Happy birthday "Ajax"

Well, almost. February 18th is the official one-year anniversary of Jesse James Garrett's essay that coined the term "Ajax" to describe what applications like Google Maps were using under the hood.

Thus rekindling interest in what some longtime web developers have pooh-poohed as old news: DHTML. But man. Books. Articles and tutorials. Conferences! Workshops! And the prime indicator that a concept has gained serious traction, haters!

Not bad for something once considered just a few short years ago to be too broken, unevenly-supported, and often downright ridiculous to be of any use.