What? My research never goes out of fashion! How can it go out of fashion when the problem is not solved, and my PhD is not even remotely appearing in the horizon? Well, you may be right, but when I say fashion, I mean the hype your research topic can create. The amount of people … Continue reading What happens when your research topic goes out of fashion?
Month: September 2009
Google Sidewiki
Google has just released sidewiki, a toolbar that allows you to attach comments to web pages. This is a step that will allow a (supposedly) large number of users to attach information to a resource, and Google will try to rank the comments using their ratings, which will be provided by other users. To me, … Continue reading Google Sidewiki
JRuby team gone, who is next?
Oracle's acquisition of Sun is having minor bumps, and in the process is making what would happen anyway happen faster. Cryptic? Well, how about this: JRuby team has left Sun. Their work was important, quite important actually. I've done some Ruby work before, of course starting with Ruby on Rails projects and after that some … Continue reading JRuby team gone, who is next?