Monthly Archives: June 2011

Journey, Foreigner and Styx

Thoughts on what makes a good live music performance Continue reading

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Reviews, Thoughts on the World

Back to Cuba!

Not literally, unfortunately, but I’m finally getting on top of my shots from last November’s trip, and I thought I’d share some of them with you. Here’s one I rather liked of a green car under dappled light on the … Continue reading

Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog

iPad Communications Errors

I don’t know whether any other iPad / iPhone users out there get the same problem, but I’d be interested to hear if you do. Quite often I go to use an app which needs to communicate over the Internet, … Continue reading

Saturday, June 18, 2011 in iPad, Thoughts on the World

Enterprise Architecture Conference 2011 Day 3

Well the third day of EAC 2011 came and went. My talk went well. Despite the last minute scheduling change I got a decent audience, and once in front of real listeners managed to find my style and pace again. … Continue reading

Friday, June 10, 2011 in Agile & Architecture, iPad, Thoughts on the World

No Plan B

Thoughts on the inadequacy of contingency planning on the British transport networks Continue reading

Enterprise Architecture Conference

Halfway through, and this is shaping up to be the best EAC I have attended for a while. I was umming and aahing about whether to attend yesterday’s seminar sessions, and couldn’t make up my mind which to join. In … Continue reading

Thursday, June 9, 2011 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World

Practical Enterprise Integration

I’m speaking at the IRM Enterprise Architecture Conference 2011, in London next week. My topic is “Practical Enterprise Integration: Realising the Benefits of a Strong Canonical Architecture”. In the paper I discuss the evolution of an EAI environment at National … Continue reading

Thursday, June 2, 2011 in Agile & Architecture, My Publications