Podcast Update

IT Conversations has gone Commercial. I approve and I am happy to pay! Sure hope the price stays reasonable. I wonder if the free part is going away? I used the queue and such, so I paid up.

• I listened to another great presentation by Anne Thomas Manes. This time the subject was Security in a SOA World. She does a great job of explaining how WS-Security and several of the other WS* specifications work. Further, she reviews the current status and maturity of the security related WS* specifications. She also discusses some of the reasons why for many applications WS* and SOAP provide a better answer then REST and https. I highly recommend this podcast.
• I listed to Dr. Moira Gunn talk to Mary Roach. The conversation including discussions about scientific searches for the soul. Mary also talked about her experience with mediums including what it was like to go to medium school and her conversation with the medium that inspired the TV show of the same name. Interesting podcast.