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Posts tagged 'object-network'


Cyrus in 2013 January 16, 2013 17:09 Well that worked out pretty well: I have a 3D environment on Android programmed in a simple but powerful declarative language which I've called "Cyrus". Cyrus basically uses JSON all the way through: from user interface and scene graph to rewrite rules, on the wire and on disk. The Cyrus programming language is essentially JSON itself, as JSON rewrite rules. I've reduced the noise of JSON in Cyrus by taking out redundant double-quotes, square brackets and commas. It looks very nice to me. ... Read "Cyrus in 2013" cyberspace ■ ■ architecture ■ ■ declarative ■ ■ json ■ ■ forest ■ ■ netmash ■ ■ cyrus ■ ■ object-network ■ ■ fjord ■ ■ Empowering the World \| NetMash August 17, 2012 11:11 If you also think that hacking up 3D worlds on Android could be fun, then join me! Stuff you should expect to play with if you want to get involved includes Java, Android, OpenGL ES 2.0, 3D model creation, hyperlinked JSON and JSON rewrite rules. Creatives, evangelists and inspirers are also very welcome to get involved! The idea is to make an app (NetMash) that lets people build, mash up, animate and program 3D worlds, shared online and all linked-up, Web-like. Like creative-mode Minecraft, but adding easy in-world programming and shared online by default. Or maybe a bit like an open, distributed, generic, mobile Kodu (or here), for adults as well as children. NetMash is intended to deliver creative empowerment to ordinary people. We professional software folk often get stereotyped as geeks, and the creative fun we often have dismissed as in some way unusual. That's a real shame, because such prejudice means that the other 99.9% of the world are simply missing out on the joy of experiencing the most creative and empowering activities humankind has yet invented. ... Read "Empowering the World \| NetMash" cyberspace ■ ■ declarative ■ ■ json ■ ■ metaverse ■ ■ netmash ■ ■ object-network ■ ■ fjord ■ ■ Fun and Virtual Worlds \| NetMash August 15, 2012 11:37 I just re-read my article on the Universe Web. I think it's pretty good. Indeed, to be honest, "programming as Cyberspace building" is where my heart has always been, and I'm all about following my heart this year. Especially if it's more fun, for both myself and others! Or if it opens up new worlds to new people. In contrast, I don't see "fun" in W3C or IETF activities. Indeed, there's recently been a number of examples of tension in that world, between stabilisation and innovation, idealism and pragmatism, Enterprisey and Webby. Interestingly, all those examples have a "2.0" flavour: HTML5 (Web 2.0), HTTP 2.0 and OAuth 2.0. My own interests are rough consensus and running code; innovation and pragmatism. Webbiness not in the W3C sense - "Web" Services, Semantic "Web", "Web" Sockets, etc. - but in the sense of "the simplest thing that works". Which is the Web of HTTP (1.1), URLs, JSON and REST, or specifically my FOREST interpretation. I crave the simple and powerful, the cool and the fun. Which ultimately leads to the kind of thing I was describing as the Universe Web. And to be honest, I'd like to write and code for me, not for my peers and colleagues or for my career. So, to the pursuit of pure joy in place of compromise, I'll now be focusing my energies on the journey of evolving the NetMash Java server and Android app towards an online, open, hyperlinked virtual world that is programmable in-world by users using simple rules. Stay tuned! ... Read "Fun and Virtual Worlds \| NetMash" cyberspace ■ ■ declarative ■ ■ json ■ ■ metaverse ■ ■ netmash ■ ■ object-network ■ ■ fjord ■ ■ The Basics \| The Object Network January 20, 2012 18:07 Updated: January 23, 2012 19:45 Right, let's get started with some basic conventions in the Object Network! This part in the Object Network series will cover URLs, HTTP headers and some common JSON patterns. Updated 23/1/12: I changed the URLs in the example to have one of each type. ... Read "The Basics \| The Object Network" semanticweb ■ ■ architecture ■ ■ web2.0 ■ ■ microformats ■ ■ rest ■ ■ json ■ ■ forest ■ ■ object-network ■ ■ Why we should link up our Web APIs \| The Object Network January 19, 2012 20:58 Updated: January 22, 2012 16:05 OK, I'm trying to take a Big Idea and make it as Simple As Possible to grasp. If we link our JSON data together and use the same formats, then our mobile, browser and server apps can become much simpler - through clean, stable, common, shared, re-used code - and much more powerful - through clean, stable, common, shared, linked, cached data. This is the second part in the Object Network series, which will guide you away from building isolated Web APIs to engaging in a linked-up data landscape. ... Read "Why we should link up our Web APIs \| The Object Network" semanticweb ■ ■ architecture ■ ■ web2.0 ■ ■ microformats ■ ■ rest ■ ■ json ■ ■ forest ■ ■ object-network ■ ■ Introduction \| The Object Network November 29, 2011 23:11 Updated: January 22, 2012 16:03 It's interesting to compare the current growth of Web APIs with the early growth of the Web itself. To save you jumping those links: the Web dramatically beats the APIs. I believe that the most likely cause of such relatively slow growth (in what should be a booming ecosystem) is that each API forms a closed silo and cannot benefit from any network effects. Every API is different and there are no links between them. There usually aren't any links within a silo. You can't even use a given API without first consulting the documentation. The Object Network is designed to fix this, with linked-up JSON in common formats. This will allow easier mashing, sharing and cacheing of data and allow client code to be shared and reused. ... Read "Introduction \| The Object Network" semanticweb ■ ■ architecture ■ ■ web2.0 ■ ■ microformats ■ ■ rest ■ ■ json ■ ■ forest ■ ■ object-network ■ ■ OTS: The Benefits of both Native and Web Mobile May 10, 2011 11:11 The Web, in its purest form - declarative HTML and CSS documents, XML feeds - is mashable, linkable, sharable. It's easy to create documents that slot into the global Web and can be accessed on any device; accessed by just a simple link. Servers can easily scale through statelessness and cacheing. Native Mobile Apps are fast and slick. They are intimate with the dynamic, interactive, tactile mobile user interface, intimate with the capabilities of the device and intimate with the domain of mobile: photos, locations, contacts, messages. OTS is a simple, clean, powerful approach to delivering Mobile functionality and content that is designed to realise these benefits of both Native Apps and the Web. ... Read "OTS: The Benefits of both Native and Web Mobile" architecture ■ ■ declarative ■ ■ microformats ■ ■ rest ■ ■ scalability ■ ■ json ■ ■ mobile2.0 ■ ■ forest ■ ■ netmash ■ ■ u-web ■ ■ object-network ■ ■ fjord ■ ■