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Tagged with “simonwillison” (2)

1. When Zeppelins Ruled The Earth

   Simon Willison on the history of the UK and US airship programmes. With laughs. Seriously.

   Recorded in Brighton at Skillswap on Speed on Wednesday 29th October 2009.

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   —Huffduffed by skillswap 3 years ago

2. Real-time JavaScript with Comet

   Led by Simon Willison. The Ajax revolution has increased user expectations for web application interactivity, and resulted in a growing demand for real-time information. Comet is an umbrella term for a set of techniques that enable live updates of web pages as soon as a significant event occurs. On the server-side, a different set of technologies is needed to handle the challenges of event-driven applications.

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   —Huffduffed by skillswap 4 years ago