Web Things, by Mark Baker

Aiee! If this makes it more difficult for me to find my beloved Viura, then blah.

httpd.js – what a cute moniker

Heh. Don’t dis Chris Wilson though – I’ve never met him, but I’ve heard from several people I trust that he’s a good guy.

“Expect: sex”?

5687 POST requests in the past 24 hours for me. Fucking spammers.

Fun! But be careful with those URLs that delete stuff (on a GET)!

“You are attempting to access epass Canada with an unsupported browser.” Grr, I thought this was *my* government.

“I’ve advocated REST and POX in this column over the years, but never at the expense of WS-*, for which I always gave a “to be sure, complex scenarios may call…” deferral. No more.”

Via Stefan.. “you may note that some of the REST principles apply to properties” Indeed, it was in part my experiences with Java Beans (and Glasgow) that helped me realize what the Web was.

“If my application is just resources, and the web is just resources, then my application doesn’t use the web, it’s not part of the web, it doesn’t sit on top of underneath or in between the web – it is the web”

I don’t know Don, nor any of his work, but if he’s in part responsible for the WS-* insanity in IBM then perhaps this is Microsoft’s loss.

Cool. Also interesting is that Roy chose the URI “http://roy.gbiv.com/#me” to identify himself. Interesting.

Duh! 8-)

Took me 10 minutes to figure out. What do I win?

“One really important development here is that we may soon see the end of the “mobile web” as a separate concept”. God, I hope so. Listening, RIM? Vodafone?

Cute!

It’s not a closed platform; it has a browser.

“The benefits of an SOA include […] intrinsic interoperability”. Ah yes, *intrinsic* interop. Can’t leave home without it! Quality analysis. 8-/

I’ve got some minor issues with this, but all in all, not bad!

“The ‘http:’ form is much more likely to persist, since it is so firmly embedded into the fabric of everything we do these days.”

I think Mike’s missing the bigger picture; the focus on reuse

Love that diagram and its “impedance barrier” 8-)

“The paper introduces the concept of “entities” which are identified by keys and to which messages are sent.”. Oh my! I wonder how Pat will feel when he realizes he’s describing the Web? 8-O