Ship It!
It’s been a while since I was blogging regularly. The reason: I was in a ship cycle. As we approached…
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody
This is the story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be…
New eyes on an old favorite
A couple of years ago, Phillippe Krutchen ‘reinterpreted’ the Tao Te Ching of Lao-Tsu for Software Architects (link). I saw it…
Teaching Science with Mythbusters
I love the Mythbusters. Not just because I like to watch them blow stuff up. (I do), More importantly… infinitely…
Flattened by the flu
Nothing makes you appreciate your health more than spending a week, flat out sick with the flu. Just as I’m…
RIP Netscape
It has been a long road towards the end of Netscape. Every worthy competitor deserves an honorable farewell. Now that…
The New Life of Joe – Part One – Off to a cold start
Joe Freeflier is not a lucky man. He’s been promoted. Oh, he wanted the promotion. He asked for the promotion,…
How often do I get to be part of the "next" big thing?
Ran across this post that asks “Why is Enterprise Architecture becoming the next big thing?” There’s no really new content…
Washing fences
Quality is a skill. We need to teach it to our children, just as assuredly as we teach responsibility, compassion,…
Writing down thoughts – harder than it should be
I just hit the ‘send’ button on a rough draft of a 10-page document describing key elements of our SOA…