Chris Alexander

We all know how big and how quickly Facebook, FriendFeed, Twitter and the like had to scale. To do so, they had to think outside the box, and make not only wide use, but also many upgrades and contributions to countless open source software projects.
It’s something we sadly something we hear very little about – [...]

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I recently wrote about how students can make use of Team Foundation Server to improve management of their projects, include version control, and generate reports suitable for their assignments.
You may have also covered various development approaches in your courses at University – and you may have heard approaches like “waterfall”, “agile”, “scrum” and more being [...]

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There is always talk of where the web could go next.
Constantly seeking the next “big thing”, entrepreneurs and large companies alike are pouring time, money, and intelligence into figuring out the next cool thing that can be done with the network that has the ability to connect us all.
But where can the web go from [...]

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Some of you may remember my project from several months ago called Clustr. Essentially it offers a way of accessing your Huddle.net workspaces from your iPhone or mobile phone.
Today I’m pleased to be able to give you a sneak preview of what’s coming next for Clustr.
As Huddle has evolved, we’re looking to give you even [...]

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You may have read my recent (rather monolithic) post on Getting Started with OAuth.
Web Resource Authorisation Protocol (WRAP) is a set of so-called “profiles” for OAuth, which contribute a substantial number of additional features as well as vast simplification of the bloated (yet finally secure) authentication mechanism.

WRAP is currently in the very early stages of [...]

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