Monthly Archives: May 2005
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One+AbstractApplication Development Strategies
I recently attended a day of the Butler Group “Application Development Strategies” Symposium. I’ve just posted a short report on some of the more interesting discussions and presentations. Almost all of the presentations shared a reminder that we still have Continue reading
Review – My Early Life
I’ve just posted my review of this wonderfull book, by one of the world’s greatest leaders. The book is exciting, inspiring and, most of all, fun. I urge you to read it (and my review)! Continue reading
The Laws of Identity
Microsoft have just published an excellent paper by Kim Cameron discussing the characteristics of an “identity metasystem” which must evolve if we are to have proper trust in the Internet and interactions which take place through it. The paper is Continue reading
Growing a Language
I’ve just read a wonderful paper by Guy L Steele, “Growing a Language“. He argues strongly that programming languages must be “small”, but able to grow. Such a language will have a relatively simple structure, syntactic rules, and a small Continue reading
Valuing Flexibility
I’ve just posted my review of “Real Options”, a book about financial market techniques to put a quantitative value on the benefits of flexibility. Unfortunately I was rather disappointed by the book – read my review to find out why. Continue reading
Real Options
A rather disappointing book for the general reader Continue reading
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