With the announcement of Google Chrome OS tonight, it’s a great time to be
a web developer. (And as an aside, I’m sure Redmond isn’t partying too
hard either).
Why does the Google Chrome OS matter?
It’s not really a surprise that Google made the announcement. It’s been
widely speculated for a long time that Google was working on this project.
Google has continued to express that Chrome and the Web would be the basis of
how they believed applications and software services would be delivered. The
Google OS is simply part of the stack that will help Google fulfill this
mission.
Of course, Microsoft tried this a decade or so ago and was hit with a
Department of Justice lawsuit. That had a lot of implications to the web as
we know it today. For example, with the DOJ lawsu... (more)
Jeff Haynie's "Introspection" Blog
I read on Ryan Stewart’s blog: “Yahoo! Releases ASTRA: Set of Flash and
Flex Components”. Huh?
According to Yahoo!’s developer site, ASTRA stands for “ActionScript
Toolkit for Rich Applications”. OK, I think I get it - or maybe not?
So, I took a look at the components and examples on their website. What’s
up with these widgets?
Tree, Menu, TabBar, Autoco... (more)
We recently moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Mountain View, California and
during the move I had a chance to go through some old boxes I’ve had for
years — twenty years to be exact.
Tonight, I decided to open up some of the boxes and try and see if I could
find some old pictures after seeing some of my high school friend’s
pictures on Facebook.
I came across a Newsweek magazine in almost p... (more)
I’m going to be presenting the following at the upcoming SF Forum Java SIG
on December 2, 2008 in Palo Alto:
The role of Service Oriented UI Architecture in the world of web, desktop and
mobile applications.
This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities developers
are faced with in the emerging area of building applications for a variety of
different environments such a... (more)
I gave a talk last night (December 2, 2008) at the SD Forum’s Java SIG in
Palo Alto, CA.
The subtitle of the presentation was: “How the web has gone beyond the
browser and we’re headed back to Client/Server”. I’m including the
presentation slides below:
SD Forum Java SIG - Service Oriented UI Architecture View SlideShare
presentation or Upload your own. (tags: web ajax)
... (more)
Jeff Haynie is co-founder and CEO of Appcelerator. He started Appcelerator to provide a true open-source solution to enterprise RIA and SOA-based services development, after growing frustrated by the limited options and complexity in other solutions through his own development work. Prior to starting Appcelerator, Haynie served as co-founder and CTO of Vocalocity and CTO of eHatchery, an extension of Bill Gross? ideaLab. Haynie is an expert software developer and entrepreneur. Haynie has been active in standards development, as well as a contributor to open-source projects, including early work on JBoss. For more on Jeff Haynie, visit his blog at http://blog.jeffhaynie.us.
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