One of the projects we've been working on for MapBuzz the last few weeks is building an interactive map that shows all the events going on in Denver during the Democratic...

The web is full of articles discussing how to render transparent 24-bit png images in IE6 - so why write another one Three reasons First, although the long hoped for...

Sooner or later, for most large websites you have to bite the bullet and implement some form of asynchronous processing to deal with long-running tasks For example, with...

If there were such a thing as the Ten Commandments of programming, code reuse would surely be included Now you're probably thinking I've lost my mind, because any good...

As many of you know, I'm a big fan of Atom, including both the syndication format and publishing protocol At Foss4g, I gave a talk that argued that Atom offers a better solution...

I had no intention of getting involved in the proprietary versus open source versus free software war But Tom asked an excellent question in response to my article exploring if...

Today I discovered a really interesting blog, Spatial Law, written by Kevin Pomfret Kevin commented on my last post about open source and Google maps, and pointed out that the...

Let's continue our on-again, off-again series about making Rails better We've talked about fixing ActiveRecord's awkward handling of attributes, implementing RESTful error...

There has been surprisingly little written about how Rails is implemented If you Google for "architecture Rails" you'll find plenty of articles that describe Rails as a web...

In response to my post about why it's so hard for developers to understand REST, Alex Bunardzic talks about the importance of distinguishing resources and representations I...

I know, I know Not another article about REST - hasn't this horse been flogged enough Perhaps - but recently I've been watching the GIS industry finally discover REST and...

Sean's been writing about why the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards aren't RESTful Since the OGC seems to be my favorite punching bag these days, I thought I'd jump...

Peter and Tim have been blogging about one of the least undestood parts of REST - how state is handled Tim puts it nicely: The essence of REST is to make the states of the...

Some of my recent posts could be interpreted as veiled critisism of the Open Geopspatial Consortium (OGC) But in truth, I've been very impressed how OGC has reinvented itself...

Last week Landon Blake vented his frustration at the Open Geospatial Consurtium by claiming that poorly designed standards create obstacles to innovation and collaboration This...

Its not every day someone takes the time to write me an open letter - I have to say its kind of fun Brian added some additional thoughts to our ongoing conversation about GML In...

From Stefan: There are way too many examples of this; my favorite one being XMI Amen I drank that cool aid once myself (nothing like learning by...

Its a rare day that a truly good standard comes along Its an even rarer day that the standard get widely adopted So the developers of Atom should stand up and take a bow - not...

Web sites based on user generated content need to well let users generate content (obviously you read this blog for its insights!) Except that opens a huge can of worms Some...

One of the great mysteries of sofware development is what is the best way to do it Its just like diets - every year or two the latest fad comes roaring through and everyone...