March 2007 Entries

Oh Well.

I had Tennessee going all the way, but losing to KU in the finals. http://sports.yahoo.com/nca... Oh Well.

Duh?

For more than 5 years now, Apple has used buzzwords like "stylish", "sleek", "elegant" to stress the design of their products. I think that in the early 00's they realized that not only are people looking for functional stuff, they're looking for sexy stuff. And, for the average user of their stuff, being sexy was much more important than being functional. Oh, yeah, and they were ahead of the game with their technology. “The competition hasn’t even caught up with our first generation iPod, and we’re...

Is AJAX really worth it?

I was one of the ones who jumped on the AJAX bandwagon pretty quickly. I've built several private apps using AJAX, and really like it. I like the fact that the web becomes more "rich," and more closely resembles forms in functionality. The gains are enormous. That having been said, I found myself asking the question: Is it worth it? I've found (so far) that doing things with AJAX takes at least three times longer, there's much more room for error, and cross-browser issues are brought to the forefront....