Well, I finally got around to giving Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) a whirl. I started out just wanting to allow people to send me text messages via the side bar of this blog and got it working (with PHP) in about 2 minutes, but then I thought… “It works, but I hate reloading the page for something so simple.” That’s when AJAX popped in my head and it seemed like a great first script.

So off I went to grab the latest version of SAJAX (Simple Ajax), and boy were they right about the “simple” part. Within about 30 minutes, I had a functional script that you can now find on the side bar. Before you try it out, please use the demo page, as I don’t need everyone sending me text messages just to see how it works.

Next step, getting my responses to show up!

Edit: At first that last comment was a joke, but two hours later…, that was shockingly easy. I’d like to get it integrated into the side bar, but out of time tonight. I’ll post the code when I have a bit more time to work on it. So feel free to send a message or two, as I can respond rather easily. If you get annoying, I can turn it off via my cell phone too.