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A quick rant about Ajax goodness, and other assorted news
Quick rant
When discussing the use of Ajax in web applications, why must bloggers always call it “Ajax goodness”?
The proliferation of this phrase astounds me! A Google search for the pair of words turns up 174,000 results — and the term “Ajax” was only coined 9 months ago (unless you count the cleaner, which probably doesn’t rank very well in Google).
Listen — I realize Ajax is pretty cool. And I know there is a lot of goodness to be achieved when Ajax is used tastefully. But please, oh please, say something else next time.
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Other news
Tomorrow is Carson’s CSS Workshop with Eric Meyer. I’m looking forward to geeking around all day, meeting some folks (Ryan included), and yes, even learning some things. No doubt I’ll have some valuable lessons to bring back to FeedBurner HQ.
Speaking of FeedBurner… today Traci and I were guests on the Geek2us podcast with Coffee and Crash. (Man, what a couple of wacky guys!) Technical trouble aside (first time using Gizmo over here), things went well and it was fun to get “on the air” and talk about FeedBurner with some enthusiastic customers.
On Saturday, just before leaving for Madison (for Halloween; more here, here and here), I learned that my car had been hit! While parked! On my street! Fortunately, a slightly detached plastic bumper is the extent of the damage, and my insurance company has been super helpful. Still, this is kind of a pain. Because…
Michelle and I are headed to Green Bay on Sunday for the Packers/Steelers game. Green Bay’s not having a great year, but I’ve been going to Lambeau Field since I was a kid and I’m really looking forward to this weekend’s game.
Until next time… thanks for caring, and watch for crazy drivers!