Dancing out of time: Thoughts on asynchronous communication
Interesting article by Terry Jones of O'Reilly Radar on why asynchronous communication scales, and what we can do with that power.
I find it useful to try to think clearly about communication systems. This includes the ways in which they are synchronous or asynchronous (or a mixture), and the disruption that occurs when new technology allows us to replace synchronous systems with asynchronous ones, or to deliver new forms of asynchronous communication.
This post is the first of a two-part series. Below, I take a look at the core differences between synchronous and asynchronous techniques, and I suggest an alternative to traditional synchronous API-based communication between applications. Part two addresses Tim O'Reilly's question: "Where is the Web 2.0 address book?"
http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/10/dancing-out-of-time-thoughts-o.html



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