• I am wayyyyy behind blog reading

    1281 blog posts in my queue and counting! Doh! I am having fun with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) at the moment. Chris is also having fun (“Workflow Communication Spelunking” and “More Workflow Communication Spelunking”) although he is not absolute crazy with the experience 🙂 I’ll try to post some screenshots…

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  • SSDL SC and CDL

    I have been asked about the relationship between SSDL‘s SC Protocol Framework and W3C’s CDL a number of times. Grek Pavlik was the last one to ask. Simon Woodman, who has been responsible for the SC work, gave a good explanation. Do let us know if you have any comments or you see things differently.

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  • WS-RF is having problems with the resource identity issue as well

    There has been a lot of buzz lately about WS-Addressing ERPs, the reference parameters, and how resources should be identified. Jim wrote about it a couple of days ago. I agree with Jim. I too was against reference properties/parameters but in favour of WS-Addressing (btw… this was and is my personal view and not my current or…

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  • Art and footy @ Microsoft

    Cool… I keep discovering new things that are going on around here. I just found out about the Microsoft art collection. They organize events with guests and exhibitions. This is sooo cool!!! Yesterday I got myself in to a football team; the “Blind Squirrels” 6-a-side indoor soccer (grrr!) team :-)) My footy pals from Newcastle would be…

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  • RFC on cars 🙂

    Hey all… I need your help… I am about to buy a car and in the next week or so I am planning to start the test drives. I like stylish, smallish, fun cars. Unfortunately the one that I really like (BMW Series One) is not available in the US and most cars around here…

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  • WFPad

    This is very cool. If you want to learn and/or play with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), WFPad is an excellent standalone tool. If you want VS.NET (Express) 2005 integration, you can download the extension pack (please note that the current beta 1 release will not work with the Express edition but this will be fixed in…

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  • Good news about SSDL

    We received note from IEEE Internet Computing that our paper on SSDL was accepted for publication in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue on “Asynchronous Middleware and Services”. The reviews were very good and constructive. We’ll have to make few changes which will hopefully make the paper even easier to read but this should be easy. I…

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  • Having sooooo much fun

    I am back in Seattle. I had a full day at work today and it was soooo much fun. I get to have long meetings and/or 1-1s with guys like Don Box, Oliver Sharp, Chris Sells (who btw is my MS “buddy” and he’s doing an excellent job helping me integrate… thanks Chris), Geoff Kizer, and…

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  • WWW 2006 deadline is coming up fast

    Make those fingers work faster on your keyboard… The deadline for WWW 2006 is only a month away. Please read the call for papers.

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  • In Boston for the GGF

    I arrived in Boston today for the GGF. I walked around the city and went out tonight with my friends Jon and Chris from previous GGFs. What a fun night. Boston is fantastic!!! Although the last two GGFs were supposed to be my last ones, I am here because the usual Microsoft people that come…

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