Travis Swicegood

Paradigm shifts and Y! Live

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March 08 2008
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Travis Swicegood

As a growing person, we should go through paradigm shifts regularly. We don't, but we should. I just had one tonight. My sister IM'd this evening and I started to tell her about the new paint I've got up in the office along with the new drapes I hung today. As I got ready to type, I thought, "man, if she only had video IM." Then I thought again, "oh wait, Yahoo! Live!" (yes, I do think in hyperlinks)

Through my channel, I gave her a quick tour of the office with the new paint color and the drapes in pretty much real-time with no, little fuss. I had an issue where their UI was telling me that I wasn't broadcasting but it actually was. Not knowing when the cameras are rolling could lead to all kinds of snafus.

Update: fixed link...

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Travis Swicegood is a professional programmer and owner of Domain51, a web development company with a focus on non-profits, NGOs, and online activists. He doesn't change the world, he supports those who do.

He has personal a focus on web applications, performance, and stability; is author of Pragmatic Version Control using Git; and working on his second book. He has been using PHP; since '99 and still remembers how revolutionary PHP 4 was, but can't remember why. He's a TDD, open-source, and open government advocate—sometimes called a zealot—and lurker on many an open-source project mailing list when not learning other programming; languages; for fun, exploring his surroundings on bike, or tasting his latest kitchen and home-brew creations.

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