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I get a lot of questions about SOA. It turns out that my white paper “Successful SOA Implementation” has been quite popular and I get questions from all over the world. What I find surprising is that a large majority of those who contacted me don’t even bother to thank me once they get their […]
I met Jens Alfke during the 2006 WWDC. Apple had organized a party on their campus and during the event attendants had the opportunity to talk to Apple engineers. I had heard about the Pub-Sub API and wanted to learn more. The API allows developers to easily add RSS support to any application. RSS is […]
During the week-end I updated my internal 17” Powerbook hard drive with a new Samsung HM320JI. The operation is actually quite easy if you have the right tools and some patience. You just need to follow the illustrated manuals published by the nice people at ExtremeTech or iFixIt. Replacing the drive was actually quite fast, […]
On my way to the airport I passed a church that had a sign that said “No perfect people allowed”. I found that quite intriguing and looked for the phrase on the Internet. It turns out that it is the title of a book written by a John Burke. According to Amazon, this book “challenges […]
I am currently in Dallas, attending a Rational Manager meeting. It is amazing to see how this brand has changed in just a couple of years. Recent acquisitions like Watchfire, Buildforge and Telelogic are quickly expanding the reach of Rational well beyond traditional corporate developers. That means that the organization needs to change in order […]
Six years ago, Informix Software was acquired by IBM. I remember this perfectly because at the time I was an Informix employee and, unlike many of my colleagues, I was quite excited by the news. The truth is that I wanted to join a larger company that would allow me to learn new technologies besides […]
Last year registering for WWDC was a nightmare. You see, Apple made it very easy to register through the Apple Store, which is fine when your country actually has an iTunes Store, but there are many countries that do not have one and Mexico was one of those unfortunate countries. So, in order to register […]
Last week I posted my predictions for MacWorld. How did I do? Well, not too bad. I actually nailed the AppleTV announcement, I was just slightly too optimistic regarding the price cut. Although Apple did not release the final 10.5.2 they released a new developer build that seems to be a week or two away […]
Many Mac users seem to be quite excited by today’s release of Office 2008. The truth is that I couldn’t care less since. Like many Mac users, I switched to iWork long ago. However, when I started thinking about this, I quickly realized that I have abandoned not only Microsoft but also other large software […]
We are just a couple of days away from MacWorld and everyone is playing the prediction game. That is really what it is, a game, as we all know that our ideas will probably turn out to be totally wrong. Why all the excitement? Steve Jobs usually presents at MacWorld new products based on simple […]