Monthly Archives: January 2008

PDO 2: Request for Comments

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From “php.pdo: PDO 2: Request for Comments“:

It became apparent over the past year or so that PDO has been a good and valuable addition to PHP. Like JDBC in the Java world, PDO offers similar advantages, such as consistent data access APIs and better consistency across the various drivers. It has also become clear that there is still room for improvement around the functionality, consistency and broader vendor support for PDO.

I love PDO. My only real pet peeve with it is that it wasn’t right in PHP 1.0.

I’m looking forward to see some of the proposed improvements come to life.

XMPP as the Future of Cloud Services?

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From Matt Tucker’s “XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber) is the future for cloud services“:

There’s a new firestorm brewing in web services architectures. Cloud services are being talked up as a fundamental shift in web architecture that promises to move us from interconnected silos to a collaborative network of services whose sum is greater than its parts. The problem is that the protocols powering current cloud services; SOAP and a few other assorted HTTP-based protocols are all one way information exchanges. Therefore cloud services aren’t real-time, won’t scale, and often can’t clear the firewall. So, it’s time we blow up those barriers and come to Jesus about the protocol that will fuel the SaaS models of tomorrow–that solution is XMPP (also called Jabber) . Never heard of it? In just a couple of years Google, Apple, AOL, IBM, Livejournal and Jive have all jumped on board.

An interesting read on an increasingly attractive architecture.

R.I.P. Carlos

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From “Carlos salué une dernière fois par ses amis du show-biz“:

Les fleurs criardes des chemises hawaïennes qui lui étaient chères, le blanc des légendaires fêtes d’Eddie Barclay à Saint­-Tropez : pour une fois, ce n’est pas le noir qui a dominé lors d’obsèques ­à l’église Saint-­Germain-des-Prés, hier matin, pour le dernier adieu à Carlos, disparu jeudi dernier à l’âge de 64 ans.

This one will surely mean nothing to anyone who hasn’t spent part of their life living in France, but will be a very sad news for anyone who has.

Although information is scarce on the English Wikipedia, you can still find some information on his more than extensive career in the French entertainment scene.

Rest in peace Carlos, and thank you so very much for the countless hours of joy you brought me as a child.

Michael's StartupCampMontreal Roundup

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Since I’m way too busy to provide my own today, here’s a quick link to Michael Boyle’s great roundup of last night’s StartupCampMontreal:

Last night was Montreal’s first StartupCamp, which was held at the fabulous facilities of the SAT on St-Laurent just below Ste-Catherine. It was a very well-run event that featured 5 interesting startups and a couple of great keynote speeches bracketing the startup presentations.

I had a lot of fun attending and networking with my peers. *Camps rock!