Technologies
The technology pages are random assortments of stuff that I either find of interest or need to reference from time to time. I starting collecting these links in 2005 so many may be quite dated. My purpose for putting this stuff here is to keep track of reference material I've needed to make use of at one time or another (printing and manual filing became untenable). The material is likely not the latest (a gross understatement for the older stuff) so please do not consider this a collection of the latest or greatest information on any given topic.
Prior to November 2009, the site was manually maintained, making updating the links inconvenient. In November 2009 the site was changed from a frames based implimentation to one based on Drupal 6. Maintenance of the links here should be more regular as a result.
There are likely many broken links, especially with the older stuff - I will try to nail these down and either correct or remove in the not too distant future. If you notice any, please let me know.
The pages are broken down into the following subcategories:
Calendaring and Scheduling
This section is dated from back in 2005 so I'm sure there is a lot better and more applicable stuff out there now. Section deals with Internet standards in this area as well as Mobile Synchronization.
Cellular
This section covers standards (ETSI primarily) in the cellular area, Google Android OS and a few odds and ends like Kannel. The standards section dates back to 2005, so be warned....
Distributed File Systems
General and research papers circa 2005
Directory Services
This section mainly focues on LDAP related protocol specifications and the OpenLDAP implementation.
Domain Name System
Very minimal section - need to expand time permitting.
Electronic Mail
Section mainly focues on implementations we are using on our servers. In particular Cyrus IMAP / SASL, Postfix, Mailman, IMAP Proxy, Squirrelmail and a couple of ancillary specifications.
Identity Management
Old and basic references circa 2005. A good starting point, but not much more.
Instant Messaging
XMPP related specification and Jabber documentation. Very much in need up updates.
Graphics Design
Just starting with this section - only a single reference to an interesting site with Photoshop stuff.
Internet Telephony
Main focus is on VoIP standards and industry sites / organizations. Information here is dated and in need of updates. Additional sections on NAT Traversal and POTS / Conformance.
Network Management
RFC's related to Network Management. Nothing new since 2005 in this section - should be updated.
Routing and Traffic Engineering
Very basic coverage here - a few standards on traffic engineering. The papers focus on technologies I needed many years ago when implimentating connection aggregration across multiple ADSL circuits.
Computer / Network Security
Most of this stuff is rather dated, but sill applicable. The Linux papers focus on firewall configuation issues. The NIST articles cover a wide range of topics and are pretty good.
Collaboration, Team Management and Social System Design
This is one of the newer sections - and one that is apt to be updated more regularly In addition to general articles on collaboration, project management, and social system design, additional sections are dedicated to Google Wave and Google Friend Connect. The Google Friend Connect may eventually be moved into the Identity Management section, as it is probably more applicable there.
Web Design
Basic reference material for a wide range of topics including DHTML, Document Object Model (DOM), Frames, JavaScript, Web Security, Authentication / State management and a few open source solutions.
Other Technologies
Misc stuff that would not fit in elsewhere.
