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First date at Microsoft (orientation)
I was surprised with the number of new recruits starting on the same date (3 digits and still bellow the average for a Monday!!!). Tim Russell of Human Resources was extremely enthusiastic and did an excellent job throughout the day.…
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Mark Baker on an Ian Foster paper
Mark Baker picked up on an early draft of a paper about managing and accessing state that Prof. Ian Foster wrote some time ago and sent to a mailing list for comments. Paul Watson, Mark Mc Keown, and I are now…
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Seattle, I am here!
I have finally arrived! After a looooong journey, which lasted around 40 hours, I am now settled in a fantastic building in downtown Seattle, “The Olympus”. I had noticed this building during my previous visits here because it looked like a…
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British Airways: “Not so fast…”
Well, next stop was supposed to be Seattle but thanks to British Airways I am still around 🙂 My flight from Newcastle to London was cancelled and as a result I have been stranded at Newcastle airport for the last…
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Moving to Seattle
I’ve been very slow with blogging these days. Sorry all, I’ve been very busy with my move to Seattle and going out with friends and saying goodbyes. My last few days in Newcastle have been excellent. Even the weather was…
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WEBSA 2006 CfP
I really don’t remember how I got into this Programme Committee but it does look like an interesting multi-conference and it’s IEEE sponsored. Please note the location 🙂 You can find the call for papers on the ICIW06 web site.
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Yes, it’s all about data but…
There has been a lot of commentary lately about “Web 2.0”, the future of the PC (thin vs fat clients), software as a service, etc. Many of our technology thought leaders rave about the ease by which new ideas are…
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Why I think AJAX breaks REST continued
There were some really good comments on my “Why I think AJAX breaks REST” post to which I tried to reply. The reason for this new post was Andrew Newman‘s comments. I disagree with Andrew on his assertion that REST is…
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Last date in Newcastle: the end of an era
August 31 today; last day of the month and my last working day at the University. The time does go fast. It was 9 years and 11 months (not 10 years 🙂 since I first landed in Prof. Santosh Shrivastava‘s…
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More pblog updates
As previously promised, I worked on some more changes for pblog: The RSS 2.0 feed has moved. The previous link will continue to work though. If you are subscribed to my blog through the RSS 2.0 feed, you shouldn’t encounter…
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Why I think AJAX breaks REST
The recent interest in AJAX (or however else people prefer to call client-side applications hosted in web browsers) has made me thinking about its relation to REST. Its current popularity for building Web applications is indisputable since all major players…
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My guestmap
Like Lindsay and Sam I now too have a guestmap. Please feel free to leave a comment and pin your location if you read this blog!
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MWS 2005: Call for participation
The talks for the MWS 2005 workshop look interesting (and I am not just saying that because I am a member of the Program Committee). I am curious about the “WSODL – An Object-Oriented Specification for RPC-Based Web Services” one. Hmmm! I’ll…
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The ACM Turing Lecture
Yesterday and after I posted the sort entry with my views on MEST vs REST, Simon, Aad, Einar, and I watched the live webcast of the ACM Turing Lecture. This year the award was given to Vinton G. Cerf and…
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East vs West side?
When I announced my decision to join Microsoft, Don Box asked the question: “East side or West side”? Well, the time to decide is not far now. I will be living in a Microsoft-provided flat for few weeks while trying…