Monthly Archives: August 2007

Embedded Google maps: more opacity

I think Google really missed the mark with its attempt at embeddable maps. I suppose something is better than nothing for the myriads of folks who want this functionality, but when a simpler, less opaque solution (read; declarative), GMapEZ, has existed for ages, you have to wonder what Google were thinking. The blob of HTML… Read More »

Simple != easy

Sanjiva uses the wrong word when pointing out distributed systems development is hard. I thought that RESTafarians used to say that WS-* was all too complicated and REST is so easy and beautiful. ;-). No RESTafarian I know ever said REST development (in general) was easy, only that it was simple, where “simple” refers both… Read More »

REST as a long bet?

I have to say, I’m with James in his response to Sam’s long bets; To say, as Sam and Tim both do, that REST is important is like saying the fan in my laptop is “important”. There’s really nothing to discuss about it. RESTful services are fundamentally critical to the continued evolution of the Web.… Read More »

Some RESTful misconceptions

Eric Roch comments on a post from Anne Manes from a couple of months ago, and seems to be under some misconceptions about REST. Misconception: “Stateless” means no persistent data To be RESTful state must be transferred from the server with each interaction. This can be problematic for many applications – can you trust the… Read More »

What next?

Elias has noticed that my blog has fallen silent recently, and suggests that REST’s victory over WS-* has something to do with it. He’s right. I haven’t had much contract work the past few weeks, but have been helping a couple of startups. But the main reason I don’t blog is that my curmudgeonly style… Read More »