Monthly Archives: September 2005

“I recommend erasing such memories before trying HTTP.” — Roy Fielding 8-) (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]

Adam reports on the availability of a presentation of his, given at a Salesforce.com conference. The gist of the talk is that – excuse me for likely oversimplifying – waterfall model, bad, quick iterations driven by customer demand, good. Sort of a “worse is better” pitch (as much as I hate that phrase). What I… Read More »

“it has crucial dependencies on […] WS-Transfer” Wha?! I thought WS-Transfer was a joke! Seriously. Maybe he meant WS-Transport? You know how WS folks confuse transfer and transport. 8-) (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]

“Congratulations for making it all the way into the mid 80’s, technology wise.” Heh. Seems a common theme in the industry today. 8-( (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]

While absorbing Richard MacManus’ latest, and in turn something from Phil Wainewright, last week, I happened upon a phrase (by Mohan Sawney) that struck a strong historical chord with me, taking me back to my days as a “business object” weenie; Five years from now, the concept of an application will be obsolete […] They… Read More »

Hmm, looks like ad-hoc, distributed composition’s doing just fine without “Web services” (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]

Oh my! (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]

Gee, tell me something I don’t know! Sorry, Paul, I too get the “a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness” descriptor. You are a Social Liberal (83% permissive) and an… Economic Conservative (65% permissive) You are best described as a: Libertarian Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online… Read More »

Freudian slip of the week; “lously coupled” 8-) (link) [del.icio.us/distobj]