Didn’t really get to IIW 2009A

May 19, 2009 at 10:45 am · Filed under Miscellaneous

I didn’t really make it to the IIW yesterday, but I did make it to the dinner.  I hope to make it there by lunch today.

Instead of going to the IIW yesterday, I got pulled into a meeting to help work through some client issues.  The actual problems were completely tangential to my role on the project, but given my background I was happy to help. 

That morning meeting became contentious.  After the fifth time of hearing the same inadequate solution with a dose of attitude . . . well . . . I don’t cotton to that.

Kind of a mess, really.  I wouldn’t have done it at all except that I was helping out a friend.

And now, off to the IIW 2009A, day 2.

Tags: IIW, IIW2009A, Software-Development

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IIW 2009A

May 16, 2009 at 7:22 pm · Filed under Web 2.0

I will be attending the Internet Identity Workshop #8 this coming week (http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com for more info). 

It runs Monday, May 18th through Wednesday at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

I’m a bit overbooked this week.  The song remains the same.  I’ll be there as much as I can and at the dinner Monday night at the Tied House.

If you want to meet up, contact me at robert at rwandering dot net or use the form at =rwandering.

Tags: Identity, IIW, IIW2009A, IIW8, OpenID, XRI

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Running Windows 7 RC

May 10, 2009 at 10:09 pm · Filed under Miscellaneous

I’ve been running Windows 7 RC since Thursday.  My impressions are mostly quite favorable.  It is all I wanted Windows Vista R2 to be.  Actually it is all I wanted Windows Vista RTM to be, but I’m happy to have finally gotten there.

I’ll post more on this later . . . as time permits.

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Resolver One on Digipede Sample

May 6, 2009 at 9:23 pm · Filed under .NET, Grid Computing

As I noted recently, I have been working with Giles Thomas and Glenn Jones at Resolver Systems on a sample mixing distributed IronPython objects with Resolver One spreadsheets. 

I like those guys.  They are smart and do excellent work.

Anyway, they released the sample earlier today.  From their site:

As of version 1.5 (which is currently in beta), the world’s coolest spreadsheet can use Digipede Network grid computing to distribute and execute workbooks in parallel. The example on the Exchange is based on the excellent IronPython sample created by Robert W. Anderson of Digipede. The Digipede Network is a brilliant way to get distributed, parallel computation on Windows. It only took a few minor changes to convert Resolver One to run on the Digipede Network and to get the IronPython sample to execute Resolver One workbooks.

Giles gives some more background to the path that got us here on his recent post, Resolver One and Digipede.

The combination of our two products offers a pretty elegant solution.  Like I said before,

Try doing that with a spreadsheet or grid that isn’t based on .NET . . .

. . . like Excel and Windows HPC Server.  No, don’t. Trust me.  It is really hard, complex, and brittle.

Tags: Digipede, Excel, grid, HPC, IronPython, ResolverOne

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