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COPAC gets RESTful

Posted on October 1, 2008 by paulwalk

Just a quick pointer to the really encouraging announcement from the COPAC development blog that COPAC individual COPAC records are now addressed with a persistent, and RESTful(ish) URL. The example given is: …the work “China tide : the revealing story … Continue reading →

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The opportunistic developer is allergic to soap

Posted on June 9, 2008 by paulwalk

For some time now I’ve been thinking about what I think of as the ascendency of the opportunistic developer in web application development. The phrase has unfortunate connotations for those who remember the ‘personas’ meme from some years ago when … Continue reading →

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A minor response to Repositories thru the looking glass

Posted on February 14, 2008 by paulwalk

In Repositories thru the looking glass over on the eFoundations blog, Andy Powell gives a summary of a keynote he gave to the Vala Conference last week. It’s interesting stuff, and I will take the time to look at the … Continue reading →

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