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Microsoft Volta - oh my oh my

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:31:04 GMT

Microsoft uses the "live labs" to release all sorts of test balloons. Sometimes we get really nifty stuff like Photosynth or SeaDragon. Unfortunately, sometimes we get not so bright ideas like Volta. here is why..

Information Radiators: Make life visible

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:42:07 GMT

A couple of people have asked me how we track our work for our iterations. We basically use a somewhat simple information radiator. Information radiators serve to quickly give everyone on the project team a quick indication on what needs to be done, what is being worked on, and what has been done. Information radiators can be as a simple as a few cards on a cork board to huge 54" plasma displays. It's up your team to determine what works best.

The .NET/Java architect training program

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:16:58 GMT

A side effect of my decision not to become an independent consultant at this time means that I have to shelve some of the projects I was considering. One of these projects was to create a training program for software architects. Since It seems I am not going to promote it, I thought I'd share what I think a training program for .NET/Java architects should look like in the hope that someone would find it useful and do promote it (or parts of it)

Ancient Scrolls of Wisdom

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:26:53 GMT

What we can learn from software engineering books that are more than a decade old (like mythical man-month, peopleware etc.)

WAKA - A little REST and Relaxation in November?

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:51:56 GMT

If there's one reason to go to ApacheCon 07 in Atlanta, then it's probably Roy T. Fielding's "a little REST and Relaxation" While there isn't a whole lot of information available on WAKA (that replacement for HTTP Roy mentions in the end of the abstract). Belwo are a few links I managed to find..

FTP Must Die

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:00:54 GMT

"FTP is an outdated, insecure, slow, unfriendly pig of a protocol. It's got no business being on the Internet in the 21st century."

REST and the magic of scalability idempotence and whatnot

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:41:27 GMT

From time to time I read about the magic that is RESTful services and how they solve everything and anything like scalability, idempotency, simplicity etc. I think such claims are plainly wrong and misleading.

The Ruby Connector : Free .NET to Ruby Control

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:25:35 GMT

The Ruby Connector is a drag-and-drop control which enables .NET programs to communicate with Ruby programs. Using the Ruby Connector, you can: - Create visual front-ends to Ruby programs using the Visual Studio form designer. - Interact with the Ruby interpreter in your own applications in much the same way as you can interact with the Ruby Console in Ruby In Steel. - Start or stop the Ruby interpreter at will and pass expressions from your .NET program to be evaluated by Ruby. - Create 'hybrid' applications in which a .NET program runs simultaneously with a Ruby program and data is exchanged from one to the other