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Stuff to read

January 24, 2003 12:55 PM |

Well, The Hovel is looking much better ("Floor! I can see floor!"), but there's still a ways to go yet. And I still need to tend to my online space.

Some linkage for my "to read" list:

  • 100 XML Acronyms -- everything from BEEP to XUL (via Column Two, which also has a couple presentations that I should look through)

  • Introduction to XFML -- I notice this is not on the aforementioned list of 100 acronyms (eek); anyway, XFML (eXtensible Faceted Metadata Language) is being touted as a lightweight alternative to RDF and Topic Maps for indexing and classification work

  • Content as Services -- "Most of the content management challenges facing businesses today have to do with content that is inflexible. To provide this missing flexibility, companies must add a layer of abstraction on top of enterprise content in order to isolate the content consumer from the content producer to give consumers the flexibility they require to locate content and producers the agility they need to change it as needed."
Meanwhile, Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is inviting the citizenry to engage in A Dialogue on Foreign Policy. There's a paper to read, links to other resources, and electronic forums for discussion. This is great, but why isn't the site getting more publicity so that more people know about it and can actually participate? The only reason I know about it is because Captain Graig helped in the site's construction.

And just because I can, I thought I'd give a plug to Anecdotage.com. A few months ago, I was walking along Bloor St. when I was approached by an enterprising young man trying to drum up readership for a new website and mailing list. We chatted, and I wound up giving him my e-mail address (entering it into the Handspring Visor with keyboard that he was toting about), and didn't hear anything about it again until last week.

Anecdotage provides interesting/funny/memorable quotes and stories from and about the famous and not-so-famous (more on the site's About page), and is worth a look if you like that sort of thing.

Lastly, congratulations to my brother are in order for the new addition to his household: a Sony Clie PEG-SL10.