http://simonwillison.net/2009-01-05T10:46:57+00:00Simon Willison2009-01-05T10:46:57+00:002009-01-05T10:46:57+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/5/talking/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://mywhat.org/2009/01/04/talking-about-openid/">Talking about OpenID</a></strong></p> “So a relying party walks in to a bar...” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/comic">comic</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jargon">jargon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/openid">openid</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/relyingparty">relyingparty</a></p>

2008-12-29T19:29:40+00:002008-12-29T19:29:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Dec/29/jargon/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/12/google-walmart-mybarackobama.html"><p>I seem to have lost the battle to define Web 2.0 as "the use of the network as platform to build systems that get better the more people use them."</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/12/google-walmart-mybarackobama.html">Tim O&#x27;Reilly</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jargon">jargon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tim-oreilly">tim-oreilly</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/web20">web20</a></p>

2006-12-12T08:54:12+00:002006-12-12T08:54:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/12/agile/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://paultyma.blogspot.com/2006/12/agile-development-or-how-to-name.html">Agile Development -or- How to name a religion</a></strong></p> Clever language trick: If you’re not doing agile, you’re “not agile”. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/agile">agile</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jargon">jargon</a></p>

2005-04-19T01:15:58+00:002005-04-19T01:15:58+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2005/Apr/19/useful/#atom-tag

<p id="p-0">Software design patterns are useful mainly because they provide a shared vocabulary: rather than discussing the intimate details of a three layered application architecture, we say "MVC". Rather than describing an object that tracks your progress while looping over a collection, we say "Iterator".</p> <p id="p-1">The same is true for <a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php">Ajax</a>. While the techniques it describes have been around for years, grouping them under a single term is extremely valuable for raising the level of discussion about them. No longer will we have to explain XMLHttpRequest / hidden iframes / crazy cookie tricks in depth when discussing sites which pull fresh information from the server without reloading the whole page. Instead, we can say "Ajax" and move on to more interesting things.</p> <p id="p-2">Matthew Haughey says it's <a href="http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2005/04/note_to_geeks_l.html" title="Note to geeks: look beyond the end of your nose">all about marketing</a>. I disagree; it's about smarter and more effective conversations.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ajax">ajax</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/design-patterns">design-patterns</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jargon">jargon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/xmlhttprequest">xmlhttprequest</a></p>