July 2007 Entries
Getting a Microsoft hotfix hasn't been the easiest process; you need to ring support, quote the KB article number and sometimes justify your request. Now Product Support have joined the interweb and through a series of tubes have automated the application process on-line. It's not instant of course; and the hotfix file you receive is passworded, but hey it's a start. Technorati tags: Microsoft, Hotfix, Online
Or should it be appalling? One of the results of having (as far as I know) a unique name is the fact that a quick google search finds you. I've been interviewing potential candidates last week and will be doing the same this week, but last Thursday the candidate let slip his agent told him to research me as well as the company. Uh-oh; it's not like I'm the typical employee ... the poor candidates are going to get completely the wrong impression. If you are interviewing with me this week then bonus points for mentioning this post, jaffa cakes,...
Scott touches a nerve with his blog post on code monkeys and mass market developers. Whilst the problem is certainly true I think he skipped too quickly over what I view as the root cause. I don't have any formal training. I started out with a ZX Spectrum and then upgraded to a BBC B (with a double sided 5.25" floppy disk). Now I stand up and talk, and for some reason people listen. Scott says These are the people who stitch together snippets of code found on the Internet and in books to make an application, without having...
I'm late to the game here (darned time zones), Simone, Scott and Phil have already pointed out that Subtext has been nominated for two community awards; Most Collaborative Project and Best Project for Communications. We're one of two .NET based projects in the running (the other being vmukti, a .NET project which has corporate backing; subtext is just for the love of it). Is the nomination nice? Hell yea. Does it prove anything? Probably not. The categories indicate how much of a popularity contest it is; how would users know which if Subtext, Azureus, XOOPS, Zimbra or ADempiere most values...
If you missed DDD altogether or couldn't decide between my own and the other presentations on during that slot (and decided wrongly ;)) I'll be giving the presentation at the following events; What:VBUG Technical SeminarWhen:Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:00 PM to 9:00 PMWhere:New Horizons8th Floor, 207 Old StreetLondon, EC1V 9NR England What:nxtgenug "It came from outer CardSpace"When:Monday, September 17, 2007 7:00 PM to 9:00 PMWhere:Coventry Flying ClubRowley RoadCoventry, CV3 4FR England As you can see Richard Costall's naming strategy has been used for the nxtgen event. If you're not a member of either of these fine groups then I highly...
One thing I briefly touched on in yesterday's talk was the need for your web site to have read access to your SSL certificate. The token delivered to your information card accepting site is encrypted with an asymmetric key, as part of the conversation. This means that the identity selector, be it CardSpace or another selector cannot look inside or change it, nor can any spyware installed on the user's machine sniff the traffic. The asymmetric key is encrypted using the public key of the relying party's (your accepting web site) SSL certificate. Thus, in order to decrypt the conversation key and...