October 2009

29 Oct

TechStartups: The Demise of Web 2.0

Posted by matt in google wave, gsoc, iphone, mac, multitouch, web 2.0

I spent last weekend out in Santa Clara at the Google SOC Mentor Summit. The conference itself was fantastic, but at one point a lightbulb went on in my head, and I sat down and wrote an article. Head on over to Tech Startups and read about The Demise of Web 2.0.
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TechStartups: The Demise of Web 2.0

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by matt
TechStartups: The Demise of Web 2.0
26 Oct

I Grew Up in "Thin City"

Posted by matt

CBS News recently featured the city in which I grew up. My Dad is the Parks and Recreation director of "Thin City", and he's interviewed in this short clip.


Watch CBS News Videos Online

22 Oct

QueryPath slides from DrupalCon Paris, 2009

Posted by matt in drupalcon paris, php, querypath

I finally posted my slides for DrupalCon Paris at slideshare.

QueryPath, Mash-ups, and Web Services
View more presentations from Matt Butcher.

Feel free to download a copy and use it in conjunction with the video from Paris. The slides, though, cover some information that I did not have time to cover in the video. Conversely, the video features Ken and David each talking about QueryPath projects they worked on.

21 Oct

SPL in PHP 5.3

Posted by matt in php, querypath, slideshow, spl

Here is a great slideshow that explains what is so important (and so interesting) about the SPL libraries included in PHP 5.3.

New SPL Features in PHP 5.3
View more documents from tobias382.

And for additional reading, head over to the PHP manual: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/spl.datastructures.php

When I switched QueryPath from an array to an SplObjectStorage object, I noticed tremendous speed improvements. And the 5.3 random access extensions to SPLObjectStorage will continue to speed QueryPath's engine.

13 Oct

Migrating from Postbox to Mail.app in OS X

Posted by matt in email, import, mail.app, postbox

I love Postbox, but at Palantir.net, we do not have the option to purchase an email client for our workstations. As my Postbox beta expired, I needed to export from Postbox into the OS X Mail.app. This migration is very simple.

The key fact to know is that Postbox stores its mail in the same format that Thunderbird uses. Mail.app already supports importing from Thunderbird. Assuming you already have an account set up in Mail.app, go to the File menu and choose Import mailboxes....
"Import mail" dialog"Import mail" dialog

The import dialog suggests a path to Thunderbird. However, the path that should be used for Postbox is ~/Library/Ppostbox/Profiles (where the ~ is shorthand for your home directory).

Once you click Continue, Mail.app will import all of the folders and messages, including the Archive and Sent mailboxes. As far as I can tell, tags/labels are not imported.

When the import is finished, you should have a new Import folder in Mail.app's On My Mac section.
Imported MailboxesImported Mailboxes
All of your old folders should be imported into the new Local Folders folder. You may notice that certain POP3 folders were imported with the name of my POP server. And all of the messages are marked as unread.

From there, you should be able to re-organize as you see fit.

Imported Mailboxes

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by matt
Imported Mailboxes

Import mail

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by matt
Import mail
09 Oct

Domain Scam and Domain Registry of America

Posted by matt

I have received several dire-sounding email messages from Domain Registry of America. These messages make it sound like I requested a domain transfer from my current provider (with whom I am very happy) to the Domain Registry of America

This email indicates that you need to do something (unlock your registration) so that the domain transfer and renewal can be completed. Doing this is basically the first step in transferring a domain to a new provider. From there (presumably), DRA can transfer your domain and then bill you.