Author: Vince Kimball

Open source citizenship. On the world stage, both failures and successes can loom larger than in the corporate cubicle. Developers who plug into the reputation-driven meritocracy of open source — while advancing the goals of your business — are a force to be reckoned with. [InfoWorld: Open source citizenship: October 24, 2003] This column was… Continue reading Open source citizenship

Lessons from Dartmouth. Naval Ravikant at Ventureblog has a good analysis of what Dartmouth is learning from its extensive deployemnt of WiFi and VOIP.  [Werblog]

Why buy desktops?. It's hardly surprising to me that IDC is predicting that laptop sales will far outstrip analysts' previous predictions.  In most companies comprised mainly of “knowledge workers,” a desktop is really just a laptop waiting to happen.    Almost everyone needs to work at home occasionally and almost everyone has to work while traveling at… Continue reading Why buy desktops?

WinFS Synchronization. I can't possibly blog every session or highlight all the stuff I'm learning here at the PDC – but needless to say my head is spinning. These folks have come up with their own 'triples' – their own subject-predicate-object sceanrio. It's part of their WinFS file system (formerly known as Cairo.)  They have no idea… Continue reading WinFS Synchronization

Laszlo is XML technology, not Flash technology. Avalon isn't about Web/GUI convergence. A couple of points about this post: 1) Laszlo is an XML technology – while Royale is Flash technology. 2) Jon's right about XAML – it goes around CSS and HTML – like only Microsoft can.  And it certainly IS in the 2006 timeframe.… Continue reading Laszlo is XML technology, not Flash technology

Sean Neville, friend and colleague, writes about Project Atom, Amazon Search, Mobile Apps, Web Services Browsers and more.  Good stuff. [Jeremy Allaire's Radio]

Avalon and XAML, Royale, Laszlo and MXML. It's good to finally see Microsoft taking the wraps off of Longhorn, and in particular Avalon, the new presentation services for building and deploying Internet-connected Windows applications.  Avalon uses XAML, a new format for describing the interface of a Windows application.  This represents the “final convergence” of the… Continue reading Avalon and XAML, Royale, Laszlo and MXML

Sean Neville ponders XAML, Avalon, Flash, Royale and Rich Clients. Insightful analysis on development models and runtime models for rich clients.  [Jeremy Allaire's Radio]

What if Clients Were to Pay for Knowledge Management? Many large law firms are trying various approaches to knowledge management (KM). The goal is to capture and re-use know-how. In a meeting of KM professionals earlier this week I had an “aha” moment…. First, two observations/concerns: (1) I have always been concerned that without tying… Continue reading What if Clients Were to Pay for Knowledge Management?