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Windows Workflow Foundation
Today's Learning: ReplicatorActivity
Did I mention that I'm not the worlds leading expert on Windows Workflow Foundation? Well if I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/15/2008
Time For A Change
Every 2 or 3 years I get the yearning to make a change. After 2.5 years of doing ARCast and...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/11/2008
Visibility + Supportability + Consistency == Great UX?
In my last couple of posts I explored the concepts of Visibility and Supportability as properties of...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/16/2007
Supportability - Keeping the "Main Thing" the "Main Thing"
What is the main task of your application? Who is your application written for (the customer)?...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/02/2007
Visibility as an Architectural Property
"All the wonders of architecture, elegant structure, proper provision for security and...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/01/2007
ARCast on Silverlight
I went to a Silverlight training event the other day and Ihave to say this is a really cool...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/01/2007
Today on ARCast.TV - DinnerNow.net Windows Cardspace (Part 1)
Do you ever get those nasty phising emails? Ofcourse you do. You and I know what to do with these...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/26/2007
Exceptions vs. Error codes with Services
Here is an interesting question from the MSDN ArchitectureGeneral forum that I decided to answer.To...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/10/2007
Presentation Tips from Tech-Ed 2007
At this year's Tech-Ed I've had opportunity to sit in on a number of sessions as well as reflecting...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/07/2007
Tech-Ed US 2007 - The Architecture Landscape
Whew! It’s finally done. I just gave my one and only session at Tech-Ed US 2007. I have to...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 06/04/2007
Today on ARCast.TV Architecting for Performance
Today on ARCast.TV we have another episode from Kuala Lumpur on Performance and Scalability. So I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/18/2007
Want to be an Architect? Learn to think like one
So you are thinking about becoming an architect are you? People often ask me how to become an...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/13/2007
Investing in the long tail
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi Nearly every day...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 04/11/2007
User Experience Distraction #32 Dialogus Interruptus
One of my favorite features in Visual Studio 2005 is the refactoring tools. Today while creating a...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/10/2007
Questions on SaaS
Today I agreed to do a presentation to give my thoughts on SaaS – (That’s Software as a...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/27/2007
A new idea for ARCast.TV - SurvivorTect
After watching of a few of those “Survival in the wild” type shows I thought. Why not? I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/19/2007
Today on ARCast.TV - Exploring Disney Studios with Steve Davis
Disney Studios is without a doubt a highly successful an influential player in Hollywood. Actually,...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/09/2007
Thanks a Million!
This morning ARCast hit an important milestone, early this morning we crossed the 1 Million Hit mark...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 01/07/2007
I forgot the Security Video
Last night I was preparing all of the ARCast content for the quarter to be sent to a team that burns...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/29/2006
SaaS - meet the little guy and the middle man
Working for one of the biggest software companies in the world I have to say is always quite...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/15/2006
Doh! ARCast(at)microsoft(dot)com wasn't working
Apologies to all but I just realized that I was not receiving email sent to this address. I’m...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/01/2006
Must See ARCast.TV!
I have finally come up with a solution about the ARCast video thing. Since I'm doing more videos now...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/29/2006
My Zune Is Finally Here!
Being a podcaster I just had to run out and get one of these. I'm thinking about giving a Zune away...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/24/2006
Architect as Explorer
What does an architect do anyway? I was given this topic last spring with the assignment to come up...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/21/2006
How do you Saas?
Software as a Service SaaS is the next big thing. Our team (Architecture Strategy) has been working...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/20/2006
ARCast TV - Project Web21C @ British Telecom
While I was in Barcelona I met up with a group of ARCast listeners from bt.com. These guys are...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/17/2006
What do you think about ARCast?
Over the past 2 years I've received many wonderful email messages from listeners. Of course many...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/12/2006
The ARCast Top 20 for FY07
Ever wonder what ARCast episodes are hot? Well forget about those measly numbers you see on...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/05/2006
Tell me what you think about ARCast - www.arcastsurvey.net
Since most people listen to ARCast while on the go (in the car, on the train, jogging etc.) I wanted...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/02/2006
Take the ARCast listener survey
Today I posted the ARCast listener survey in an attempt to learn how we can make the show better. If...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 11/01/2006
CBA Case Study Videos Completed
Over the weekend I finished the final video in the case study. This is the one with the operations...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/30/2006
More video case studies on the way
The response to the CBA case study has been simply overwhelming. The first video has many thousands...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/26/2006
Video Case Study - CommSee Project - Commonwealth Bank of Australia
CommSee is a simply amazing application written by the team at CBA. This application is visually...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/20/2006
Who is in charge - us or the machines?
I can't believe what I just heard... I have been dealing with an online service which sells an...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/18/2006
Patterns and Anti-Patterns for SOA
Good news – my top-rated architecture session from Tech-Ed US is now available online for anyone who...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 10/05/2006
Architecture Design Question of the Week
Here is the scenario... Every day you get a text file with a number of financial records in a fixed...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/25/2006
Want to be a podcaster?
From time to time people will ask me about podcasting because I am the host of ARCast; our podcast...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/14/2006
Question of the Week - Validation Code Reuse
Last Friday while out on the ARCast Down Under Tour in Perth Australia someone came up to me with a...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/03/2006
Blogging from Word 2007
I was just doing some ARCast show episodes and I hit File/New (or the equivalent) in Word 2007 and I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 08/17/2006
Add Accessibility to the list of User Experience
Accessibility is a necessary skill for designing the user experience. This has to do with how...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/24/2006
Architecting the User Experience
Ok everybody... get your thinking caps on. I’m working on developing a new module for our...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 07/21/2006
SPARK something!
Greetings from Las Vegas – the American playground for adults. If there was ever a place that gives...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 03/20/2006
Autonomous Services - closer than ever
Remember the 4 tenets of Service Orientation? It was in the fall of 2004 when we first got wind of...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/15/2006
My friend... the legend.
A few years back some marketing folks here in Redmond ran a promotion titled Software Legends. I...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 02/13/2006
Topics Maps / ARCast Acquired ArcTalk
Topic Maps – What a concept! Topic maps… never heard of them? Well neither had I until I my show...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/15/2005
ArcTalk - Bring It On!
Over the last year I've had a lot of fun doing webcasts and podcasts known as patterns &...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 12/05/2005
Contending for Canada Tour Day 2
Ok – Day 1 wasn’t much... I just got on the plane and got myself to Toronto. I did have a very nice...
Author: Ron Jacobs Date: 09/27/2005