Installing Node Modules in a TeamCity Build. Keeping up with the inexorable rise of front end frameworks is a big challenge in modern web development is. My pathway is probably fairly common, starting out with jQuery. And the humble selector, progressing onto Knockout. And embracing the joy of binding then finally onto the full on framework smorgasbord of Angular JS. However the point where I hit trouble was getting the application to build on our TeamCity build server.

Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Predictions from so many smart people these days. But a host of way-smarter-than-me folks are doing it now, and I have to admit I read them all before I sat down to do my own. So in advance, thanks to Fred.

OpenAPI is not what I thought. When building HTTP based applications we are limited to a small set of HTTP methods in order to achieve the goals of our application. Once our needs go beyond simple CRUD style manipulation of resource representations, we need to be a little more creative in the way we manipulate resources in order to achieve more complex goals. RPC vs REST is not in the URL.

For Learning, Training and Compliance. Badges, badges everywhere but not a drop to drink. One of the potentially exciting improvements in SharePoint 2013 is badges. These allow you to assign reputation to users of community sites but how do they stack up? Badges are a gamification. By Justin Mori at SharePoint Saturday Belgium for some rationale on gamification.