Watch xml.com this week: the XML Annoyances column is returning, and not a moment too soon it seems. -m

The Rise and Fall of CORBA, seen at the ACM.

To create quality software, the ability to say “no” is usually far more important than the ability to say “yes.”

Sound familiar? -m

when building REST XML protocols. Kimbro Staken. Good stuff. -m

As long as I’ve got conferences on the brain, I need to mention the XML 2006 Call for Participation.

XML 2005 was great, and this year looks like it could be even better. Deadline for regular talk and tutorial proposals is July 19. -m

At WWW I have a short presentation on Yahoo! Go on Friday. It’s one-fourth of a 90 minute slot, so don’t expect any huge revelations.

You might also see my name on another paper, Visualizing Tags over Time on Wednesday (nominated for Best Paper) (!). I won’t be presenting, though I did help a bit with the project.

Anyway, if you’re making it to Edinburgh this year, look me up next week. -m

The following is a blatant job posting. If you’re not into that kind of thing, feel free to skip.

In Yahoo! Mobile, we’re working on an amazing project which, unfortunately, I can’t say much about just yet. We’re growing, and we need some more talent. All of the following are in Sunnyvale, CA and have the full benefits package. Relocation is always a possibility for the right candidate.

Web Guru/Developer: If you dream in semantic XHTML and prefer command line tools to read and write web pages, this is the job for you.

Release Engineer: On the other hand, if you dream about virtual IPs and consider Apache config files a second language, you’d be happy in this challenging position.
There’s more openings than these; I’m just highlighting a few here. If you’re interested, or just looking for more details, email me. If you’ll be at WWW next week, you could also look me up in person. -m