The ends and the means. If you want to read about REST vs WS-*, Pete Lacey’s interview at InfoQ is a good one. But if you want to understand REST vs WS-*, skip the interview and jump straight to the comments. The hand waving, arguing over abstractions and techno optimism best explain how we got to be here.
Get it while it lasts. Or just avoid the whole technical debate, and get yourself an SOA. Five more days before the auction ends.
Start your timer. Elliotte Rusty Harold about the 90 second rule: “I suspect the ninety second rule has been undernoticed and undervalued in the world of computer human interfaces because we mostly focus on the half-second rule instead.”
Keep it simple. Doc Searls, on the not-quite-dead-yet press release: “There is something weirdly retro and not fully helpful about a wiki entry that is actually a press release. Getting to the meat of the offering — that is, discounting the grandstand on which the “announcement” is made — is kinda labor-intensive and unnecessary.”
And have a drink. As a courtesy to our readers, here’s an alcohol myth buster. Planning before drinking is still the best cure for a hangover.