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 Video: Overnight Success We've heard an amazing amount about the cloud at PDC.  And if you think about it, the cloud is going to change the application model for User Experience.  We're going to see a flip in the model from the desktop to the cloud. Currently we have the web 2.0 AJAX model and desktop applications to use a ...

Whenever the discussion comes to new technology and why would an organization risk using new technology, I think that Wayne Gretzky, yes the hockey player, got it right with this quote. I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been. Wayne Gretzky     Just swap ''puck'' with ''technology'' and ...

  The Strategic Architecture Group has put the SAF content online.  What is the SAF you ask?  It is the Strategic Architect Forum made up of three days of discussions and sessions about everything from UX, to Composite Applications to SAAS.  Check out the content here. The video links actually pull down the video and ...

In the new MIX08 podcast found at ''The Signal'', during episode 2 or 3, it's stated that MIX is all about the Web (not the exact quote).  I disagree.  MIX is about UX.  It's about the tools and technologies from Microsoft to build those experiences. Its about getting designers, developers, architects and ...

For those of you that read ''The Architecture Journal'', here's another option for you that actually is better (if you're with computer).  Simon Guest is introducing the Architecture Journal Reader, a WPF based reader that delivers.  Here's a quick feature list. Online syncing and delivery of content. Offline reading.  (This is ...

A lot.  Here's a digital version of a index card that I created a while back after reading this article on ESOMM.  What is ESOMM?  It's the Enterprise Service Orientation Maturity Model.  I won't rehash the article but if you don't have some ESOMM and you've got web services, life is going to suck for you when it comes ...