Nik Kalyani's Irrationally Exuberant Musings on Technology
As AJAX and Javascript widgets get more popular, it is not unusual to see Javascript from multiple parties running on the same page. This greatly increases the chances of collisions in variable and function names. For instance, two unrelated scripts might define the function “modifySomething()”. In this case, the last definition of “modifySomething()” on the page will be the one called. This is an...
Steve Jobs’ rather unassumingly titled Thoughts on Music packs quite a punch. In what is surely going to be one of the most linked-to URL’s on the Internet, Jobs openly advocates an end to DRM-crippled music. Reactions from bloggers such as Don Dodge and Fred Wilson are positive and commend Jobs on this move.
Until now, it has been generally accepted that Apple uses DRM on iTunes tracks to...
The GoDaddy-MySpace fiasco appears to have run its course. As I read blog posts and news stories, one thing that stood out was the intense focus on the legal and business implications of GoDaddy’s actions. I do not know the exact details, but I can speculate that “business” folks at MySpace contacted “business” folks at GoDaddy who then directed technical folks to act on the request to... 
