Do Enterprise Architects ask Stupid Questions? - There are no stupid questions, only questions that self-righteous people think are stupid.

Build versus Buy versus Opensource - Good advice if you can get Opensource in the door. Of course, vendors charging a premium to solve common problems already solved should be reason enough to adopt opensource...

Loc.alize.us - A Google Maps and Flickr mashup that brings photos of different lands to you. I'm planning a trip to Italy right now and it's nice to be able to get more than just the top-down view that Google Earth and Maps provide. Google Earth has functionality similar to this, though I like the UI here better.

What SOA needs to learn from Ruby On Rails - Though I'm not sure what "Canned SOA" would look like, I agree with the argument that SOA needs some measure of default convention which can be leveraged.

The Developer Theory of the Third Place - My third place is usually one of several coffee houses or restaurants with free WiFi close to my work or home. BTW, If you're ever in Colorado Springs Scott, we'd love to have you drop by and share some of your expertise.

Free Code - Getting IT out of the Applications business - IT takes EIM and the Business Event Ontology and gives the business (Biz Process Devs specifically) the ability to write "free code." While it sounds a little counter-intuitive, it certainly has some promise.