Posted in Development | January 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
With the recent announcement of MySpace’s extended Developer Platform, its easy to see how open development has become one of the great cars pulling the train that is Web 2.0. The push for open development and open standards is so prominent that we are seeing giants like IBM, with its support for Open Office, and Google, with the addition of Star Office, pumping millions into investing in Open.
With the advent of simpler API’s and developer platforms, these tools factor heavily into the success of common Web 2.0 companies who would otherwise go unused. What good is Flikr if you can’t integrate it into our blog? How must more popular are digg stories that can be dugg directly after reading an article? Tools like these are crucial in fully embracing the social aspect of Web 2.0. Even Microsoft is starting to grasp the concept with Office Live attempting to find its mark on the internet. But even as Microsoft has the technologies down, they still don’t embrace the social.
As the web becomes more interactive, I predict we will continue to see easier to use API’s coming from both start-ups and big companies alike.
Posted in Uncategorized | January 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
Today at work the cyclic thought process of mine circled back to the “What am I going to do in the future” section of my uncertainty, and I got to looking around at Enterprise Architecture. It seems to be the recurring theme to move toward IT (business, policy) and away from Computer Science (coding, theory). I’ve expressed these views quite often whenever I start questioning my future, so ultimately if I don’t get my initial desire (right away at least), I will try to do something in IT. This means a lot more work for me since I’ve grown up under Computer Science’s umbrella. What I need to focus on is policy development, IT business integration and to gain a core understanding of the business world. I’m trying to hold off until after I get my B.S. degree in computer science before delving deep into studying IT, for obvious reasons.
There is so much out there to do and I worry about what will become of me if my primary goal is [temporarily] unachievable. I’m could be good at graphics, publishing, environmental studies, coding, gaming (I wish), fixing computers, financial advising, and many other things. Everything would take additional work and learning — some more than others — but there are so many choices that its a bit overwhelming. I mean the guy who fixes cars FIXES cars… its what he does day in day out. I am sort of scared to focus on one thing because I don’t want to lose insight on everything else. That is my biggest problem.
But for my own organization, these are some interesting articles on Enterprise Architecture that may aid me in the future.
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