When does NOW matter?

By On March 10, 2010 · 5 Comments

Real-Time Web!

Real-Time Web!

Real-Time Web!

Like me you may well be fed up of hearing and seeing this term. However, I’m guessing that you’ll be fed up for a different reason to me. I’m actually very excited about the real-time web (I’m sure you’ll have noticed) but I want to see it used as [...]

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How real-time does real-time have to be?

By On December 9, 2009 · 4 Comments

Last night, just over 12 hours ago, I attended the Gary Vaynerchuk Crush It event organised by Sprouter in London. I’ve already read Crush It and seen a lot of Gary online so I wondered if he would give out any information that I hadn’t already heard. [...]

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The ChristmasCrunch nearly real-time web event

By On December 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

On the 15th of December I’m going to the ChristmasCrunch. It looks like a really good event with Iain Dodsworth and James Whittaker of TweetDeck giving the keynote on “Where the biggest realtime desktop application goes next” (I know where I’m hoping it goes. See below). Other presentations include Jenni Lees [...]

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Why Comet is key to the Truly Real-Time Web

By On November 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A lot of websites use HTTP Polling to update data on on their website or application without the need for the user refreshing the website. This is clearly better than a purely static page, but during the time between each poll the data on the page has the potential of being out of [...]

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