We have been watching this server side Javascript movement with much interest. All signs point to a very fast system. Seems like a big shift in how we think about working with server side code, but nonetheless it could be a nice way to offload some work on to the client and keep a complex interactive system running with out a lot of upfront loading.

We are doing our first Secret Santa ever for our family this year. I started thinking about how to keep everything truly secret. I ended up writing a little web app that randomly assigns people and gives them a place to manage their list and view the list of the person they were assigned. Super simple app, but really fun to write. I wonder if other people would use this?

The long standing partnership between Mark Wyner Design and Merrill Interactive just launched a new project. Prompter is a social networking site built around keeping you connected to your upcoming events as well as upcoming events of your friends, family and colleagues.

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We are currently in Sacramento meeting for 3 days to plan out a second phase of a cool new social networking platform. More of this to come later.