Jon Udell on OData
Byte magazine played an instrumental role in my youth, particularly in how I learned about computing and programming. I still remember reading about the introduction of the Macintosh in Byte (26 years ago). I remember hunting for the “Balloon” issue when I finally understood the power of Smalltalk. Every month I dreamed I was Jerry in the Chaos Manor. I remember (or think I do) seeing the below ad in Byte which likely had more impact on my life than anything else in print.
One of the voices that emerged in Byte, particularly in the move to the Web, was Jon Udell. I have had the opportunity to interact with Jon over the years. I was happy to learn we hired him. I bounce ideas off of him from time to time to ensure that I have the benefit of his experience and insights.
Jon and I both share a passion around what I call “Open Data for the Open Web”. Based on his blog, he appears to be as excited as I am about OData:
You’ll be happy to know that the one and only piece of BYTE memorabilia in my office is a signed, limited-edition print of the Smalltalk balloon cover.
Jon Udell
9 Feb 10 at 22:32
@jon That does make me happy and somehow I am not unsurprised in the least.
douglasp
9 Feb 10 at 23:41
and in my office I have BIX suspenders, BYTE blazer buttons, pins, a wooden box with the logo on top and BYTE Bermuda Breakthrough baseball cap. Oh somewhere a BYTE sweatshirt, and BYTE COMDEX Best of COMDEX photos with Jerry Pournelle and Mitch Kapor. I was in that crazy marketing dept on the floor below editorial. I think I even have old floppy BYTE benchmark disks for PC and Mac…and the 15th anniversary issue.
Dawn Matthews
6 Apr 10 at 18:10