Blog posts tagged "opinion"

29 Jul 2026 Knowledge and netiquette in today's AI era
What I took from a couple of great podcast episodes I listened to this morning.
24 Jul 2026 Timeless principles, agnostic design and the power of CAP's abstractions
The timeless principle of agnostic design, aka minimal assumptions, is strongly present in CAP. In this post I explain what this principle represents, based on the corresponding section of Daniel Hutzel's keynote at reCAP 2026.
08 Jul 2026 Computing memories
Some brief thoughts on history and how we used to have to make things work, sometimes in painstaking detail.
04 Jul 2026 Blogging in en-GB
I've changed the language declaration on my website to en-GB. Here's why.
04 Jun 2026 Book Overflow and two architectural patterns in CAP
In this short post I note a couple of software architecture patterns that were mentioned in a recent Book Overflow episode, patterns that are clear and present in CAP.
17 Feb 2026 Improving the SAP Community together, one comment at a time
A suggestion on how we can work together to make the SAP Community better.
09 Feb 2026 Shift left with CAP
In this post I posit that shifting left in our CAP based solutions is something that we should be striving to do.
02 Jan 2026 Why I use services.cds in simple CDS model examples
The services.cds filename is special, which is why I make use of it.
12 Nov 2025 Some ramblings on simple CDS modelling with CDL
A brief note-to-self after digging in to some simple constructs in CDS modelling.
16 Sep 2025 CDS source formatting and readability
Embracing a modern approach to source code formatting for human-centric modelling in CAP
09 Dec 2024 The elements of programming with respect to CDL and SICP
Drawing parallels between the elements of programming in SICP and CDS's Conceptual Definition Language.
07 Nov 2024 Five reasons to use CAP
Five compelling reasons to embrace SAP's Cloud Application Programming Model, from its framework-first philosophy to its agnostic design principles.
22 Jan 2024 Accuracy and precision in language
Arguing for accuracy and precision in language, especially the distinction between blogs and blog posts.
20 Dec 2023 From Twitter to Mastodon
Moving off Twitter at the end of 2023 and explaining the reasons for the switch to Mastodon.
16 Jan 2023 Living on a narrowboat - embracing constraints
Embracing the constraints of living on a narrowboat as a positive force.
02 Jan 2023 I'm moving onto a narrowboat
Announcing my decision to have a narrowboat built and to live and work from it.
31 Oct 2022 Stop asking for slides in advance
I'm giving a talk next month and was asked by the organiser to send my slides to them no later than two weeks before the event. Hmm.
02 May 2022 Some thoughts on jq and statelessness
Reflecting on jq's stateless nature after reading about zq as an alternative.
15 Apr 2022 A classic example of yak shaving, and some stream editing
Descending through multiple levels of classic yak shaving and ending up learning some stream editing.
02 Feb 2022 Allowing my intangible core to catch up with the rest of me...
Reflecting on narrowboat trips and allowing my intangible core to catch up with the rest of me.
21 Jul 2021 Unix tooling - join, don't extend
Reading a 1984 paper by Pike and Kernighan helped crystallise an important axiom in Unix tool design about joining programs rather than extending them.
20 Jul 2021 Early thoughts on Warp
Some very early thoughts on Warp, the pro terminal designed for everyday use.
20 May 2021 Equality in tech
A short statement on supporting equality in tech.
19 May 2021 Supporting developers with sponsorship
Using the sponsors facility on GitHub to support developers whose work I value.
04 Apr 2021 Mainframes, SDSF and GitHub Actions
The combination of GitHub Actions workflows, mainframes and SDSF that I cannot get out of my head.
31 Mar 2021 Deeper connections to everyday tools
Wanting to learn more about the everyday tools I use, because with some things ignorance is not bliss.
25 Mar 2021 A new journal experiment - Thinking Aloud
I'm trying out a new way of sharing thoughts in a GitHub issues based journal style blog called "Thinking Aloud".
02 Feb 2021 Thoughts on video content
Thoughts on video content form, length, frequency and more, especially in a developer advocacy and learning context.
01 Feb 2021 Do less and do it better
Consolidating and improving existing skills rather than adding more in 2021, and the inspiration behind that decision.
28 Dec 2020 Waiting for jobs, and the concept of the shell
How Bash's wait builtin deepened my understanding of Bash scripting as a language.
11 Sep 2020 Reducing writing friction
A simple script to reduce writing friction and make it easier to start and publish blog posts.
25 Nov 2019 Help us to help you - good questions beget good answers
Suggesting key aspects of composing good questions to help community members provide better answers.
06 Nov 2019 CAP is important because it's not important
Considering what CAP really is, what it gives us, and why its transparency is what makes it important.
23 Oct 2019 Shell power and simplicity
Reflecting on the often overlooked power and simplicity of shell programming concepts.
28 Aug 2019 Hitchhiker's style in Sea of Sorrows
Exploring a possible link between a scene in Alien: Sea of Sorrows and a scene in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
29 Jul 2019 We can do better than 'polynimbus'
Questioning the use of the word polynimbus and advocating for clearer language in tech.
18 Jul 2019 The Observer's Book of JS Style
Reflecting on JavaScript coding style through the lens of an Observer's Book approach.
18 Apr 2019 First thoughts on the 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey results
Sharing initial observations on the 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey results.
08 Apr 2019 ES6, reduce and pipe
In learning about functional programming, one thing that's worked for me is to take my time, and not rush over fundamental concepts. In fact, like a good beer or whisky, a fundamental concept is something to savour, to enjoy at a leisurely pace.
17 Dec 2018 Monday morning thoughts: looking back and forwards
I look back on the posts in this series, reflect upon the journey we've made, and think about what 2019 might hold for us.
10 Dec 2018 Monday morning thoughts: digging deeper
I think about the tools we use in our day-to-day activities, the feeling I have that I'm just scratching the surface with regards to their capabilities, and what I plan to do about it in 2019.
03 Dec 2018 Monday morning thoughts: indirect influence
On how our work can directly and even indirectly influence those that come after us, and about what this means for how we should act.
26 Nov 2018 Monday morning thoughts: learning media and mechanisms
I think about the different ways I learn, and wonder how that translates to how we learn in the SAP developer ecosphere.
19 Nov 2018 Monday morning thoughts: rethinking like the web
I revisit some principles that help us "think like the web" and think about them in the context of today's SAP technology landscape and community.
12 Nov 2018 Monday morning thoughts: longevity and loose coupling
I think about the importance of core technologies, and how the arrival of functions-as-a-service might be merely the next incarnation of an idea that's existed for a while.
05 Nov 2018 Monday morning thoughts: on starting blogging
On what made me start blogging, and on the reasons to start blogging that might resonate with you, if you've not yet made that step.
29 Oct 2018 Monday morning thoughts: exploring reuse
I think about reuse and extension, in the context of the Application Programming Model for SAP Cloud Platform, and mindful of Björn Goerke's SAP TechEd 2018 keynote message in Barcelona - "keep the core clean".
22 Oct 2018 Monday morning thoughts: dynamic language
Musings on a particular function definition in JavaScript, and how it represents beauty and practicality in equal measure.
15 Oct 2018 Monday morning thoughts: big school and community
On my experience going from primary school to secondary school - "big school", how that parallels our collective move from on-prem to the cloud, and how the community is more important than ever in this transition.
08 Oct 2018 Monday morning thoughts: more on ABAP in the cloud
Following a previous post on the subject, I think a bit more about the SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment, inspired by the conversations around the subject at SAP TechEd in Las Vegas last week.
01 Oct 2018 Monday morning thoughts: impostor syndrome
On the impostor syndrome, how it relates to me, and one of the possible causes.
24 Sep 2018 Monday morning thoughts: growth is upwards
In this post, I think about how we grow, how we improve ourselves by adding to our knowledge and experience, and consider that our growth is sometimes uphill but almost always rewarding.
17 Sep 2018 Monday morning thoughts: Workflow Forms and the definition of a developer
I think briefly about the definition of a developer, and in that context look at the advent of Workflow Forms, a major new addition to the functionality of the Workflow service on SAP Cloud Platform.
10 Sep 2018 Monday morning thoughts: ABAP in the cloud
I think about the new SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment, what it is, what it isn't, and why I think it's a great move.
06 Sep 2018 My take on Wired's Google & URLs article
Sharing my discomfort with Google's rethinking of URLs as reported by Wired.
03 Sep 2018 Monday morning thoughts: considering GraphQL
On GraphQL, and its relationship with existing ideas for managing data and structured exposure to that data over a wire protocol.
27 Aug 2018 Monday morning thoughts: a good blog post
What makes a good blog post, and also what writing such a post does for the author, too.
20 Aug 2018 Monday morning thoughts: OData
I think about OData, in particular where it came from and why it looks and acts like it does. I also consider why I think it was a good protocol for an organisation like SAP to embrace.
13 Aug 2018 Monday morning thoughts: the cloud is the computer
I think about what the future of programming in an enterprise environment might look like, and realise that it makes sense to consider that the cloud itself is the new computer.
06 Aug 2018 Monday morning thoughts: mainframes and message documentation
I think about mainframes and a message documentation aspect from the mainframe world that, while originally proprietary, is a big plus for operators and developers alike and something I'd love to see return.
30 Jul 2018 Monday morning thoughts: local http servers and containerisation
I look back on an idea surfaced by a hero of mine, and think about how that idea laid the path for today's containerisation initiatives.
23 Jul 2018 Monday morning thoughts: what not how
In this post, I think about how we program, about the way we describe what it is that we want the computer to do for us, and look at what has become for me the canonical example of the difference between 'what' and 'how'.
16 Jul 2018 Monday morning thoughts: abstraction
I think about abstraction, the power and facility it affords, and consider CDS as one example of a modern abstraction language.
09 Jul 2018 Monday morning thoughts: curiosity and understanding
I think about how curiosity can lead to a better understanding of things, and give a specific example concerning CDS and the new Application Programming Model for SAP Cloud Platform.
02 Jul 2018 Monday morning thoughts: developers and advocacy
I think about what it means to me to be a part of the Developer Relations team, and talk a bit about evangelism, outreach and advocacy.
25 Jun 2018 Monday morning thoughts: programming models
I think about the idea of the programming model and consider the occurrence of such over the recent years in the SAP development ecosphere.
18 Jun 2018 Monday morning thoughts: community engagement
I think about some of the basic ingredients of a good online community, and describe what I'm going to try to do to engage more with the SAP Community.
11 Jun 2018 Monday morning thoughts: Core Data Services
What Core Data Services (CDS) is, what it does, and why we should make it a priority to learn more about.
04 Jun 2018 Monday morning thoughts: the learning continuum
I contemplate the idea of the learning continuum, and think about the fact that we're all learning together, which is a good thing.
28 May 2018 Monday morning thoughts: programmers and identity
On how some programmers identify strongly with a particular language, consider the meanings of 'programmer', 'coder' and 'developer', and what it means for us as the SAP enterprise programming landscape changes.
23 May 2018 Collaboration tools
Setting out my preferences for collaboration tools that support realtime multi-user editing.
21 May 2018 Monday morning thoughts: milestones
I look back at changes and developments that I consider milestones in SAP's technology history, and muse on some of the developments today that we'll consider milestones in the future.
14 May 2018 Monday morning thoughts: functions - what functions?
Musings on the concept of functions-as-a-service, what it means, and what it's good for.
13 May 2018 Balancing features with simplicity
Considering the balance between features and simplicity, prompted by a ChromeOS forum thread.
07 May 2018 Monday morning thoughts: containers and silence
On the silence of workstations and what that represents to me, and the new ability to look at maintaining software and services in a completely different way - via containers.
30 Apr 2018 Monday morning thoughts: editors and editing
I look at how the editor environments that we come across in our daily work are different, and, as those differences might grow and expand as we become cloud native, how we bridge the contrast in facilities with core obsessions such as correct indentation and whitespace.
23 Apr 2018 Monday morning thoughts: debugging approach and Greasemonkey revival
Thinking about debugging approaches and reviving Greasemonkey for improving the web experience.
16 Apr 2018 Monday morning thoughts: upload / download in a cloud native world
On how our modus operandi is often at odds with the true nature of cloud computing.
09 Apr 2018 Monday morning thoughts: a cloud native smell
On the importance and design of URLs, and the opacity of cattle vs the individuality of pets.
26 Mar 2018 Monday morning thoughts: cloud native
What does it mean to be "cloud native"?
02 Feb 2018 Thoughts on what's next for the SAP Community
My thoughts on the SAP community (small 'c') and the SAP Community platform.
17 Jan 2018 Coming Home
On joining SAP as a Developer Advocate.
10 Jan 2018 Consumption-based SCP Pricing - Initial Thoughts
Looking at the the new pricing approach for SAP Cloud Platform.
30 Aug 2017 Things I do to make my work life better
Notes on how I try to approach practical aspects of my working life.
26 Aug 2017 SCP Business Rules Roadmap - 5 Observations
Sharing five observations on the SAP Cloud Platform Business Rules service roadmap.
08 Aug 2017 SAP Cloud Platform Pricing
Looking into SAP Cloud Platform pricing and finding it less than straightforward.
10 May 2017 Meeting Request Details
More on courtesy and respect at work.
19 Feb 2017 The beauty of recursion and list machinery
Exploring the beautiful patterns inherent in recursion and list processing in functional programming.
13 Feb 2017 Reaching out to the new new kingmakers
Sharing insights from the SAP Developer Advisory Board meeting on SAP's commitment to connecting with developers.
03 Nov 2016 Better collaboration through chemistry
Reflecting on better collaboration through understanding and chemistry while working alongside a client on Fiori.
28 Sep 2016 The Fiori revolution - disruption at its best
Three disruptive aspects of SAP Fiori and why they are important for enterprises in the digital era.
27 Sep 2016 Community and Collaboration at SAP Inside Track Manchester
Reporting on the community and collaboration at SAP Inside Track Manchester 2016.
14 Jul 2016 Understanding the SAP Fiori Cloud Edition
Providing an overview of the SAP Fiori Cloud Edition, how it works and what benefits it brings.
12 Jul 2016 Top 10 misconceptions about Fiori
Addressing the top ten misconceptions and misunderstandings about SAP Fiori.
14 Apr 2016 Language minutiae and learning to SWIM
Discovering small language details in Clojure while solving puzzles and learning to SWIM.
12 Apr 2016 Enlightenment in action
On my journey to learn Clojure by solving 4Clojure challenges.
10 Mar 2016 The evolution of the SAP community
Looking at how the SAP community has evolved over the years as I join the new Mentors Advisory Board.
26 Jan 2016 The future of app building on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Exploring one particular facet of the multi-faceted SAP HANA Cloud Platform and the future of app building.
25 Nov 2015 Digital devolution in local authorities - putting people first
In a couple of weeks' time, Bluefin Solutions is running a one day event on delivering digital devolution in local authorities. If you look closely there's a clear user-centric pattern that is emerging.
19 Oct 2015 My journey to Clojure
I'm learning Clojure. Slowly, but hopefully surely.
19 Oct 2015 A meditation on reduction
Looking at a version of the reduce function written in Clojure, from Do Things: a Clojure Crash Course.
28 Sep 2015 Give me a browser, and I'll give you the world
Exploring how a web-only developer workflow is possible right now using cloud-based tools.
09 Sep 2015 The advent of UI5 1.30 and what it means for us
Reflecting on the milestone UI5 1.30 release and what it signifies for the toolkit's maturity.
06 Aug 2015 Building blocks for the future normal
Arguing that understanding UI5 is key to embracing the future normal of SAP with S/4HANA and Fiori.
02 Aug 2015 The origin of becoming a fundamental enabler for Fiori
30 Days of UI5 - day 30 by Sam Yen.
30 Jul 2015 A non-techie PM's view of UI5
30 Days of UI5 - day 27 by Jon Gregory.
29 Jul 2015 UI5 - looking back and forward
30 Days of UI5 - day 26 by DJ Adams.
20 Jul 2015 UI5 and Fiori - The Story of Open and Free
30 Days of UI5 - day 17 by John Appleby.
19 Jul 2015 UI5 and Coding Standards
30 Days of UI5 - day 16 by DJ Adams.
03 Jul 2015 Email discipline
Email is asynchronous, and that's a good thing.
17 Mar 2015 Making Information More Useful
Explaining my approach to making information more accessible and useful through links and references.
15 Mar 2015 The maker's schedule, restraint and flow
My thoughts on schedules and saying 'no'.
09 Mar 2015 Why I'm Staying Close to UI5
Explaining why I'm staying close to UI5 in response to an article about staying clear of it.
02 Mar 2015 Can I build a Fiori app? Yes you can!
Making the case that building Fiori apps is achievable and explaining what it involves.
02 Mar 2015 10 tips to get you started on your Fiori development journey
Offering ten practical tips for getting started on a Fiori development journey.
23 Feb 2015 UI5 features for building responsive apps
Exploring the responsive design features in UI5 for building Fiori apps that work across devices.
02 Jan 2015 DNA is still in our DNA
Reflecting on how SAP's DNA of innovation persists even as technologies like Internet Explorer fade away.
28 Nov 2014 The inaugural SAP architect and developer summit
Reflecting on my experience speaking at the inaugural SAP Architect and Developer Summit in Sydney.
14 Nov 2014 Addressing emails
Showing respect and courtesy by appropriate use of TO and CC.
09 Jul 2014 This Week in Fiori (2014-28)
Covering week 28 of Fiori news including app analysis tools and technical content.
02 Jul 2014 This Week in Fiori (2014-27)
Launching the This Week in Fiori series with commentary on the growing interest in SAP Fiori and UX.
20 Apr 2014 SAP Developer Advisory Board - Your Input!
Asking the SAP developer community for input ahead of the Developer Advisory Board meeting.
02 Mar 2014 Reaching Out
Examining SAP's journey of reaching out to the wider developer community over four decades.
14 Feb 2014 The essentials - SAPUI5, OpenUI5 and Fiori
An overview of SAPUI5, OpenUI5 and SAP Fiori, explaining what each is, how they relate to each other, and why they matter.
09 Feb 2014 M is for 'responsive'
Exploring what responsive design means in the context of Fiori and the mobile revolution.
09 Jan 2014 Help us to help you - share your code
Encouraging folks to share code via Gists and GitHub repos when asking for help with UI5 issues.
07 Jan 2014 Meta education - or teaching the teachers
Exploring meta education and the importance of teaching teachers computational thinking skills.
17 Aug 2013 Engaging the Next Generation
Reflecting on my involvement with Young Rewired State and engaging the next generation of coders.
31 Jul 2013 Happy Birthday SCN, Old Friend
Reflecting on ten years of the SAP Community Network and my involvement from the very beginning.
18 Apr 2013 CodeClub Thoughts
Sharing thoughts and experiences from leading a CodeClub at my local primary school.
14 Feb 2013 Our computational future
Making the case for teaching computational thinking and coding skills to the next generation in the UK.
02 Jan 2013 30 Days Challenges
Starting a series of 30-day challenges inspired by Matt Cutts as an alternative to New Year's resolutions.
25 Nov 2012 The Silent Club and Recharging Alone
Reflecting on the Silent Club concept and the importance of recharging alone as an introvert.
07 May 2012 SAPUI5 - the future direction of SAP UI development?
Looking at SAPUI5 as the future direction of SAP UI development.
16 Apr 2012 On Enterprise Geeks Podcast
Appearing on the Enterprise Geeks podcast after reconnecting at SAP DKOM.
03 Jan 2012 On the Information Diet
Reflecting on the movement to consume less information and produce more.
10 Nov 2011 The Developer Renaissance
Interviewing SAP's Aiaz Kazi on the developer renaissance at SAP TechEd in Madrid.
01 Jun 2011 SOA scaffolding and development architects
Reflecting on where SOA stands today and the role of development architects in service orientation.
31 May 2011 Danger! Graduate Conveyor-belt!
Responding to John Appleby's piece on university degrees and the IT industry with thoughts on education and learning.
03 Feb 2011 The past and future of SAP integration: guest Bluefin blog post
I wrote a guest blog post on the Bluefin Solutions website, about the Project Gateway.
01 Feb 2011 Project Gateway. A call to arms. Or at least to data.
This was a guest blog post on Bluefin Solutions website which I wrote to herald a major turning point in SAP software's integration trajectory.
11 Oct 2010 Not your father's SAP
Some thoughts following the Innovation Weekend 2010 at SAP.
09 Sep 2009 Mainframes and the cloud - everything old is new again
Drawing parallels between mainframe computing and the cloud, noting how everything old is new again.
21 Aug 2009 Command lines of the future, and simplicity of integration
Thinking about chat-style interfaces as command lines of the future and their implications for integration.
09 Aug 2009 Google Wave, XMPP and complexity
Considering the complexity of Google Wave and XMPP versus the incremental approach of the web.
29 Jun 2009 Information vs Behaviour
Architectures, axioms and ROA vs SOA.
18 May 2009 Twitter's success
Thoughts on messaging, microblogging, and Twitter's success.
16 Dec 2005 Java and Gosling's FUD - madness or desperation?
Questioning James Gosling's FUD about dynamic languages in the context of Java's declining dominance.
28 Nov 2005 SAP and Open Source: the debate continues
Continuing the debate on SAP and open source following my earlier analysis and letter.
17 Nov 2005 SAP and Open Source: an analysis and letter to SAP and Shai
Analysing SAP's position on open source and writing an open letter to SAP and Shai Agassi.
21 Jul 2005 Whither SAP?
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about where SAP is going and what SAP is doing today, especially in the light of where it went and what it did in the past. To be honest, the thinking has been triggered by frustration at the nuts and bolts of SAP technical matters, particularly in the area of service support and basis work.
04 Jul 2005 The SAP developer community 10 years ago
On the early years of the SAP community online.
20 May 2005 SAP: temporary loss of touch with reality?
Responding to Shai Agassi's questionable views on open source software at Sapphire in Boston.
25 Apr 2005 Ubuntu? Thanks. But no thanks.
Lots of people seem to be very impressed with Ubuntu, the slick new Linux distro based on Debian, running Gnome.
22 Apr 2005 Europe, SAP, and two-way conferences
It’s the end of the week that saw the SDN Meets Labs down in Walldorf.
28 Feb 2005 An overcorrection too far?
Norman Walsh gives up ‘wrestling his way through the arcana of WSDL’.
24 Feb 2005 Honest application requirements
An unusual "user story".
29 Sep 2004 The integration irony of SAP's technology directions
I’ve finally realised what it is that’s been bugging me about the new arena of SAP technology.
24 Jun 2004 Forget SOAP - build real web services with the ICF
I don’t like getting into a lather when it comes to data and function integration. Rather than using SOAP, I prefer real web services, built with HTTP.
21 Feb 2004 Tim O'Reilly and the three 'C's
Well, I made it to FOSDEM this morning with time to spare.
13 Nov 2003 Food for thought: LDBs and ABAP Objects
Musing on the relationship between Logical Databases and ABAP Objects while debugging output determination.
01 Sep 2003 Plums and the antithesis of technology
I haven’t been online much recently.
11 Jul 2003 Dashboard, a compelling articulation for realtime contextual information
Miguel de Icaza and Nat Friedman were keynoting at OSCON this morning.
06 Jul 2003 Thinking vs doing
In the past, I’ve mentioned to friends some of the thinking I’ve had about the Semantic Web, RDF, and related stuff (FOAF, RSS, and so on).
06 Mar 2003 Weblogs and Wikis - Blurring the Boundaries
More on the crossover between blogging and wikis.
26 Jan 2003 The fragility of retro-engineering
Having to modify my allconsuming scripts because of differences between amazon.co.uk and amazon.com data.
21 Jan 2003 Wisdom, diplomacy, or serendipity?
On the architectural style(s) of allcosuming.net's API.
21 Jan 2003 The universal canvas and RSS apps
Thoughts on the applicability and utility of the format.
19 Dec 2002 Startups and software patents
Dave W points to Strangeberry, a startup that are doing a Java rendition of Rendevous.
17 Dec 2002 For REST, read 'Architectural Style'
In the swirling mass of memes surrounding web services it’s sometimes easy to forget that REST is an architectural style, an approach, rather than something that you install or debug.
15 Dec 2002 "Assaults on the Internet's end-to-end-architecture"
What can and should we do about spam?
02 Oct 2002 A moment of clarity: The significance of RSS 1.0 as an RDF application
It's to do with the emphasis on RDF rather than XML, in RSS.
21 Sep 2002 More thoughts to ponder
Here are two or three thoughtbites that I’ve come across over the past few days and that have stayed with me. I just thought I’d share them here as it’s the weekend and often a good time to think about things.
02 Sep 2002 REST, Google, and idempotency
Pondering the apparent conundrum of REST, Google and idempotency that Sam Ruby presented to Mark Baker.
16 Aug 2002 You know you're getting old ...
Looking back on this year's OSCON.
16 Aug 2002 The OS tables are turning...
The origins of one of my favourite phrases "Does not work on Windows".
15 Jul 2002 The mist is clearing ...
On my continuing quest to grok REST.
08 Jul 2002 The 80/20 of HTTP
Musing on how HTTP is used in the main.
18 Jun 2002 A change and a rest
Back recharged from holiday.
21 May 2002 More thoughts on HTTP, Email, and Jabber
On HTTP headers and queueing architectures.
20 May 2002 "Web^H^H^HInternet Services"? Some Ramblings.
I’ve been pondering the term “Web Services”. While I completely understand and agree with all the reasonings behind the term (the ‘original’ services were accessible via web clients, HTTP is the underlying and ubiquitous transport, blah blah blah), I’m wondering whether “Web Services” is the best term to use.
09 May 2002 Mr 80-Percent
Reflecting on the 80-percent approach to work and why working fewer hours can mean getting more done.
01 May 2002 community(disagreement + debate) = inspiration
The debate between SOAP and REST.
21 Apr 2002 Bot window as command line of the future
Musing on doing more from within the chatbot prompt.
31 Jan 2001 What is a Jabber client?
"A rose is a rose, by any other name." But is the same true for a Jabber client? I don't think so.

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