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“REST in Practice” on Facebook
Our upcoming book (tentative title: “REST in Practice”) has a Facebook page, so go become a fan. We are going to start posting news/updates about the book soon. You’ll also be able to ask questions, monitor our progress, and give…
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Another great day of skiing
Tini, Nuno, and I went to Stevens Pass today. It was a beautiful beautiful day. Blue sky and sunshine. The snow was not great. The runs were a bit icy but the beautiful day made up for it. No powder…
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5mins with Michael Palin
I loved, of course, Michael Palin in all the Monty Python sketches and movies but I used to be soooo envious (and still am) of his travels for his documentary series. He’s been to 94 countries and not just touching…
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Great photograph of the Seattle skyline
The photographs that made it to the final round of the Bing homepage contest are amazing. The winning one is a photo of the Seattle skyline. It’s gorgeous. Justin Kraemer/ Justin Kraemer Photography This photograph of the Seattle skyline won…
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Weekend at Whistler/Blackcomb
The skiing season has started really strong. After the great snow at Crystal Mountain few weeks ago, I went to Whistler for the weekend with Tini and Nuno. We also met my very good friends (and usual skiing buddies when…
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Restfulie gets a home and a logo
It looks cool too 🙂 Thanks again for the credit to our book (tentative title “REST in Practice”).
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“Bar Stool Economics”
I was forwarded a translated to Greek version of the “Bar Stool Economics” anecdote. It effectively tries to exemplify how the American tax system works. It uses clever language and math to hide the fact that the system is indeed…
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New York Times article about the “Fourth Paradigm” book
The New York Times has a nice article (“A Deluge of Data Shapes a New Era in Computing”) about the “Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery” book, which also happens to include my “A platform for all that we know: creating…
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Interview with Guilherme Silveira, creator of Restfulie
Just read Guilherme‘s interview over at InfoQ about Restfulie. Nice read. It’s great to see that our (upcoming) book is already helping people create Web applications and frameworks out there. “Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis and Ian Robinson will release a…
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Long weekend in London
I realized today that I didn’t write* about my long weekend in London over Thanksgiving (Nov. 26 – Dec 1), which was absolutely amazing! It was a very last minute thing but it turned out to be great, as it…
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A quote from an Australian movie
I just watched “The Rage in Placid Lake” (an Australian indie film), which was cute. I liked these lines delivered by the main character towards the end of the movie. “There are moments when you know what you need to…
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Statistics, art, and the environment
I spent my afternoon at the Pacific Science Center today. I went there for the “Animation” exhibit, which I enjoyed very much. However, I was mostly taken and pleasantly surprised by Chris Jordan‘s photography exhibition. Chris is a Seattle artist…
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The “Tony Hey” award
This is fantastic!!! Fully deserved and I am sure many more recognitions will be added to his great record. The “Tony Hey” student award was established to honor Tony‘s contributions to e-Science. I am thrilled!!! I am also honored and…
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Forthcoming book by MIT Press: World Wide Research
Tony Hey, Roger Barga, and I were asked to contribute an essay for an MIT Press book entitled “World Wide Research – Reshaping the Sciences and Humanities“, edited by William H. Dutton and Paul W. Jeffreys. We decided to write…
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WorldCat Mashathon wrap up notes
Alice posted her wrap up notes on the WorldCat Mashathon event about which I blogged a couple of weeks ago. There is a nice video of Alex talking about the prototype we did on the spot. Adding WorldCat to Windows…