mnot’s Web log

Design depends largely on constraints.” — Charles Eames

Thursday, June 30 2005

JavaOne

So, this week was my first JavaOne. It felt like most other industry conferences; an exhibition floor, free lunches, good technical sessions, and so forth. The big news this...

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Monday, June 27 2005

Perspectives on the Addressing Experiment

I don’t talk much about it here, but I’m honoured to be the Chair of the W3C Web Services Addressing Working Group. This is something of an experiment for...

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Thursday, June 23 2005

Another, More Disturbing Reason Not to Buy a House

As you might guess, I’m not too keen on buying a house at the moment, due to what I (and others) perceive to be a bubble in prices. That’s...

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Monday, June 20 2005

Bubble News Roundup

This week the Economist continues casting doubt upon the notion that housing prices will continue going up, up, up: This boom is unprecedented in terms of both the number...

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Tuesday, June 14 2005

Getting Rid of QNames in Content

Or, What’s Wrong with XInclude? QNames are evil (at least in content), so I never really liked the WSDL convention of using them to name and refer to constructs. It...

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