As may be seen by this LJ, I’ve not nearly managed to keep up with things AJAX\/Web2.0\/SOA\/MashUp.<\/p>\n
Sites like http:\/\/www.HousingMaps.com … GoogleMap mashed with data … that’s pretty impressive!<\/p>\n
From Hinchcliffe & Company’s “Current Analysis”<\/a>, “The Convergence of Web 2.0 and Service-Oriented Architecture ” \/ “Continuing an Industry Discussion: The Co-Evolution of SOA and Web 2.0”<\/a> is a dandy example of the sort of discourse that’s underway. “The strange attractor story of SOA and Web 2.0 convergence is only getting more interesting and relevant” … indeed!<\/p>\n I just posted a reply to that story … even took a few minutes to craft it a bit huh huh. (Web2.0 writer needed?! Yiss, puh-leeze! *grin*)<\/p>\n Your “putting excessive attention on the technical plumbing risks the loss of decision maker’s attention” rang a whole set of resonances with me. My first reaction was to riff on “When all you have is a hammer” … I sometimes think we too often forget we’re here to, well, to drain the swamp.<\/p>\n But I think a more substantial point is this: allowing my rather brave “Web2.0 is foundationally about user experience” for just a moment, we need to start playing hard-ball with cognitive ergonomics. (That phrase was currency in the early\/mid-80s … is it passe<\/i> now?)<\/p>\n Some dashboards really show what can be done. More to the point: some mashups show how dreadful it is when we do too much. Over and above “not very well”: I mean just plain too much<\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n 7 variables in mind at once, max. That’s a truism. So the challenge I’ve set myself is to optimize that … communications theory 101. To maximize throughput without inflicting helmet fire in the blessed user \/ participant \/ decision maker.<\/p>\n — And some think pieces: And on and on and on … truly, an embarassment of riches!<\/p>\n Buffer dump; some blogs: Web 2.0 blog<\/a>, Ajaxian<\/a>, Ruby on Rails blog<\/a>, Burnt Hacker<\/a>, and Cedric Beust’s Otaku<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n“Data, data everywhere, and not a thought to think!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nAlso of interest:
\n*<\/b> “QEDWiki” at IBM AlphaWorks<\/a>. (see screencast by Dion Hinchcliffe<\/a> … also, his “State of Web2.0<\/a>“)
\n*<\/b> Proto Software<\/a>, a lovely ?what? IDE.
\n*<\/b> OpenKapow.com<\/a> … gotta see this!
\n*<\/b> “ProgrammableWeb: Mashups and the Web as Platform<\/a>”
\n*<\/b> Now, how I missed the new stuff from NetSuite (Business Intelligence Software Solution)<\/a> … did I find reason to ignore them at some point?<\/p>\n
\nFrom Martin Heller, an AJAX exploit: Subverting AJAX: Prototype Highjacking<\/a>“, an excerpt \/ chapter from Edmond Woychowsky’s “Introducing Ajax<\/a>“, and “Building Mashup Portlets<\/a>” from Sun Developer Network.<\/p>\n