Crochet Danger

I had to laugh at Eve’s link to the story of the weenie who was scared of knitting needles (while admitting I first saw the link at whump dot com from following XML 2005 Aggregator links). I have a better story than mere knitting needles or even needlework needles, since all of those have [...]

Singapore Impressions

I was recently in Singapore for a Liberty Alliance meeting. I hadn’t been in Singapore for 10 years, so it was interesting to see what was the same and what was different.
Orchard Road was the same, but more so - more Western shops, more malls, more hotels. The air conditioning in hotels and restaurants, [...]

Five Years On

“The time has come, the walrus said” - not to talk of cabbages and kings, nor even of sealing wax, but to move on and let someone else with fresh ideas take over chairing the XML Conference Series. XML 2001 was the first conference I chaired, XML 2005 the last. It’s been an interesting [...]

Conference Starting

I’m in Atlanta, Georgia, for XML 2005. It’s the tutorial day before the conference starts, time to do last-minute items, check the booth, try to recover from jetlag before the big show starts tomorrow. Something akin to the quiet before the storm.
Which reminds me, the closing date for NorthernVoice speaker submissions is coming up soon, [...]

Cats and Quizzes

I don’t usually do quizzes, but I couldn’t resist this one. Currently life is a little on the stressful side for me, as you can see:

You scored as Pissed at the World Cat. And here we have the next serial killer. Try having some cotton candy, it’ll make you feel all warm and fuzzy [...]

Glitches

We just discovered a glitch on the XML 2005 conference web site that meant that submissions for the Posters and Artwork were lost; please resubmit (we found the problem). Sorry for the inconvenience!