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Want a Job?

As you have probably noticed, I recently started a new job. Which means that I also recently left a job. The job I left was as at Absolute Performance, and it was a pretty good gig. The good news is that my leaving means that there is a spot for you. If you are interested in […]

Posted 17 June 2008 † Peter Williams § ‡ Comments (0) °

HTTP and XMPP

My new boss is contemplating whether or not HTTP will remain the protocol of choice in the future. He seems to have reached the conclusion that XMPP is a better protocol than HTTP for the network infrastructure we have today. With today’s connection characteristics, I wonder if HTTP would have been the weapon of […]

Posted 03 June 2008 † Peter Williams § ‡ Comments (1) °

Vacation

My family and I are vacationing this week in San Diego. So far it has been pretty much perfect. Weather is really nice, if a bit cool for swimming. Our condo is nice and well located (a block off Mission Beach). The kids like the water, but the sand is where […]

Posted 27 May 2008 † Peter Williams § ‡ Comments (1) °

Megalomania in Revision Control Systems

The more I work with Perforce the more annoyed I get with it’s belief that it is the center of the software development process. Not that Perforce is not unique in believing this. In fact, many commercial revision control systems have this same megalomania. So, commercial revision control vendors, let me clue you in. Revision control systems […]

Posted 22 August 2006 † Peter Williams § ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: , ,