On Simplicity

APIs shield you from complexity right? Try this.
The Zen of the web is to realise the heights we can reach with nothing more complex than URIs, a small handfull of operations (verbs) and a sprinkling of data.
(Thanks to Mike Champion for pointing me at Mark's post.

e-europe awards

The Inter-agecy messaging Service (IAMS) we in Propylon built for Reach has recieved an honourable mention at The E-Europe Awards.

Its all about dataflows

Jon Udell in typically insightful form : "XML data flows and active intermediaries fundamentally alter the IT political landscape". Indeed.

Pipelining to connect IT infrastructure

Phil Windley on pipelining. PropelX for example:-).

Type checking and techie control

Bruce Ekel on data typing.

Filtering SPAM with SpamBayes

Windows users who are not using Outlook may like to know that SpamBayes can be set up to work with any e-mail client on Windows. (Outlook users have a fully blown install program available to them via http://spambayes.sourceforge.net). Get the details here.

BEEP Poem

An amusing BEEP Poem.