Loosely Coupled Thinking
Cloud Computing, SOA & other trendy stuff...
I'm finally starting to blog again but I've decided to move to a different platform. My new blog is...
Date: 07/02/2014
Also posted to my new "blog-in-progress" here Someone asked me for a quick email on apps, services...
Date: 03/11/2014
Note: I'm in the process of moving to an awesome new blogging platform by the insanely great Dave...
Date: 02/14/2014
Many people tend to either confuse these concepts or assume they are the same. This is a quick...
Date: 05/29/2013
Sorry about the lack of embedded links below - I blogged this on a tablet from notepad. Can anyone...
Date: 04/27/2013
A while ago I was asked to do a simple comparison between Service Bus for Windows Server (SBWS) and...
Date: 04/24/2013
Much has been written about the different types of cloud taxonomies. In some ways it reminds...
Date: 11/30/2012
Many people seem to confuse UX (User Experience) with UI (User Interface). These are very...
Date: 11/13/2012
This was ingrained into me years ago when I did strategy consulting. I still find it useful. Calling...
Date: 10/12/2012
Saw this in an email today and had to share. All +1s should go to Brooke Hamilton for coming up with...
Date: 08/17/2010
A typedef is a keyword in both C and C++ used to introduce new names for existing types. A simple...
Date: 09/22/2009
Most peculiar mama (whoa). 1/28/2009 Update Need to install JRE again and the installer is much less...
Date: 12/04/2008
The December issue of the Harvard Business Review contains a compelling article on "Why You...
Date: 11/25/2008
I recently completed work on an internal Silverlight app. The project was a blast – it really...
Date: 05/16/2008
Apparently Lucas is up to his old tricks again. How sad. I was hoping that Spielberg might diminish...
Date: 05/08/2008
The World Wide Telescope (WWT) is amazing - I can't wait to show my son. You can see a...
Date: 04/18/2008
I'm not really doing anything BPEL related these days but a post by Jesper Joergensen caught my eye....
Date: 04/18/2008
Dave Linthicum recently blogged about not attending SOA conferences because he is able to determine...
Date: 04/15/2008
I'm building out a website using Silverlight. The more I learn about Silverlight the more I love it...
Date: 04/08/2008
Seen this yet? Take a walk or a drive around Seattle or San Francisco. Very cool.
Date: 03/26/2008
Seen this yet? Interesting to see it pop up on Yahoo News of all places. I had a...
Date: 02/22/2008
There is a FileWatcher WF activity sample that ships with the Windows SDK. I initially thought this...
Date: 02/22/2008
Interesting story popped up on ComputerWorld today about the Microsoft offer to Yahoo. Here's what...
Date: 02/15/2008
Today the XML Editor team released the XSLT Profiler Addin for VS 2008, a quick and reliable...
Date: 02/08/2008
The full CFP follows the announcement from OASIS below. I'll be watching from the...
Date: 02/04/2008
I remember when there were less than 5 hits on Google for this term. A quick inquiry...
Date: 02/04/2008
The title says it all. I'll be doing more hands-on type of work so expect me to blog on a more...
Date: 01/29/2008
Welcome to 2008! What better way to start a new year than making some predictions...
Date: 01/21/2008
The BPEL4People and WS-HumanTask specs are headed to OASIS, resulting in a new BPEL4People Technical...
Date: 01/08/2008
I'm sure many of you have already seen this, but for those of you that haven't its definitely worth...
Date: 12/17/2007
I originally planned to gradually share this draft paper with you all one section at a time, but I'm...
Date: 11/29/2007
Yesterday's ISC Capability Map included two “registry-like” constructs, one specialized for services...
Date: 11/29/2007
We have identified many of the capabilities essential for enabling ISC and organized them into...
Date: 11/28/2007
Dave Linthicum is blogging about orchestration and gets it mostly right. The blog entry does a...
Date: 11/20/2007
Open a command prompt type the following and hit enter: powercfg.exe -H on Enjoy!
Date: 11/20/2007
Go get it: ...
Date: 11/19/2007
Interesting perspective on SOA and BPM here from Joe , but positioning BPEL as BPM is just wrong....
Date: 11/09/2007
Short excerpt from a paper to be published soon. Feedback welcome. The only constant in the world of...
Date: 10/25/2007
Last week I quoted from a rather strange article wondering if Microsoft "gets SOA". Based on a...
Date: 09/04/2007
SearchWebServices published an article this week wondering if Microsoft "gets" SOA. I think you know...
Date: 08/29/2007
An InfoWorld newsletter called "The SOA Report" tells us that SOA is overly hyped. How ironic. But...
Date: 08/21/2007
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a report analyzing data center...
Date: 08/08/2007
A new August Community build (CTP3) is available on the ESB Guidance on ESB Guidance community site....
Date: 08/07/2007
Interesting perspective from Randy Heffner (Forrester) in the latest issue of Redmond Magazine:...
Date: 08/07/2007
What a depressing article. I had a few concerns with this article - here are a few: The conclusion...
Date: 08/06/2007
ROA Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?? This is deeper than a trough for me - more like a dungeon of...
Date: 08/06/2007