tecznotes

Ajax seems to be the new official term for remotely-scripted web applications, in the few days since JJG published his paper on the topic. Lots of predictably-acerbic commentary from slashdotters, pointing out that this is just new name for an old idea (and a fantabulous e-term to boot). The story with JJG's post is not that Ajax is new, but that there is now a two-syllable term that encompasses an emerging development pattern. In other words, this is news for business people, not developers.

In a narcissistic moment, I was curious whether anyone was finding my website on the search term "ajax", and found this instead:

I'm starting my second day in New York today. This city is amazing - it feels like San Francisco did when I first showed up there in 1995. A surprise lurking on every street, a complete change in feel from neighborhood to neighborhood. I could live here, for sure. Yesterday I spent most of the day at Eyebeam's DUMBO space, with the 12th-floor view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. It was cold as hell. Visited Peter in Williamsburg ("Billburg... don't call it Billburg"), with the 6th-floor cell tower-studded warehouse roof view of Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges.