Going through my RSS feeds this morning I found this Ninja name translation table: I thought that was a perfect candidate for a YQL table, so I made one. So find out your Ninja name in the YQL console. Conversion was easy – simply convert the table to a hash, check that the user has […]

OK it is time to end the cruelty of the cliff-hanger. As mentioned yesterday, today I shall reveal the identity of my new employer. I left clues – videos of people with Dinosaurs and some CSS geekery: #chris{ —moz—position:relative;display:inline } So yes, this is it, to say it with (mock) YQL: insert into mozilla (employee) […]

YQL is great, it is a technology that turns the web into a database and allows you to mix and match and filter before writing your first line of code. It also allows you to release an API without any infrastructure, knowledge of authentication and access control. In essence you can use Yahoo’s server infrastructure […]

Last week I handed in my notice at Yahoo to leave them for pastures new. I’ve been with the company for almost 5 years (which would have given me a gumball machine) and I have to say that I do not regret a single moment. So yeah, I quit! Anybody for a Hot Piece of […]

I just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable trip to Warsaw to speak at the Fronttrends 2010 conference. This new conference managed to assemble a stellar line-up of speakers and around 400 developers who were very eager indeed to learn about new techniques and products. Big names like Tantek Çelik, Douglas Crockford, Peter-Paul-Koch were the first […]