The Live Web is Live!

My book, The Live Web: Building Event-Based Connections in the Cloud, has been released and is on Amazon. Having the book actually available is great, although slightly anti-climatic after the thrill of just being done last November. :)

The book …

The Live Web – Cover

I got the final proof on the cover for my upcoming book The Live Web today. I think it turned out great and I’m excited to see the book that goes inside it! Here’s the text from the back cover:

Imagine a world in which your phone a…

Semantic Translation in Event Systems

The title to this post probably makes it sound much more grandiose than it is. Still there’s an important kernel here I don’t want to lose, so I’ll write it in my exocortex.

Suppose I’ve got an evented expense report application that…

A Facebook of Things

Marc Benioff has spoken about “social products and services” at multiple events over the last year. He uses Toyota Friend as an example of a social product. Here’s a video of a joint Salesforce and Toyota press conference where Benioff …