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Author: Jeff Barr
Jeff Barr is Chief Evangelist for AWS. He started this blog in 2004 and has been writing posts just about non-stop ever since.
International ECS Scratchpads on AWS Zone
Elena has updated the AWS Zone to include scratchpads for each supported ECS Locale (US, UK, Germany, and Japan). Cool!
Article: Using the Queue Service
Jason Levitt just published a new article, Fun With Amazon’s Simple Queue Service. The article introduces SQS and shows how to use it to build a chat application.
Office 2003 Research and Reference Pane
File this one under “oldie but goodie.” Way back in early 2003 we started working with Microsoft to explore ways to use AWS within what was then called “Office 10”. Microsoft had been describing all of the ways in which Office 10 would be friendly to XML and to Web Services, so the collaboration seemed […]
DVD-Sky – Most Popular Rentals DVDs, For Sale!
The DVD-Sky site combines information gleaned from popular DVD rental sites with Amazon product data to offer a list of popular DVDs available for sale from Amazon. Of note is the fact that the site uses the detailed product information returned by version 4 of ECS to combine data for multiple DVD editions into a […]
ShopEdge – Amazon on a Smartphone
The ShopEdge program allows owners of any Smartphone (the site lists Audiovox SMT 5600, Motorola MPx220, Cingular Samsung SCH-i600, Verizon Wireless SP-i600 Smartphone, and the Sprint Voq Professional Phone) to access the Amazon product catalog using a clean and simple user interface. Features include price checking, access to reviews, movie showtimes, and restaurant information. Free […]
Free XML book (PDF)
Addison-Wesley is offering a free download of the Essential XML Quick Reference. This is a 9MB, 432 page PDF file. Of course, you can also buy the book at Amazon.
The Business Case for XSLT 2.0
Prolific writer Kurt Cagle writes about The Business Case for XSLT 2.0. Kurt has a lot to say, and he says it really well. Some of the new features of XSLT 2.0 include: The concept of a sequence of XML elements as a first-class XSLT object Better regular expression support User Defined XPath functions Conditional […]
Tsunami Disaster Relief
Amazon and the Red Cross have combined forces to make it really easy to make a disaster relief donation to help the victims of the recent tsunami in South Asia. Visit http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PX3BEL97U9A4I to make a contribution. You can also use the Amazon Honor System to place an Honor System box on your own pages, for […]