Software As She’s Developed

Mahemoff’s Podcast/Blog - Web, Programming, Usability from the Author of ‘Ajax Design Patterns’ (AjaxPatterns.org)

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Podcast Interview with Alexander Kirk (Blummy, Bandnews)

October 30th, 2005 · 3 Comments

This 47-minute podcast is a discussion with Alexander Kirk, creator of the recently released Blummy (which I mentioned last week) and also Bandnews. A few things we discussed: The design behind Blummy. (Interestingly, I was incorrect to guess it uses XHR - basically, the Blummy is like a Greasemonkey script - it uses DOM manipulation to alter […]

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Blummy: The Mother of All Bookmarklets

October 24th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Check out Alexander Kirk’s new website: Blummy. A blummy is a kind of bookmarklet that opens up a kind of pop-up portal, giving you access to various web services. Just like a portal is made up of Portlets, a Blummy is made of Blummlets, which essentially do the kind of things bookmarklets do. e.g. […]

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