1. Mar 17th, 2006

    The seven phases of dealing with microformats

    Just an observation …

    1. Disbelief. You just can’t make structured data accessible without using XML, RDF and WSDL. Structured data is inheritly complex and requires complex tools.
    2. Interest. Well, if this thing works, and the example looks so easy, I think I want to give it a try.
    3. Grokking. I get it! See, I just created my first event, and it only took five minutes of changing my blog template. Now I want to sit here posting events all day long. Anything good happening this week? When is your birthday?
    4. Hyping. Microformats are the next best thing since the last next best thing. We need microformats for weather and traffic reports. And maps with driving directions. And concert tickets. And a microformat for microformats.
    5. Overuse. I just created a microformat for my stamp collection, using the microformats microformat, and uploaded my entire collection. Bring on the crawlers!
    6. Reality. Someone else should do it. Unless it’s really useful, I just don’t have the time to look at it right now. Do we really need a microformat for laundry machines?
    7. Realization. If you have a common problem, then you need a simple solution. If you need a simple solution, look no further than microformats.

    Posted by Assaf Filed in general

    1. Mar 17th, 2006

      Annoyingly Cheerful » Blog Archive » Microformats Humor

      [...] Assaf’s “The seven phases of dealing with microformats” is really funny, probably because it is so true. Personally, I’m about halfway between stage three and stage four. [...]

    2. Mar 18th, 2006

      Robert “kebernet” Cooper

      I will come back to this in a bit. w/r/t this and the discussion at Pat’s blog. I do want to respond, but I think working up a proper response will take more time than I will have in the next couple days as I am under the gun on a project. :P

    3. Mar 29th, 2006

      Patrick Chanezon

      Fun post Assaf, I’m at level 2 now. Let’s see where this leads me.

    4. Sep 1st, 2006

      WaltDe

      Keep up the great work on your blog. Best wishes WaltDe

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