Simple, Elegent and Useful Ajax Code

• Making a personal site more dynamic

  As part of a recent attempt to update my personal information online, I decided to update my personal site to better reflect my current activities and background. As part of my content update, I ideally wanted my site to be more dynamic, so that I did not need to touch it very often, yet to still have it be more up-to-date and fresh. My idea was to rely on updates I would make to other sites anyway, and to leverage those updates to drive my personal site too.

  
  
• How does fair-use law work?

  This is an excellent write-up about how fair use works, along with its complexities (and areas where it is more straightforward, generally where courts have already ruled on a very similar use previously).

  
  
• Google responds to publishers

  According to Rob Salkowitz of Internet Evolution, in the so-called Hamburg Declaration issued July 9, publishers argued that services like Google are "using the work of authors, publishers and broadcasters without paying for it."

  
  
• Six more of the best WordPress plugins

  I admit it. I'm a WordPress plugin junkie. I'm continually updating, adding, removing, and adjusting the list of plugins I have running this site. Here are six of my current favorites.

  
  
• BlawgIT's introduction to "fair use"

  Brett Trout has a useful introduction to "fair use" up on BlawgIT. The goal is to help you "spot the issues" and avoid some common urban legends. Recommended.

  
  

Post title: Simple, Elegent and Useful Ajax Code

Authored by: krisnelson

Date posted: May 12, 2007

Categorized as: technology

Tagged with: recommended

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