‘Coffeeshop‘ is a lightweight, REST-orientated HTTP-based publish/subscribe implementation that I’ve been working on for the last few days. It is a culmination of: an early and long-standing interest in pubsub a fascination with using HTTP properly, i.e. as an application protocol, not a transport protocol an excuse to experiment in the area of webhooks a [...]
Tarpipe implemented a REST connector a short while ago. This is something that I and others have been wanting for a while now, so it’s great news. The announcement was quite short and didn’t have much detail. I like to see things visually, and I’m guessing others do too, so I decided to write a [...]
Yes yes, I know I’m late to the game, and everyone and his dog has given their angle on why Twitter is so successful, but I’d like to weigh in with a few thoughts too. The thoughts are those that came together when I was chatting to Ian Forrester (@cubicgarden), at a GeekUp event in [...]
One thing that Tarpipe would really benefit from is a connector that would enable an HTTP request (I’m thinking of POST, here) to be made on an arbitrary resource (URL). This is something that other people have already mentioned — and the Tarpipe folks are certainly working on it. I couldn’t wait, however, and thought [...]
Q: When is a blog not a blog? A: When it’s an RSS feed. I’ve pondered the relationship between weblog and RSS before, and in an Old Speckled Hen-induced philosophical state of mind, have decided for experimental purposes that for all URI intents and purposes they are one and the same. With that in mind, [...]