Tarpipe implemented a REST connector a short while ago. This is something that I and others have been wanting for a while now, so it’s great news. The announcement was quite short and didn’t have much detail. I like to see things visually, and I’m guessing others do too, so I decided to write a [...]
Yes yes, I know I’m late to the game, and everyone and his dog has given their angle on why Twitter is so successful, but I’d like to weigh in with a few thoughts too. The thoughts are those that came together when I was chatting to Ian Forrester (@cubicgarden), at a GeekUp event in [...]
SAP TechEd is looming large, and this year it’s in Munich. (If you’re not in Europe, then SAP are holding TechEd events in Bangalore, Tokyo, and San Diego too). I went last year (in Basel), and was both impressed – by the quality of the session and tutorial content – and disappointed – at the [...]
I’ve just read Jon’s latest post on XML Scripting, which mentions Adam Bosworth’s thoughts about an XML scripting language that could natively support XML. While the advent of XML scripting sounds fascinating, I’ve also been wondering about RDF enabling us to “gracefully integrate with the world of objects” and enhance the “self-describing nature of XML”. [...]
Good grief. Anyway, this exploration is certainly opening more doors than it’s closing. Actually, that’s not quite right. It’s showing me new doors that I choose to go through. This one had FOAF written on it in shiny brass letters. FOAF is a project under the RDFWeb umbrella, and is an effort to build a [...]