A few years ago I found an article pointing out how spammers had figured out how to abuse some code I wrote back in 2001 or so. I’d put it on the list to fix and even started a blog post so that I could take my lumps publicly.
Now I’ve rediscovered that draft post…and that [...]
Posted October 16, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: bad, buggy, bugs, open source, programming, software development. Be the first one.
I can’t help but like microformats, and part of that comes from the dogmatic principles that drive them. Among those is the notion that none of us should attempt to create a format out of whole cloth. Here’s how they explain it:
Under the title of “Propose a Microformat” they tell us: “Actually, DON’T!!!”
ask yourself: “are [...]
Posted February 17, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: dogma, interoperability, lessons, microformat, software development, standards. 2 Comments.