re: Shindig/Java internals
If you want more on Shindig/Java internals, then check this out. Rajdeep Dua has written a very detailed article on the topic and he is asking for feedback: Overview of REST Implementation in Shindig - Java Version.
Shindig/Java internals diagram updated
A lot has changed since I did my first and even my second "how does Shindig/Java work" diagram. Believe it or not, there are now two separate web services protocols in OpenSocial and thus in Shindig. How did that happen you wonder, well read on...
[Read More]Gentle reminder about Roller support
If you need help with Roller, please do not write to me directly. Please write to the Roller user mailing list instead so that everybody has a chance to answer and benefit from the answer to your questions. Of course, there is no guarantee that your questions will be answered on the mailing lists. If you're willing to pay for an assurance of support, then look to Covalent, a company that offers commercial Roller support. Unfortunately, they're still stuck on the old and out-of-date Roller 3.x release.
re: delicious.com Blog Posting tool
Oh and by the way, I have not given up on that Delicious.com Blog Posting tool that I wrote about in August. I've got the feed fetching, entry composing parts done now and I'm currently working on the blog posting code. I hope to have something ready to blog about this week.
Open Source Days and København next week!
I mentioned this back in August and now it's just one week away. Guess I better wrap up my slides quick.
I'll be speaking at the Open Source Days in Copenhagen, Denmark Oct. 3-4, 2008 and the topics will be Roller and SocialSite. So, if you're coming then don't miss me at 1:30PM on Friday and if you're not, there's still time to register.
My talk is titled Once and Future Roller, which is a silly title and coincidentally the same title that gave the first talk I gave at Sun when I joined in 2004. My new talk is similar to that old 2004 talk in that it comes at something of a turning point for Roller. Then, I had just joined Sun and started to work on Roller full time and now as I'm working full time on SocialSite and doing what I can to move Roller forward and mentor new developers.
As you can see in the abstract, I'm going to tell the story of Roller, at Sun, at Apache and up to today. I'll try to sum up some of the open source lessons learned along the way. I'll explain the current status of the project and ongoing work. And in the 2nd half of the talk I'll talk about the future and what you can expect from Roller, from SocialSite and how the two can work together.
OpenID support in Roller
Thanks to one hard working student and the Google Summer of Code, we now have a patch for OpenID support in Roller and its ready to commit to trunk. Here's a teaser screenshot:
<img src="http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/86221/login-hybrid.png" title="OpenID login screen" />If you want to know more, the proposal for OpenID support is on our wiki and the patch is attached to issue ROL-1733 in our bug tracking system.