Link to part 1 of XML article

The link to part 1 of the XML article is broken in part 2 at present. Here it is part 1

XML: How to get the benefits without the heartache, part 2

"From bitter experience, I have learned that the only way to approach document-centric XML applications is from the content creation and modification side of the application functionality spectrum. There is little point in having a wonderful back-end system for content management and exploitation if there is no author-friendly way of creating and modifying that content."-- XML: How to get the benefits without the heartache, part 2

XML: How to get the benefits without the heartache, part 1

"For many applications of XML you will come across, there appears to be a better, more optimal non-XML based solution possible. For any given data representation requirement you as an application developer/designer might have, there is a "better" syntax than XML for representing it. XML is sub-optimal for everything, or so it sometimes seems." -- XML: How to get the benefits without the heartache, part 1

Agents

Agent technology - maybe this is it at last? Not as I expected but ain't that always the way?

No motor

No motor
Originally uploaded by PropylonSean

Sometimes (but only sometimes) the Dollar/Euro exchange rate is a thing of beauty.

Messing around with my newly acquired Canon XTI Rebel, in Lawrence, Kansas.

How to design well by trading well and guessing well

"There is a rumor going around that IT application design is some sort of scientific endeavor that proceeds logically from requirements gathering through to the production of "the design." -- How to design well by trading well and guessing well

Terminal C, O'Hare

Terminal C, O'Hare
Originally uploaded by PropylonSean

As pretty as an airport.