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In a thread on TheServerSide, commentors are discussing how much trust you can put into an OpenID identity. Even the OpenID literature speaks of a server that returns true to all queries. The argument seems to be that since you don’t control the OpenID server, you can’t trust the identity returned, making it […]

Tom Baeyens has written a nice blog introduction to a technical article on the Process Virtual Machine.
Tom’s blog is great, because it gives you an understanding of the problems and commonalities between various process/workflow/orchestration technologies. I faffed about with Werkflow though a few revisions, all failing miserably.
I think workflow (and rules) will ultimately be […]

I got back from my first ever JavaOne, and I’d have to say it was a success.
First the obligatory “look how cool I am” section…
Name dropping
Misc
Drank too much with Hani of the BileBlog. Congratulated Cameron & John Purdy at the Tangosol party. Finally met Phil Dodds and Brett Porter, from DevZuz. Dan […]

The fantastically French Guillaume LaForge pinged me about the Groovy Meetup on Monday, in San Francisco.
It’s limited registration, so you best being heading over to the sign-up page.
I assume they’ll regale us with stories of that crappy hand-rolled parser that one of the founders insisted upon.
What a loon.

JavaOne is next week. Would you believe this is the first JavaOne I’ll ever have attended?
Some of my colleagues have put together a page detailing JBoss’s participation at the conference.
Speakers from JBoss include Gavin King and Emmanuel Bernard, Michael Yuan, Tom Baeyens and many others.
I’ll be hanging out at Booth #1418 along with James […]

Today is May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. It seems like a good time to reflect upon work.
Particularly since I don’t get the day off.
My wife comes from a long line of railroad workers. Her father worked at the railroad until his recent retirement. His father also worked at the […]