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I've been using the JS-Kit widgets for comments and ratings for this blog, and I'm really happy with them. JS-Kit commenting provides very effective ways to fight and delete spam, and I love that people can create avatars for their comments. The star-rating that you see is also from the company. JS-Kit is installed on 550,000 blogs and has already managed 75 million comments. It powers major sites like eVite, Sun Microsystems, InfoWorld, JetBlug, and Experian. If it can handle icanhascheezbur

Aug. 29, 2008 01:17 AM

Watch this

From an email from OldBogus comes a link to this fantastic Flash animation by Alan Becker, which becomes yet more enjoyable if you are at all familiar with the Flassh editing environment. Click and sit back. [Tags: animation ]

Aug. 29, 2008 01:15 AM

LinkedIn Rolls Out Enhanced Groups Features

Last week, we wrote about LinkedIn’s recent issues with its Groups - as part of a new platform rollout, a number of management features were apparently buggy, while others had been removed entirely. Tonight sees the release of a number of new features on the platform that should quell some of these concerns. Among the new features are a centralized hub page for every group, where group members can come together and converse with each other in one place. The release also introduces enhan

Aug. 29, 2008 12:00 AM

Is Sony-Ericsson Over?

Veoh wins court suit regarding video uploads. Good news for Google in Viacom suit. Jobs given false obit. He’s still alive. Apple applying for touch screen Mac patent. Microsoft gets patent for the PageUp PageDown butons. nVidia SLI now runs on Intel motherboards. Dell slipping again. Virtual worlds [...]

Aug. 28, 2008 08:30 PM

Excerpts of Obama's speech

“The American Promise”Democratic National ConventionAugust 28, 2008Denver, ColoradoAs prepared for delivery “Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story – of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren’t well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. “It is that promise that has always set this country apart – that through hard work and sac

Aug. 28, 2008 07:43 PM

Getting started with Flex 4 FXG and Flex Builder 3

As I mentioned the other day, the Flex team has released a ton of information on Flex 4. One of the new features which I am most excited about is the FXG graphic format being developed. What is FXG? From the spec: FXG 1.0 describes an XML-based graphics interchange format for the Flash Platform. FXG contains high-level graphical and text primitives that can be used to create, group, transform and visually modify basic vector and bitmap shapes. The FXG rendering model follows very closely the Fl

Aug. 28, 2008 06:00 PM

Mashups in Action: A Better Way to Trade

In past 'Mashups in Action' blog we have described mashups used in intelligence analysis, medical research, and most recently a dual-purpose community-building/data-sharing effort for a scientific community. So mashups can help make better spies, better doctors and better scientists. But other than the occasional flu shot, I don't expect most of us have much exposure to these professions.Today's Mashup In Action story is about trading, a profession you have better odds of encountering in yo

Aug. 28, 2008 02:56 PM

StackOverflow Podcast #19

This week's StackOverflow Podcast is up: episode 19. Jeff and I spent some time talking about the home page for StackOverflow. What goes there? What does it mean to vote on a question? We also talked about Aaron Swartz's article on How to Launch Software. Big-bang launches can be disasters (viz.: cuil); quiet, gentle launches without announcements where you slowly build can work a lot better (viz.: Gmail). Will StackOverflow's launch overwhelm our servers and underwhelm our audience? Not

Aug. 28, 2008 10:02 AM

It's alive!!! VS 2008 SP1 is up and running!

Just when I thought I was at the point of no return and was looking for my Vista media to reformat my drive, Microsoft fixed the issue!

Aug. 28, 2008 08:05 AM

LINQ is the best option for a future Java query API

A conversation with Mike Card.I have interviewed Mike Card on the latest development of the OMG working group which aims at defining a new standards for Object Database Systems.Mike works with Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) and is involved in object databases and their application to challenging problems, including pattern recognition. He chairs the ODBT group in OMG to advance object database standardization.R. Zicari: Mike, you recently chaired an OMG ODBTWG meeting, on June 24, 2008

Aug. 27, 2008 03:26 PM

Intermediating ESBs for SOA: The Final Webinar?

OK, sorry to mix metaphors, but it is time to put this can of worms to bed (???). If you've been following this blog you couldn't help but notice the many posts on the apparent ESB vs. SOA controversy. All of this started with an innocent little interview John did for SearchSOA - where the topic of Intermediating multiple ESBs came up. This article created a tornado of posts from some heavy hitters on SOA topics over the last month. Given all of that, we decided to have our own little webinar o

Aug. 26, 2008 10:01 PM

Early Draft OSGi V4.2 Docs Available

As of this week you can download an early release draft document containing 11 design documents we've been working on for the past year or so as the result of the OSGi enterprise initiative. This is important because according to OSGi Alliance rules, only members are allowed access to working drafts of documents. This is the first time we've released any of these drafts publicly. As a board member and EEG co-chair, I'm very pleased to see this happen because (a) I often get asked about what's

Aug. 26, 2008 06:20 PM

New entry-level version of XMLSpy launched today

I'm very excited to announce that we've launched a new low-cost version of our award-winning XML Editor today: the XMLSpy Standard Edition is an entry-level XML Editor that packs some of the most frequently-used features of the higher-level editions into a product that is ideally suited for basic XML editing tasks, such as XML configuration file changes, twiddling with RSS feeds, viewing XML output from applications, writing small XSLT stylesheets, and for learning XML. XMLSpy Standard Edition

Aug. 26, 2008 07:43 AM

Rodrigo Y Gabriela

They were amazing at the Outside Lands Festival yesterday.

Aug. 26, 2008 03:19 AM

TV you gotta watch: Slings and Arrows

I know I’m quite late to this, but I also know this show is remarkably obscure, and was released on DVD only towards the end of last year, I think. Slings and Arrows depicts the trials and tribulations of the New Burbage Theater company as it handles strange times on the stage. It’s definitely not an obvious ratings winner — it’s Canadian, erudite, and rewards a knowledge of The Bard that I’m sure I lack. But it’s remarkably good television (and I have Tim Go

Aug. 24, 2008 11:27 PM

Teaching a one-day class at 360|Flex Camp in NJ in September

360Flex got a little brother now. It’s called 360|Flex Camp. The first camp will take place in a month in New Jersey. I knew this for a while but kept a secret - folks from New Jersey Flex Users Group had to take care of logistics of the

Aug. 23, 2008 06:34 AM

ISUG eJournal

The International Sybase User Group (ISUG) have announced that they now have an electronic version of the ISUG Technical Journal is now available online ...

Aug. 20, 2008 01:12 PM

CEP vs. BRE - A TIBCO TTL (Top Ten List)

My colleague, Paul, got lots of… let’s call it, “feedback” regarding his post on the impending demise of the standalone Business Rule Engine (BRE) Market. It seems there are lots of folks out there who feel quite passionate about the subject, so I thought I would continue, albeit from a different angle and relate it back to the CEP and BusinessEvents for comparison. So… taking my cue from David Letterman and with a tip o’ the hat to Paul, here are the: Top

Aug. 19, 2008 07:01 PM

Flex Builder 3.01 and Flex SDK 3.1 released

With no fanfare, or even mention on adobe's website, Adobe has officially released Flex Builder 3.01 and the Flex SDK 3.1. Prior to the 3.01 release of flex builder, developers building AIR 1.1 applications had to go through a series of ext

Aug. 18, 2008 06:11 PM

FindBugs and PMD applied on J2EE 5

A list of project adaptations required to produce zero-errors reports with PMD and FindBugs while keeping the code fully compliant with J2EE 5.

Aug. 17, 2008 02:40 PM

Razor Profiler - An Automated JavaScript Profiling Tool

Razor Profiler (beta), an online Ajax profiling tool, is available for public review now at http://www.razorspeed.com. What Is it? Razor Profiler(beta) is a web-based Ajax profiling tool to help web developers understand and analyze the runtime behavior of their JavaScript code in a cross-browser environment. Razor Profiler can be access either online as a service; or be downloaded to run locally. Some Razor Profiler screen shots are shown below: .imageLis

Aug. 16, 2008 10:47 PM

Friday - Trip home from TechWave

Only thought it was worth mentioning because of the weather. I’m driving back because I’m just going to LA. It takes a long to drive to Vegas from my house as it does to fly, and driving is (IMHO) more convenient. It’s 106 degrees

Aug. 14, 2008 11:47 PM

Twitter kills inbound SMS to UK.....

I received an email in my Inbox today to say that Twitter had killed off inbound SMS updates to the UK.The whole raison d’etre for my subscribing to and using Twitter was to get real-time updates. If I have to login to a Twitter app then what’s the point ? It’s no better, and actually worse than reading RSS. The guys at Twitter twitter on about it being costly, yada yada yada. Well they knew this when they started the service. The challenge for their exec team was to

Aug. 14, 2008 09:34 AM

Harmony

Brendan Eich compared me to Yoda, and then to Gandalf. More recently, Mark Miller compared me to Henry Fonda because the meetings of the TC39 (the group that maintains the ECMAScript standard) played a lot like a prison theater production of 12 Angry Men.

Aug. 13, 2008 08:04 PM

160+ TechWave Thank you's

Guys, Just a quick note to the presenters of the 160+ sessions at TechWave...

Aug. 12, 2008 09:51 AM

Latest entries from jeff.mxdj.com

Flex Builder 3.01 and Flex SDK 3.1 released

Posted: Aug. 18, 2008 06:11 PM

I woke up this morning

and much to my surprise, the public beta of the flash player 10 is out. I knew this would be coming before too long, but didnt realize that it would be out so quickly. This new version is filled with lots of new features aimed at allowing

Posted: May. 15, 2008 09:23 AM

I woke up this morning

Posted: May. 15, 2008 09:23 AM

Adobe Flex 3 Training from the Source, now available

Our Adobe Flex 3 Training From the Source book has been released

Posted: Apr. 9, 2008 09:29 PM

Adobe Flex 3 Training from the Source, now available

Our Adobe Flex 3 Training From the Source book has been released

Posted: Apr. 9, 2008 09:29 PM

Several Speaking Engagements in the next few weeks

Next week I'm off to London to speak at CFUnited Europe, and the following week, I'll be speaking at AJAX World East. In both places, I'll be speaking about the joy that is Flex 3 in all its forms. The CFUnited talk is more fo

Posted: Mar. 4, 2008 08:52 AM

Several Speaking Engagements in the next few weeks

Posted: Mar. 4, 2008 08:52 AM

Lots and Lots of Speaking Engagements Coming Up

my speaaking engagements for the first half of the year

Posted: Jan. 17, 2008 10:01 PM

Lots and Lots of Speaking Engagements Coming Up

my speaaking engagements for the first half of the year

Posted: Jan. 17, 2008 10:01 PM

Wow, we've grown again...

I've been a bit slow in getting this announcement out, as I see several other bloggers have already posted on this, but the rumors are true. Tapper, Nimer and Associates. Inc. has teamed up with Digital Primates Inc.

Posted: Dec. 6, 2007 11:37 AM