Jay Horne
Jay Horne
June 30, 2008
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Under the Hood

To be a View, the data presented has to be search results. We are not merely making data look great, be more functional, etc. We are doing that for search results. Thats a lot harder than simply making a great looking static web page. Search results can be messy, and sometimes thwart attempts at prettying them up. Here's one small example. Continue reading...

Jay Horne
Jay Horne
May 27, 2008
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Food, Folks, and Fun

The summer after my freshman year of college (1990, for those keeping score) found me living in a run down motel on the strip in Myrtle Beach, SC and needing a short-term job within walking distance. So I hit the nearby mall and applied at several places in the food court. First, the happy ending: I got the job at Chick-fil-a. If you are going to have to eat the same fast food every day for a couple months, it might as well be Chick-fil-a. Along the way, however, I applied for a job at Burger King. And the application asked me why I wanted to work there. I answered "food, folks, and fun". I did not receive an offer of employment. Continue reading...

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