December 2006 - Posts

Another Opening in Franky's Team...Mine!
21 December 06 11:34 AM | davidlem | 4 Comments   

Ahh yes, it's with mixed feelings (notice how people always put that in emails when someone is leaving??) that I announce my departure from the role of .NET Developer Evangelist. I still remember when I started ... And my first blog post on MSDN Blogs... Read More...

Weighty Tomes!
20 December 06 04:05 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

Franky and I were talking about blog stats today, and I was commenting that my number of posts have ended up around the 10-15 per month level, and I'm struggling to get anywhere near Frank at 30-40 per month! And then Franky responded with, "It's because Read More...

Mashups Are More Than Just Geek Love Children!
20 December 06 03:49 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

When you turn your mind to the mashup space, generally the wonderful world of WebAPI's and app x's appear in the middle eye, but something far more interesting has been gaining traction over the past 6-12 months, and that is, the business mashup! Now, Read More...

WebAPI is the new RSS!
19 December 06 10:12 AM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Huh!? Well, I don't mean WebAPI's are going to replace the functionality of RSS, but certainly the need for a WebAPI on a provider model site is becoming a mandatory requirement, as did RSS for content sites. Why is this so? Well, if you think about the Read More...

Experience Layers/Systems and the Unified OS
18 December 06 11:27 AM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

I've been closely following the Web OS movement for the past couple of months, as I'm convinced it's evolution will lead to a richer platform experience for emerging W20 businesses. One thing that has been interesting is the trend towards zero-cost platform Read More...

A Moment with Nic! Voltron, Robots and Katsu Curry!
15 December 06 10:56 AM | davidlem | 4 Comments   

My fellow Aussie, evangelist and Voltron fan, Nic Fillingham , has posted up a vid of the recent International Robot Olympiad on 10 ! But reading his post reminded me of a great conversation he, me, Joel P and Chucky had over a nice bowl of Katsu Curry Read More...

My Invisible Non-Suit!
14 December 06 02:46 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Ahh, the trials and tribulations of the great unwashed! So I'm off to a customer meeting today in the city. I happened to ride my new pushy into work today (ha ha, shiny!), and given that it is also quite hot being summer and all, I decided to stick to Read More...

Where Is Australia's Web Platform?
13 December 06 01:06 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

So we have a small problem in Australia today, and right now, it's becoming a thorn in my side ! The trajectory of the web experience at the moment is moving very much towards turning up the signal and filtering out the noise. The only way this is going Read More...

Awesome Video on Stanford's Robotic Car!
13 December 06 11:24 AM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Just watched this awesome presentation by Sebastian Thrun from Stanford discussing his experiences on the robotics team that won the DARPA Grand Challenge , which is a competition run by the U.S organization, DARPA , to extend the field of research around Read More...

So That's What They Call It!
12 December 06 05:42 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Shane and I were having a bit of a laugh about some of the quotes from Borat (my favorite one being, "I will look upon your treasures, gypsy. This is understood?"), and he was telling me about this clown on MTV that used to insult people, and that the Read More...

Go Elf Yourself!
11 December 06 02:33 PM | davidlem | 6 Comments   

Franky sent me this link! It's the best in the world! http://www.elfyourself.com/ This was mine: This was Frank (using that timeless airbrushed image ;)): Simply upload your picture, align it to your Elf body, and dance baby, DANCE! Read More...

Urghh!! It's not Web 2.0! It's Marketing List Nxt!
11 December 06 11:36 AM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

I was having a chat with the crew at work, and as usual, the big Monday topic is Web 2.0 (sigh)! And the start of the the conversation was about the concept of the Web 2.0 business model, and "Entering with your exit strategy"! So I threw my $0.02 worth Read More...

Robot Olympiad Wrap Up
11 December 06 10:31 AM | davidlem | 4 Comments   

I've been on the Gold Coast for the past few days attending the International Robot Olympiad on the Gold Coast, and all I can say is, far out brussel sprout. Where do I start. I should probably begin with the competition (I wasn't competing, only spectating Read More...

Social Spasms
06 December 06 06:03 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

I toddled off to the city today to grab some pressies for the Smith Family Christmas Appeal (it's a program where you donate presents for underprivileged kids for Christmas) and had a couple of those unfortunate social spasms, that I thought I should Read More...

How To Play the Business Service Integration Game!
05 December 06 06:17 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

I was talking with Anna today about my idea about BPSL , and she asked me a simple yet pretty powerful question, "What would it look like if people started doing it?". Good question Anna, and I suppose the key thing is if you were to walk through a standard Read More...

SaaS Special Interest Group in Sydney, Australia
05 December 06 03:13 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

For those interested in tracking, discussing, sharing, and collaborating around Software as a Service, Greg Willis, Technology Specialist for Microsoft in the Communications and Media space, is getting a posse together! Now, it's in the early stages of Read More...

Business Process as a Service! Meta-layers and Designers!
04 December 06 03:43 PM | davidlem | 4 Comments   

I've received a number of emails today following my presentation last week at the Microsoft Australia SOA and Business Process Conference , asking me to provide some more insight into my concept (blue-sky idea) of Business Process as a Service (BPaaS... Read More...

The IP Moneycycle for SI's!
04 December 06 02:44 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

I've spent quite a lot of time with SI 's, both at the coalface as a consultant and as a customer. One thing that occurs to me with SI's is that not many make the most of their IP effort, and in turn, are not aware of the IP moneycycle. What's the IP Read More...