Blaze New Media

I’ve spent much of the weekend looking into this new approach to web applications. It’s been thrust into the limelight over the past couple of months and I was wondering how exactly do you say “Ajax”?

Now being from England and a huge fan of football (yes, soccer….) I’m pretty familiar with the dutch football team Ajax and the way that this is pronounced – ‘Ai-yax’.

Then again, there’s a trusty all purpose cleaner in the UK also called Ajax – pronounced ‘Ay-jax’.

So what’s it to be? Does anyone really care?

No, probably not. I just don’t want to sound like a complete tit when i bring it up in conversation for the first time.

Hot on the heals of Adobe’s recent acquisition of Macromedia.

All the corporate jargon and ‘dancing around the question’ aside, what Adobe really mean when they talk about the acquisition of Macromedia. Hat-tip: Benny T