got a little celebration going on next door. a beer'ski fell into my lap. ahhhhhh. hey, wait, it is all so clear now ... that "abstract base class static intializer" mental block is now clearing. yes. the answer is before me. life is good!

Java == platform independence
XML == application independence
JXTA == network independence

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: UnderWorld/Dirty Epic/Rez

whilst doing the linux world gig i got the chance to point out blogs.sun.com to folks, many of which didn't realize it existed, which is ok given the info is organic and the data within will find it's way into the right and proper hands over time. as a result of these discussions it feels to me that bsc would benefit from another entry point (aka view). possibly a top-down approach, if you will, so that folks just happening upon bsc can, with relative eas, find and connect with the folks that are working common interests one way or another. here's a recap of the interactions.

one individual was interested in learning more about sun's accessibilty work to which i, unfortunately had little to go on. fortunately, my partner in crime was able to intervene. as the discussion ensued we brought up one Peter Korn, who these folks knew, and were delighted to discover (by word of mouth) that he had his blog groove going on. delighted is an understatement. my problem is that i know, or more correctly i *believe* i know, there are others doing work in this area but not having a definitive point of reference, on how to hook into the "blog collective" bothers me as we have an incredible story to tell on many fronts. that by doing so we can only learn and appropriately prioritize our activities from direct interactions with the representative communties. tight feedback loop per se.

as another data point i was chatting with some bsd, who are without a doubt are the most pragmatic of penguinites i personally have had interactioned with was refreshing in and of iteself, about jxta and possible use cases. things progressed a bit and i pointed out that solaris 10 chalk full of features and slated to roll out as open source. having the solaris express booth nearby was helpful as well. i then spiced up the discussion with the fact that *the* kernel engineers are blogging directly, no noise, just direct communications. the response were jaw dropping eyes wide open "you are kidding me" ... oh, it felt good :). i then proceeded to bring up a browser and was, again, faced with the navigational issue this very entry is about, that being, what is the best means to dial into the sub-channels/themes that collectively are bsc? in this case i pointed to the dTrace'omatic crew which are diligent about adding "friends of" links on thier entries ... something we would all do well to follow suit. i know i'm trying to do my part to "bring order from chaos." btw, that have you ever kissed a girl thread is bloody classic! hilarious beyond belief.

so, let's bring it on home. some "meta" bsc categories that come to mind include accessibity, gnome, jds, solaris, linux, etc. there are more, no doubt, but you get the idea.

so, what to do? i know we can do better. is this feature here today? right under our nose? not sure but i doubt it. wiki by chance? sounds reasonable to me as the only real difference is a wiki is editable by all (so is a blog if you share your pwd) and it is fixed in time whereas blogs roll off the radar as time moves on ("we all float on" - modest mouse). with this, one can envision theme/category/affinity context that spans individual blog entries yet the two engines point bi-directionally into one another. hmmmmm. cool.

folks know precisely my recommendations in this space as i am not one to be shy when voicing my opinion when potential "architectural" foibles are at play. i still stand by stated recommendation. what i am doing here is providing *real* world use cases whereby we can readily help folks connect ... which is what this is really all about ... without specifying the uber solution. i'd love to see something come along that can help build more bridges.

lest folks can't get to sleep wondering what i would construct/rollout/etc ... i'm a fan of snipsnap. man, i just read that one can install snipsnap via java webstart. how cool is that? my "clan k3wl" buddies to the right, yeah, right over there, have built out some nice sites in using snipsnap.

Java == platform independence
XML == application independence
JXTA == network independence

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: UnderWorld/Dirty Epic/Cowgirl