Archive for November, 2008

QCon San Francisco

Monday, November 10th, 2008

I’ll be speaking at QCon next week on bringing the enterprise to the web with Mule. Mule has a lot of cool stuff which can help you integrate applications RESTfully. I’ll be looking at some example scenarios and how these problems can be solved using Mule.

Have use cases or scenarios which you’d think would be interesting to discuss? Shoot me an email (dan AT netzooid.com) or leave a comment below!

8 things Apple can do to make me love the iPhone

Monday, November 10th, 2008
  1. Make it faster. Anyone else notice how slow the apps are to start? It takes like 15-20 seconds for me to get to the point where I can take a picture. This is the case with nearly every application – I spend the majority of my time in front of the iPhone waiting.
  2. Build a model with a slide out keyboard.
  3. Stop being monopolistic, two faced jerks and allow any application on the iPhone. I want Rhapsody on the iPhone! Subscription music rocks.
  4. Create a home screen which shows my upcoming appointments, recent calls, and favorite apps. Kind of like WinMo…
  5. Flash for the iPhone. Too many restaurant websites depend on Flash, making the iPhone unusable for a lot of menu browsing.
  6. Create a better SMS applicaiton. There is no sorting, filtering, and it takes a lot of scrolling to call a contact. There is also no easy way to go from a contact to the SMS chat history. Annoying.
  7. Allow me to turn off spelling correction.
  8. Copy & Paste anyone?

Lightweight SOA

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Stefan Tilkov just posted his slides from his Lightweight SOA talk. I have nothing to add to them. I just wanted to say: these should be mandatory reading for all our customers and anyone doing integration!