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What is cloud computing?

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What makes it usable Newer applications are using AJAX and Flash, to give the kinds of functionalities we’ve come to expect with desktop applications – so it’s just like having a desktop application with our data – except it’s “in the cloud&# not on our desk. Be Helpful.

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The geek in me thinks the Convio APIs are wicked cool, since they allow you to do client programming via AJAX, as well as more standard server-based programming. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Convio has, seemingly, gotten some serious Web 2.0

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Speaking too soon

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It was really hard to try and write new applications building on a framework I’d written a while ago, while simultaneously improving that framework, and keeping up with new things such as Ajax and RSS, mostly by myself. It just wasn’t happening very well. And as time wore on, I lost touch with people and organizations. Be Helpful.

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Cake vs. Symfony

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

For pagination I understand you can have multiple paginators per page with ajax but from what I’ve seen the whole system asumes you’ll be paginating one thing at a time so it’s more of a workaround than anything else. For what should be a nice condensed view you have now to have separate pages. Be Helpful.

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Web 2.0 Part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

After that, I’ll go under the hood, and talk about things like open APIs and AJAX. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. After that, I’ll go under the hood, and talk about things like open APIs and AJAX. { Hallmarks of Web 2.0

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