Python Meetup in London

Simon Brunning has organised a snap Python meetup for Wednesday 25th. Great! I will head straight to the Porterhouse when I get back down from the publishing 2.0 event in Bletchley.

The guts of OLPC tech

Thanks to John Heffernan for this Google video link.

The bearded Dutch guy who does the intro looks vaguely familiar :-)

The web and the word processor

"The missing piece is that the Web has no concept of a 'collection of small documents that can be edited/browsed/searched as a unit'." -- The web and the word processor

Dynamic Languages at JavaOne

There will be a BOF for Dynamic Languages at this years JavaOne.

Session ID: BOF-2958
Session Title: Dynamic Scripting Languages BOF
Track: Java SE
Room: Gateway 102/103
Date: 09-MAY-07
Start Time: 21:55

Abstract for this BOF:

Java 6 introduces native support for dynamic scripting languages (JSR 223, scripting languages and Java technology.) This BOF session brings together leaders, users, and critics from the Jython, Groovy, PHP, Ruby, and many other scripting camps for an exchange of ideas to develop a common understanding of the state of the art and practical examples of using dynamic scripting languages to solve problems.

I really must get to one of these JavaOne events. The year-on-year increase in interest in dynamic languages continues apace. This year is probably out of the question. Perhaps next year...

London meetup?

I'm in UK for Publishing 2.0 on Wed 25th April and will be overnighting in London on Wednesday, back to Dublin Thursday p.m. If anyone out there wants to meet up in London on Wed night or on Thursday morning/lunch, get in touch.

I'll push and you pull. The mashup approach to application integration

"...If you are thinking that this makes REST look more and more attractive, especially the plain-old-GET bits, then I'm right behind you.

If you are thinking that all the loud barking from the Web Services standards world to solve the problems of push-centric design might be barking up the wrong tree, I'm right behind you there too."--
I'll push and you pull. The mashup approach to application integration

Re-purposing: the new king of content?

"Since the dawn of time people have used their higher order faculties to creatively re-use the content created by others. Also since the dawn of time, people have used their higher order faculties to spot such re-use and take whatever action they deem necessary.Re-purposing: the new king of content?