever to get this next release out, for a couple of very different reasons …

For this installment, I am going to simply refer you here. This skips around a bit, relative our approach here, but (a) I haven't had time to write a new installment, (b) I'd like to give some link love to Rando, since he is also trying to help clear ... [More] up the confusion on REST, (c) it is a good, practical, article, and (d) you can see some of the same thought process I went through in terms of deciphering Roy's blog. [Less]

First, for those of you who haven’t heard, I’ve left AT&T Interactive and am now with new startup, SharesPost.com. (Launch is coming soon.) And, no, it isn’t running on Waves. At least, not yet. More on this momentarily. Second, some thoughts on ... [More] the recent GoRuCo, held at Pace University in Manhattan … to begin with, awesome. That is how you do it. I haven’t been to all the regional RubyConfs, but I’ve been to several, as well as the national conference, and many smaller non-Ruby conferences. They all tend to suffer from one common malady: too many talks and too little socializing. Furthermore, there just aren’t enough women involved. I realize this has become topical lately, but I’ve always thought the imbalance in the technical world (not just Ruby Nation) was ridiculous. [Less]

In my last post, I suggested thinking about REST and ROA in the context of an object-based platform and protocol neutral approach to distributed computing. The "objects" are the specific representations (MP3, JSON, HTML) of a resource. The semantics ... [More] of a resource itself are intentionally vague because you never interact with them directly, at least from the standpoint of ROA. This ensures that the "platform neutral" part of the bargain is never compromised. [Less]

In my last post, I suggested thinking about REST and ROA in the context of an object-based platform and protocol neutral approach to distributed computing. The "objects" are the specific representations (MP3, JSON, HTML) of a resource. The semantics ... [More] of a resource itself are intentionally vague because you never interact with them directly, at least from the standpoint of ROA. This ensures that the "platform neutral" part of the bargain is never compromised. [Less]