A good guide from the developer standpoint about XML-RPC and SOAP, contrasting their differences, is available at masukomi.org. What's interesting is the section on how the BigCos are approaching this market and on documentation, which addresses the same point. Even if you don't speak developer, reading these paragraphs illuminates why some companies have good developer relations and others don't. Don't get me using a product and then change the spec for how it works without telling me!!!

Currently playing song: "Horses In My Dreams" by PJ Harvey on Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.

Great image from the MIT school newspaper. The context: the MIT Sloan MBA program has weekly "cultural functions" (C-functions) that allow the school to get together and socialize. The woman in the picture is my friend Erika Mori, normally known more for her fashion sense than for being a human target.

Seems like an all-Sloan blogging day. I think I'll be staying away from the food trucks for a few weeks after hearing about this food poisoning case.

A new trick to try in my classes today. "The case, which is from Harvard Business School, is twelve pages. I especially liked the appendices, which were filled with useful exhibits and numbers."

And I have a lot to do. I'm trying not to let it get to me today, though. Doing some writing for my marketing professor, meeting with some folks on e-MIT things. Still working on getting my financial aid in order too. When I have a chance I'll write more about that today. And E-52s rehearsal tonight. As Dave used to say, Dig we must!