{"id":826,"date":"2009-08-18T11:26:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T16:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/826"},"modified":"2009-08-18T11:26:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T16:26:22","slug":"oslo-refocused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/826","title":{"rendered":"Oslo, refocused"},"content":{"rendered":"

No big surprise, but Oslo, once part of a giant wave of convoluted functionality, new languages, and other assorted pieces, is changing<\/a>. Not that you\u2019ll actually get a better understanding of what it is by reading the post \u2013 just know that the teams are merging.<\/p>\n

Maybe they\u2019ll figure out what it they\u2019re building eventually, and just maybe, they\u2019ll consider that there\u2019s more than 2 types of applications out there that should be considered (photo viewers and RSS readers). :)<\/p>\n

I still won\u2019t be shocked if it further disappears from the technology stack. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s your take on Oslo\u2019s future? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No big surprise, but Oslo, once part of a giant wave of convoluted functionality, new languages, and other assorted pieces, is changing. Not that you\u2019ll actually get a better understanding of what it is by reading the post \u2013 just know that the teams are merging. Maybe they\u2019ll figure out what it they\u2019re building eventually, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5QIe-dk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":805,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/805","url_meta":{"origin":826,"position":0},"title":"Google’s Chrome Operating System","date":"July 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"If you didn\u2019t see the buzz about the Internet in the last 24 hours \u2013 where have you been? :) Google announced officially that they are working on a new operating system, named Google Chrome OS (just rolls off the tongue doesn\u2019t it?). 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