RAIC — pronounce it “rake”, please
"Back in the day..." Don't you hate such phrases? I do, or at least, I used to. As I get…
Enterprise politics vs. the imperative of social software
Politics are important and unavoidable. Many, if not most (sane) people find politics unpleasant, and struggle, often in vain, to…
RESTafarian Workflow / BPM Ganja
Interesting couple of days with regard to the (never ending) debate between proponents of SOA and proponents of ROA. On…
No one needs application servers or big, stupid ESBs
Eric Newcomer, IONA VIP ...as the industry changes the product designs have to change to keep pace. Nobody needs more…
We have seen the enemy, and…
IT's time to stop blaming management As soon as we decide that developers may only use one of the tools…
Seriously, how in God’s name do people afford housing in the UK?
So, there's an opportunity brewing for me that might (if it goes well) end up with me relocating to the…
Scala instead of Java?
CK: Why Scala instead of Java? Loving Scala: Scripting Brian McAllister and Doug Pardee both digging Scala. I really need…
RedMonk reports: SAP gets it, woe to those who don’t
Open, Social, Only People: Putting the Ad-hoc into ERP. On SAP, Breakthrough Productivity and Bring Sexy Back Doug’s position is…
The true scope is unknowable, a priori
The best question asked this week: What, exactly, are you trying to prove? Reg, nailing it as usual. Hey, I…
The End of Cyberspace: Proust and the Squid: The reader as cyborg
The End of Cyberspace: Proust and the Squid: The reader as cyborg And as long as I'm linking to Alex,…