I’ve updated the web services security story with some input from Justin Rudd.

REST vs. SOAP… Each of these battles has the sides well dug in, though the resistance from the non-adopters seems to be stronger than the push from the early adopters. [Gordon Weakliem] Careful… make sure that you count for the large contingent of people who are simply focused on getting their job done. [Sam Ruby] [...]

Computer Science EducationI had an email exchange recently with a fairly popular CTO and author. His position is the university computer science department should be a training ground for the current software trend. So the decision CS departments should be making now is dotNET or J2EE.Of course I disagree. But I am more than apparently [...]

Ok, I couldn’t stand it any more.  Why does every article I read on this subject lately advocate using custom SOAP headers to transmit user credentials for web services?  I just don’t get it.  I started writing a whole rant on it, but it got a bit long; so see my story here.Comments?

Fire in Colorado – yikesFire forces 4,000 to evacuate [USA Today : Front Page]That fire is here in Colorado. They’ve closed down a 50+ mile stretch of I-70, which is undoubtedly one of the most major east/west expressways to span the United States. The fire season here has already been bad, and a mega-drought just [...]

Thanks for the welcome, Brad.  And welcome Drew Marsh; if you frequent the .NET mailing lists, you feel like you know him even if you don’t.  ;-)

Why does every article I read (here’s the most recent) on this subject lately advocate using custom SOAP headers to transmit user credentials for web services? I just don’t get it. With the current state of affairs with web service security, you have 2 choices; you can use transport authentication (i.e. HTTP authentication mechanisms), or [...]

.NET QuizTake the .NET Quiz. I missed 1 of 20. It changes a couple of the items. [Sam Gentile's Radio Weblog]Hmm…I missed 1 also.  When I took it again, looking for that perfect score, I missed 1 again.  I think it’s rigged.  ;-)

Who says Semiconductor Physics can’t be fun? Sheesh…when I was learning this stuff, it was from a dry textbook and a monotone professor.  Now this is progress!