Archive for April, 2004

The Abominable 1.1

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

?XML 1.1 is an abomination?. This really brought a smile to my face; some people are thinking rationally. Anything beyond 1.0 hinders XML’s universality, and comes at a huge price for the industry. We shouldn’t be forking XML frivolously.

The Abominable 1.1

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

?XML 1.1 is an abomination?. This really brought a smile to my face; some people are thinking rationally. Anything beyond 1.0 hinders XML’s universality, and comes at a huge price for the industry. We shouldn’t be forking XML frivolously.

The trouble with bcc

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

Every couple of months, mayhem erupts on one of the internal mailing lists regarding the use of blind carbon copy (bcc) in e-mails. The process begins like this:

A long thread with arguable relevance to the majority of list participants begins
Someone decides that the discussion is not interesting, and replies to the message with the original […]

The trouble with bcc

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

Every couple of months, mayhem erupts on one of the internal mailing lists regarding the use of blind carbon copy (bcc) in e-mails. The process begins like this:

A long thread with arguable relevance to the majority of list participants begins
Someone decides that the discussion is not interesting, and replies to the message with the original […]

Have You Ever Made a Mistake?

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004

Gretchen is discussing the famous ?what’s your biggest weakness? interview question. I noticed the same thing she noticed about Bill on The Apprentice. It was transparent, but you can’t blame him for trying. Maybe he should have tried the old, ?I’m sometimes too busy to help out my less competent peers?. I think the problem […]