All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

The last week for submitting the applications for the AWS Startup Challenge has started. Looking at the proposals that are being submitted it looks like this will be another very inspiring challenge. These proposals are reviewed by a panel and five finalists will be selected. The finalists will come to Seattle to compete for $50K in cash, $50K in AWS credits, 2 years of Premium Support and more.

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Tim Kadlec

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Last time around , we took a general look at the canvas element and how it is supported (or not) in various browsers. This time, we’ll start to go into the element in a bit more detail and start to look at some the things we can do with it. A Quick Look at Attributes. We’ve already seen how to set up the canvas element in HTML: You’ve probably noticed that we’ve included an id attribute on our canvas element to make it easier for us to access the element in our Javascript

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The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Please join me on Friday, 19 September for An Agile Readiness Assessment , a ThoughtWorks sponsored webinar. Taking on Agile can appear to be an overwhelming commitment with no obvious place to start. For one thing, Agile is often a significant departure from how a team is operating, requiring organisational changes, new practices, and stricter discipline.

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Government 40

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

The backend servers that power the world of Internet Services have become increasingly diverse. With today's announcement that Microsoft Windows Server is available on Amazon EC2 we can now run the majority of popular software systems in the cloud. Windows Server ranked very high on the list of requests by customers so we are happy that we will be able to provide this.

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Servers Cloud Internet Internet 78

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

For many the "Cloud" in Cloud Computing signifies the notion of location independence; that somewhere in the internet services are provided and that to access them you do not need any specific knowledge of where they are located. Many applications have already been built using cloud services and they indeed achieve this location transparency; their customers do not have to worry about where and how the application is being served.

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Tim Kadlec

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

There’s a lot of really exciting and interesting features arriving just around the corner in the world of web development. One of the new features that is receiving a lot of attention, and for good reason, is the new canvas element. The canvas element offers a lot of power to web developers, but can take a bit for some people to get comfortable with.

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