Clarion Folk

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Imagine this.

It’s an ordinary day. Minding your own business, coding away, you are a little annoyed when the doorbell buzzes. It disturbs the sanctity of your workplace.

Of course, when it’s Larry Page standing in your doorway, there are only two reactions.

1. Punch him in the face because you are one of the wierdos who doesn’t like Google, or,

2. Invite him in.

Larry knows your name. He’s been watching you, watching what you’ve been doing. He and his Crew are very interested in Clarion, and you are the man to push interest into actual development.

He gives you 6 months and the insane financial backing of Google to write an App in Clarion .Net.

What App would you create with Clarion .Net?

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It’s not so much the actual content that interests me, it’s the way they are packaging it.

The web, to me, has always been the best textbook. I can find out most anything about what I’m doing either by doing it myself, or by finding help on the web somewhere, in some location, on some lone computer.

Google is packaging up some (probably a tiny portion) of their knowledge (which is all the bits and pieces in the entire galaxy) in the form of  Google Code University.

I like they’re tutorial on Ajax. It’s Google-i-fied, but so what. This knowledge has been around for eons sure, but now this behemoth is taking hold of it, and wrapping it up in a nice little clean and lean bundle.

It’s not so much the actual content that interests me, it’s the way they are packaging it. Although the content is no doubt quality and up to scratch.

Nice.

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