Unicode will eat your brain

Its complicated. Perhaps even really complicated when you take all versions of Unicode, versions of virtual machines, string libraries, xml nuances etc. into account. But at least this much seems pretty clear: use UTF-8 for transfer and UCS-2 internally for most work.

The Identity Management problem will kill eCommerce unless it is sorted.

The Identity Management problem will kill eCommerce unless it is sorted. This ITWorld article ponders the problem from an e-Services perspective.

Mitch Kapor and Andy Hertzfeld - familiar names. An open source PIM project is born. Looks very interesting. Uses Python (specifically wxpython) too.

Digital Identity in the real world

Digital Identity in the real world. Authorisation codes sent to mobile phones to authorise individual secure transactions? Sounds like the credit card authorization code model. Sounds like good ole one time pads as used in the second world war. Sometimes the best solutions are the oldest:-)

John Cowan is up to something interesting...

John Cowan is up to something interesting to do with XML schema languages. I wonder...

s/UDDI/WSIL/g

WSIL: if(when?) the centralised/RPC-centric model underlying UDDI collapses under its own weight, WSIL may pick up the pieces.

Killer application for SOAP

e-Suds is a killer application for SOAP if ever I saw one! That statement can work on at least two levels:-)