Saturday, December 10, 2005

networks Eric Newcomer on the RPC/doc-literal cultural divide. eric newcomer: xml's effect on distributed computing clip length: 45 seconds source: sys-con Eric Newcomer's blog alerted me to his appearance on an interview panel at Sys-Con TV. In the video clip I've inserted here he notes that while all prior incarnations of distributed computing share a common RPC (remote procedure call) lineage, XML-oriented web services come from the very different tradition of text markup: The traditional distributed computing guys, like myself, have difficulty adjusting to the difference that XML makes. ... [Jon's Radio] 8:38:16 PM    comment

eCulture Yahoo! Buys del.icio.us. [Slashdot] 12:57:51 PM    comment

disruptive Worthwhile Read - Scott Berkun's Project Mgmt and other wisdom. http://www.scottberkun.com/ I came across this blog via a post from Christopher Sessum (another worthwhile subscription, I'd add), who pointed to an essay titled 'Why smart people defend bad ideas.' It REALLY struck home (for better or worse I am more and more trying to be brutally honest in my personal assessments) and led me to subscribe and read some of Mr. Berkun's other posts. And so far I haven't come across a single post that hasn't rocked my brain in some way or another. In fact there is almost too much good stuff (I kind of depend on some dreck in trying to track 180+ blogs, which is where my subscriptions are at these days.) Not 'Ed Tech' focused, but 'Highly recommended' anyways! - SWL [EdTechPost] 8:42:25 AM    comment