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Isn’t automation supposed to help us do things faster?
I am a technologist. I am a geek. I know that. I make use of all sorts of gadgets or read about them. I try to follow all the latest developments. I read books to educate myself about new things. At work and at my free time I try to generate new technology. Technology is…
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Zentity v2.0
Ahhhh! One of my “children” is growing up and maturing! I am so proud of the team over at Microsoft’s External Research. They have done an amazing job with Zentity. The new version packs a great set of cool new features, building on the extensible nature of the graph store which is at its heart.…
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Savas in a skirt and on a donkey 🙂
Well, after feeling extremely honored as a result of the Visiting Professor appointment, I thought it might be good to bring myself down to earth as fast as possible. So I asked my family to send me few photographs from my childhood. It’s always good for one to remember one’s humble beginnings 🙂 My brother…
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Professor Savas Parastatidis 🙂
I arrived at home after a fantastic weekend in New York. Since my cell phone had run out of battery while I was still at the JFK airport, I was only able to check my email after I got home. The first message in my mailbox: Subject: Professor Savas Parastatidis From: Paul Watson Hi Prof,…
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“Breaking the code”
I love going to the theatre and I try to go often. Earlier tonight I saw a play that I particularly enjoyed. I went to see “Breaking the code“, a play by Hugh Whitemore about Alan Turing. I loved the script and the local production in one of Seattle’s many small theaters, the Erickson. How…
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Wishful thinking…
Few interesting things happened today: I received my copy of “REST in Practice“. It wasn’t as a big moment as when my PhD thesis was printed (despite Jim‘s attempts to stress me out at the final moment with his “tick tock tick” soundtrack) but it was still quite a significant one. It felt great to…
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You are one (or more 🙂 tweets away from a free eBook of “REST in Practice”
As we announced last week, we are going to be giving away free copies of “REST in Practice” as a way of celebrating its September 24th release. After this post, every entry in the #RESTinPractice tweet stream will be saved for a period of few weeks. Every 3-4 days we’ll be drawing a random tweet…
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How to get a free copy of “REST in Practice”
With the release of “REST in Practice” only a couple of weeks away, we asked O’Reilly to let us give few copies away 🙂 We just love giving things away 🙂 So, here’s what to expect: Jim and Ian are always busy with traveling around the globe talking about REST, enterprise integration, SOA, Web Services,…
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“REST in Practice” at a University near you and some fun
A couple of days ago, O’Reilly sent “REST in Practice” to the (e-)printers*. It was a great milestone for Jim, Ian, and me; the end of a long road. The target date for the book’s release date is September 24th (yes, of this year 🙂 a sample from the slidedeck, as discussed in “REST…
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Glastonbury 2010!!!
Another June, another Glastonbury 🙂 This year, however, it didn’t rain! The weather was amazing. The festival was amazing! I do think that it gets better and better with every year. Well, I am surely enjoying it more. I’ve been going since 2004 and, still, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it. This…