Don Box's Spoutlethttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/Don Boxen-US.Text Version 0.95.2004.102Don BoxEssential Windows Workflow Foundationhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/10/25/41185.aspxWed, 25 Oct 2006 14:12:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/10/25/41185.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/41185.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/10/25/41185.aspx#Feedback6http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/41185.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/41185.aspx<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Workflow-Foundation-Microsoft-Development/dp/0321399838/sr=8-1/qid=1161795099/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8314675-8411338?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books">Dharma and Bob's WF book</a> has now shipped.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">After having watched Dharma birth both the technology and the book at the same time, I have to say that it's amazing how quickly he got his figure back :-)</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you're even considering using WF, go buy a copy now.</div><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/41185.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxTwo Excellent Things for Ruby at Microsofthttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/10/25/41184.aspxWed, 25 Oct 2006 14:08:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/10/25/41184.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/41184.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/10/25/41184.aspx#Feedback17http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/41184.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/41184.aspx<ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><li><div><a href="http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=281&amp;thread=180325">Ruby 2.0 is dropping continuations</a>.  This feature has high geek appeal but is tough to implement well on the CLR.<br /></div></li><li><div><a href="http://www.iunknown.com/articles/2006/10/20/dynamic-languages-microsoft-and-me">John "RubyCLR" Lam is joining the firm</a>. Moving from Toronto to Building 42.  </div></li></ol><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Now, if only Scheme would drop call/cc and Guy Steele would join the firm…</div><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/41184.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxThe Nicholas Allen Bothttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/08/17/33136.aspxThu, 17 Aug 2006 17:14:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/08/17/33136.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/33136.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/08/17/33136.aspx#Feedback10http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/33136.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/33136.aspx<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Someone pointed me to <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/drnick/">Nick Allen's blog on Indigo</a>.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I'm finding it hard to believe that one human is able to produce all of that content.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">One hint that there may not be a human called "Nicholas Allen" is that the blog handle is drnick, which is eerily reminiscent of Dr. GUI, another pseudonym that had multiple humans and column-robots producing content for over a decade.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/33136.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxXSD + Schematron == Crazy Delicioushttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/31/32709.aspxMon, 31 Jul 2006 16:29:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/31/32709.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/32709.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/31/32709.aspx#Feedback7http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/32709.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/32709.aspx<DIV xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Congrats to Bassam &amp; Co for publishing the <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dsi/serviceml.mspx" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Service Modeling Language (SML)</A> spec today.</DIV> <DIV xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">It's effectively XSD&nbsp;minus a few obviously weird features&nbsp;plus Schematron&nbsp;plus support for typed cross-document references using URI and friends.</DIV><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/32709.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxWindows Vista and the COM Elevation Monikerhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/14/31903.aspxFri, 14 Jul 2006 16:29:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/14/31903.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/31903.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/14/31903.aspx#Feedback4http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/31903.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/31903.aspxAs my good friend <a href="http://www.pluralsight.com/blogs/tewald/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Tim</a> says, <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms679687.aspx">Monikers just keep on givin'</a>.<img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/31903.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxContraflow and Operationshttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/11/31586.aspxTue, 11 Jul 2006 20:35:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/11/31586.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/31586.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/07/11/31586.aspx#Feedback8http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/31586.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/31586.aspx<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I caught this <a href="http://www.dehora.net/journal/2006/07/contraflow.html">interesting juxtaposition over on Bill de hOra's blog</a> regarding the gap between dev and operations.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Obviously, I'm with both Bill and Steve - the sooner we stop wasting time on "yet another abstract factory" system and start addressing how to keep this stuff running cheaply, the better.</div><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/31586.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxWinFS Updatehttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/25/29108.aspxSun, 25 Jun 2006 19:36:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/25/29108.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/29108.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/25/29108.aspx#Feedback7http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/29108.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/29108.aspx<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Via Dare, Quentin Clark talks about <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs/archive/2006/06/23/644706.aspx" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">the future of WinFS</a>.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/29108.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxGarden Point Ruby.NET Compilerhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/22/28781.aspxThu, 22 Jun 2006 00:20:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/22/28781.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/28781.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/22/28781.aspx#Feedback3http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/28781.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/28781.aspx<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">John Gough and Co. just released the first beta of <a href="http://plas.fit.qut.edu.au/Ruby.NET/">Garden Point Ruby.NET</a>, their Ruby compiler that targets CLR.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Looks like I have a weekend project…</div><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/28781.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxSellsConhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/16/28108.aspxFri, 16 Jun 2006 23:20:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/16/28108.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/28108.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/16/28108.aspx#Feedback3http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/28108.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/28108.aspx<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Sells, Gudge, ChrisAn, Barb and I had sushi earlier this week.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I suggested the time was getting ripe for another SellsCon.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Several hours later, Chris <a href="http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=2001">is starting to plan</a>.</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Obviously, if Chris throws it, I'm there.</div><img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/28108.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />Don BoxIndigo speaks ATOM and RSShttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/15/27729.aspxThu, 15 Jun 2006 14:00:00 GMThttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/15/27729.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/27729.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/archive/2006/06/15/27729.aspx#Feedback5http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/comments/commentRss/27729.aspxhttp://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/services/trackbacks/27729.aspxDetails at <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/yassers/archive/2006/06/15/632436.aspx">Yasser's blog</a>.<img src ="http://pluralsight.com/blogs/dbox/aggbug/27729.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" />