I've finally switched from C++ to Python and wxPython for GUI application development and writing code hasn't been this much fun since I discovered perl.

The ID3v2 standard may suck, but bright coloured fish seem to be the redeeming value of this standard.

ETech was a blast as usual -- a great venue, great speakers and great attendees -- what more could you ask for from a conference??

FOAF (Friend of a Friend) is the decentralized answer to social software systems like Friendster and Tribe.net. Using XML/RDF and well established bottom up tools, FOAF is the best tool for giving users power over their own data in social software systems.

David Sifry's presentation at ETech showed how Technorati has its finger on the pulse of the blogosphere and the impressive data that Technorati can pull from its vast database.

I'm ready for O'Reilly's ETech conference -- are you??

Commercial wireless networks don't seem to be such a hot proposition and the latest studies support this. WiFi is growing, but revenue from WiFi services are not.

Clay Shirky lambasts micropayments for content in his most recent article, but that doesn't mean that micropayments across the board are doomed to fail.

Notes from friday morning's keynotes and a few other parting thoughts about the Open Source Conference.

Stormy Peters' keynote speech at OSCON 2003 covered some interesting points about how HP works to maintain a sane open source policy and works with the open source community.