When you have this many irons in the fire, you sometimes fall behind on writing blog entries. In addition to extending our framework, we are also working on several proof-of-concept applications that use RSS as the core. Some of them you will have seen before but now you will see them done with an emphasis on usability and performance. The first test application, which as of now is unnamed, will be released as opensource. Yes, that is correct, opensource. I firmly believe in giving back to the programming community at large and this will be the first step. Some of the subcomponents of the release will be JavaScript objects that do Ajax, a browser based event mechanism and a server side mechanism that can send messages to the browser asynchronously. That is all I can say for now but I will be posting more when we release a fully functional demo. Yup, no piecemeal releases but a big release that should (crosses fingers) be stable and cross platform ready. Each of the demo pieces will also demonstrate our concept of FRIA (Feature Rich Internet Applications) and will be devoid of special effects for the sake of effects and will focus on usability and diverse control sets. As an FYI, I will not just regurgitate someone else's thoughts and I don't fill my blog with links to other peoples original thoughts. That just isn't my style. So please be patient because every now and then I am known to say something worthwhile.

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Just when you thought your buzz word vocabulary was at maximum capacity, we're dragging out a new one. Wait for it… FRIA (Feature Rich Internet Application). Are you amazed, shocked, awed? Are you prostrate and humbled before the mere acronym? Probably not. So, you ask yourself, why make up a new buzz word to be over used by the masses, sought after by executives and misused by every Tom, Dick and hairy geek on the blogosphere? Why? Because it's fun and we can? No. Because we are egotistical sadistic tech geeks with a twisted sense of humor? Of course, but sadly, not the reason. Because RIA is pretty much useless when it comes to business application development and we're sick of justifying its use by pigeon-holing what we do into that lame buzz word? Bingo!

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I am going to preface this article with the simple fact that, I am not a software or web developer. I am a business developer. My job is to sell custom application development services both thick and thin to Fortune 500 companies. Over the past few years, more and more of my sales have been thin client application services. Like most new technology services, as the demand for thin client services grows and applications both good and bad infiltrate the market, the consumer's savvy about the service increases. Therefore, I think it is important to understand the environment in which we are selling and developing web-based applications, so we can best serve our clients and our community.

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