Probably one of the best session so far with Clemens Vasters and Steve Swartz on Software + Services in the Cloud. I think it is really important that speakers relate both to the audience and between themselves and Vasters and Swartz do it in spades. if you ever get the chance I recommend hearing these knowledgeable …

When at Mix07 I posted about Robby Ingebretsen's excellent session on the relationship between developers and designers in the WPF/Silverlight world. Channel9 has just posted an interview with him on the same subject, well worth looking at if this is the type of project you are involved in.

There is more to Seattle than the Space Needle and flying fish at Pike Place Market. At the end of the SOA conference today I persuaded Robert to embark on a tourist adventure, to brave the Seattle traffic and go to Archie McPhee "Outfitters of Popular Culture" . It should have been a 20 minute drive... hour …

As with all conferences you tend to flag part way through, you start to think of the flight home and not having to sit in yet another session (no matter how interesting it sound on paper). It starts to seem all sessions are either in a cold draft or tropical atmosphere. At this point I have to say I am not looking …

I have focused on the the more developer end of SOA today. In the morning excellent sessions by Aaron Skonnard and Matt Milner on using WCF in BizTalk and best WF practices respectively, both provided an interesting set of gotta's to look out for. Check their blogs if this is an area you work in. In the afternoon I …

Not a great day for new buzzwords to me at the SOA conference today, so just the one: POX - Plain Old XML, as opposed to XML data with extra META data

I have just read Scott Adams blog as he has a strong insight into the mind of corporate mind and politicians well errr motives. He has an Interesting Post on how to predict the success of a company. Fundamentally a happy CEO/MD gives good direction and miserable staff work hard. As person keen on good idea's , I will …

There has only been one major problem for both Richard and myself at the SOA conference has been that the prize for filling in the evaluations is a hp-officejet-l7780.jpg An officejet not even a small one , most people here flew here and errrr. Don't get me wrong the idea and feeling is great but not the strongest …

Since arriving in the Bellevue/Redmond area I have been struck by the lack of people. Wherever I have gone it seems like the place was built for at least twice the number that are present, whether it be the shopping centers or restaurants. I wondered was it because: the others are soon to arrive half the people left …

We are at the Microsoft SOA conference in Redmond , we have been meeting up with old friends and bumping into people who only exist on our bookshelves in the office. Compared to the last time I was here there is a LOT more interest in BizTalk and SOA. We have see running versions of Oslo Microsoft's vision of beyond …