Monthly Archives: January 2008

Examples of Good New Web Marketing

Jan 4 2008
Written by Jake. Also tagged under general. 10 comments.

So, I’ve been invited to huddle with some Oracle people in the Bay Area later this month to discuss Marketing 2.0. The topics are generally around opportunities that New Web provides to reach customers, influencers, etc. I’m flattered to be invited, so thanks to those responsible who read here.
I hope to add some value, despite [...]

The iPhone Still Rules

Jan 3 2008
Written by Jake. Also tagged under general. 15 comments.

I’m sure many of you out there got iPhones over the Holidays, just like David did. Rich finally joined the iranks, but he went the iPod touch route, an interesting choice, all the cool features, minus the uncool AT&T and the molasses-in- January slow Edge network.
This blog has become an iPhone resource for Oracle people. [...]

Rails Is A Ghetto

Jan 3 2008
Written by Rich Manalang. Also tagged under del.icio.us. .

I’ve been following Zed’s rant since he posted it… it’s an absolutely entertaining read. Good thing he’s got nothing against the JRuby team. I’m glad that he’s refreshingly honest about the way he feels.

RIP Netscape Navigator

Jan 2 2008
Written by Jake. Also tagged under Uncategorized. 8 comments.

News came out over the weekend that AOL was killing Netscape Navigator. This one hits home for a certain age group, i.e. mine, since for many people, Netscape Navigator was the first window into the Interwebs.
Navigator had all the important firsts in browsers, cookies, Javascript (obviously), frames, etc. It was the de facto browser, and [...]

Fixes and New Stuff for Mix

Jan 1 2008
Written by Jake. Also tagged under Uncategorized. 4 comments.

Mix has been live for over a month now, and just before Christmas, Rich and Anthony dumped a bunch of bug fixes and new stuff. Maybe you noticed, maybe you didn’t. Many of these are ideas that people submitted, so this is the part where I say the system works.
This is also the part where [...]

New Oracle Digg Clone

Jan 1 2008
Written by Jake. Also tagged under Uncategorized. .

Matt Topper, a friend of the ‘Lab, launched an Oracle Digg clone on Friday at ora-click.com. He’s using Pligg, an Open Source Digg clone, as the backend, with a nice 2.0-style front end. I could live without the ads, but I know power/ping/pipe aren’t free.
We toyed with Pligg a while back when we were [...]