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MyJXTA :: use it - learn it - do it

Java == platform independence
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JXTA == network independence

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in my ears: sounds of my son playing LOTR on the imac

i happened upon the random 1 series on a&e a couple of weeks back and have really enjoyed each show that i have gotten a chance to watch. the principal is really simple ... take time, listen, be kind and good things will happen. in a word, insirational.

doing so isn't easy. john and andre work very hard to "mak things happen" ... and are genuine through and through.

i suspect the recipe can be further boiled down to one word ... sincerity.

i also suspect that, as random 1 suggests and to a degree proves, that a small amount of kindness invested goes a long way in the creating a "change state" such that kindness is perpetuated and, quite possibly, returned.

random 1 is about connecting people.

the systems and, more importantly, people i get to meet, learn from and "build with" are very motivating. it's the connections. from the one campaign, to the one laptop per child and james burke's knowledge web project ... life changing initiatives. it feels good. real good!

being part of building an ecosystem that enable sincere connections to occur, more readily then would otherwise be possible, and for those connections to grow into mutually beneficial relationships where ideas are freely exchanged and the future is shaped, at times in truly life changing ways, makes it all worth it, in the end.

with the one campaign and one laptop per child thousands of lifes are changed. random one, on the other hand, changes lives one life at a time and with few resources other then "connecting people."

looking back a bit, i'm not really sure why i titled this little blog'o mine "consistently random" other then to possibly remind myself to step back and consider different perspectives from time to time. now, given the fact i am a fan of random 1, i guess i now have another reason for being proud to be "consistently random."

strong enough to be nice!

wise enough to think twice!

mean enough to stay green!

call all bluffs!

random on people! random on!

MyJXTA :: use it - learn it - do it

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

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: Cold Play/A Rush Of Blood To The Head/Politik

this last two weeks were unique in that i got to meet, for the first time, 3 folks with whom i've *virtually* worked with via myjxta and associated projects. that was *so* fun. it is amazing that given a smidge of im/irc, via myjxta of course, you realy get to know people, quite well in fact.

first up, i got a chance to sit down and chat with mark petrovic a bit where we chatted about juxta in general and furthered some of our jxta configuration discussions of late. i still owe a bit of code to this regard, something i've been meaning to add to ext:config for awhile anyways. mark is a huge motivater for to those involved with myjxta and associated projects. he also has some fun ideas in the areas of collaboration. i'm really glad mark took a bit of time out of his busy schedule to stop by my little corner of the jxta-plex world.

next up, henry story was in town. i met henry via the bloged project but having done a bit of real-time language translation in the past turns out i've used his code long ago as he was the *bblfish* behind alta vista's language translation tools. henry's done a killer job w/ bloged and given we've talked about the possibilities of bringing our varied domain experiences together at some point in time it feels like the time is right to play through some of the ideas. should be a fun ride!

last up, bob way stopped by for a visit. bob's got a ton of ideas and even more domain knowledge in the areas of search, content distribution, copy right entitlements and the like. while bob was in town polo was online so we hooked up a little myjxta video chat.

i'm glad i got to meet and work with these folks in the borderless world that is opensource ... and in the very real world as well.

good times! better times coming! happy holidays all!

MyJXTA :: use it - learn it - do it

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

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: Sigue Sigue Sputnik/A Gothic Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins/Bullet With Butterfly Wings

i've been meeting more gamers on myjxta of late, the most recent of which is joel. i've had a great time chatting w/ him going over what jxta provides to application developers.

jxta *is* the net!

MyJXTA :: use it - learn it - do it

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

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: The Streets/A Grand Don't Come Easy/Turn The Page

foaf describes stuff. jxta finds stuff. meerkat interacts with stuff.

the aggregate (largely) provides the baseline for a social net with relative ease. profound ease. goodgreat stuff.

some of the fundamentals of this idea is in place via the myjxta profile feature. the next couple of iterations should prove insightful, likely coupled with configuration and deployment descriptors.

MyJXTA :: use it - learn it - do it

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

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: Cake/Comfort Eagle/Short Skirt Long Jacket

per the mink'ster i gave the most excellent bloged another spin this morn. excellent job bblfish!

MyJXTA :: use it - learn it - do it

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

Secure End-to-End Computing

in my ears: Page &  Plant/No Quarter/Since I've Been Loving You