Author Archives: David Megginson

Religious wars hit close to home

Posted on December 21, 2007 by David Megginson

Update: I read that the school concert went ahead, with Frosty the Snowman replacing the modified Silver Bells as the token non-religious song on the programme (Frosty makes no reference to any religious holidays). Both of my children attended Elmdale … Continue reading →

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E-mail users fight back

Posted on December 16, 2007 by David Megginson

A bit over a year ago, I ran into an unusual problem — for several days, I stopped receiving messages from a customer (in the middle of an important project), then I discovered the messages all hidden deep in my … Continue reading →

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Amazon SimpleDB (not very Codd-y)

Posted on December 14, 2007 by David Megginson

This might be of interest: Amazon SimpleDB Amazon’s announcement Dear AWS Developers, This is a short note to let a subset of our most active developers know about an upcoming limited beta of our newest web service: Amazon SimpleDB, which … Continue reading →

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XML 2007: wrapup

Posted on December 6, 2007 by David Megginson

While I posted a lot before the XML 2007 conference, I didn’t really have time to post anything during it. This is the third time I’ve chaired a medium-sized tech conference, and while it’s busy all year, it’s insane while … Continue reading →

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XML 2007: check out the speakers

Posted on November 30, 2007 by David Megginson

I leave Ottawa tomorrow to fly down to Boston and get ready for XML 2007, which begins Monday morning. If the weather holds, I plan to head down in my own Piper Warrior, but I have a refundable airline ticket … Continue reading →

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How to spend all your free money

Posted on November 27, 2007 by David Megginson

Update: the site shopping cart is broken, and doesn’t properly remove items from the total owing — too bad. Here’s one easy way: via TechCrunch, Deutsche Grammophon, the gold standard in renaissance/ baroque/ classical/ romantic/ orchestral/ opera/ etc. music (often … Continue reading →

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XML 2007: personal schedule and recommendations

Posted on November 26, 2007 by David Megginson

The XML 2007 conference (Boston, 3–5 December) now supports both personal schedules and recommendations, thanks to Edd Dumbill and Expectnation. Personal schedule If you’re planning to attend the conference (and I hope you are), you can create a free account … Continue reading →

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XML 2007: thanks in advance to …

Posted on November 15, 2007 by David Megginson

(Update: I left out a lot of reviewers because of a last-minute editing keystroke gone horribly wrong — with luck, everyone’s listed now.) The speakers for XML 2007 (Boston, 3–5 December) are listed on this web page — it’s well … Continue reading →

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Acer technical support phone number

Posted on November 15, 2007 by David Megginson

For North America, it’s 1-800-816-2237. The phone number is not available anywhere on Acer’s support sites (supposedly, it’s hidden somewhere in the Windows XP control panel, but you can’t get that with a broken computer), so I thought a nice, … Continue reading →

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XML 2007: Mashups in battle

Posted on November 13, 2007 by David Megginson

I’ve recently been highlighting some of the presentations from the upcoming XML 2007 conference (Boston, 3–5 December). For the others, I’ve written a little bit about what I (and other members of the planning committee) found interesting and relevant about … Continue reading →

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