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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
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
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
Don’t Stand So Close
As a general rule, it’s good for an action photographer to get close to said action, but I’ve recently seen a few films that demonstrate there’s a limit. One key example was “The Eagle”. It’s a stirring tale, full of Continue reading
Watching The Wall Go Up
Thanks to some generous colleagues and the last minute availability of a spare “hospitality” ticket, I was lucky enough to get into a sold-out Roger Waters concert based on Pink Floyd’s The Wall this week. It was a really great Continue reading
Spring is Here!
One of my birthday presents was a dance photography masterclass, hosted at the Victoria and Albert museum and led by renowned dance photographer Chris Nash. This was a bit of a departure for my photography, although followers of my blog Continue reading
One for the “Bucket List”
As part of my 50th birthday celebrations I was privileged to go for dinner at Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant the Fat Duck in Bray. I don’t know what Frances did to get the reservation, but I suspect threats of physical violence Continue reading
Ask A P’liceman
I think it was Will Hay who popularised the notion of added value timekeeping and navigational services from the forces of law and order. This doesn’t always work. On Barbados recently, we were trying without much success to find Fisher Continue reading
The Eden Legacy
Cracking yarn, even if slightly derivative Continue reading
Compact Camera Alienation?
Are compact and cellphone cameras fundamentally unsuited to a significant subset of the population? I am short sighted. With an SLR I look through the viewfinder at an image focused at the optical equivalent of about 1m, maybe a bit Continue reading
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