From the monthly archives: August 2009

Self-Reinforcing Snowballs of Popularity

By On August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I read an interesting article today on the Wall Street Journal web site. It discussed the merits (or lack of merits) of popularity rankings, specifically as they relate to online news articles. One statement from the article [...]

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Mashups: Strategies for the Modern Enterprise

By On August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I am proud to announce the launch of my new book, “Mashups: Strategies for the Modern Enterprise.”

It is shipping in print and digital form at: 

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Event-Driven (R)evolution

By On August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

If history proves to offer a glimpse of the future, perhaps we might find that event-driven programming is soon to revolutionize web-based computing. Consider history.

In the not so distant past, a command-line-interface using procedural programming was the environment [...]

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Middleware and Offensive Lineman

By On August 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Jerry Kramer is claimed to have said, “that if he ever had to go on the lam from the law, he’d become an offensive lineman.” Such is the unfortunate plight for the poor souls who wallow in mud and anonymity each game as they slug it out [...]

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