Author Archives: Andrew

What’s in a Name?

I just had a bit of a scare. An app which tracks my Twitter activity informed me that “DignitasLtd” had started following me. Of course, I immediately thought of the Swiss clinic, and wondered what they knew that my doctor Continue reading

Thursday, July 7, 2011 in Uncategorized

Image Stabilisation – Know Your Limits?

I’ve blogged previously on the other merits of Canon’s wonderful EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens, but not really its image stabilisation characteristics. This shot from Cuba shows how good the lens is in that respect. The above is an Continue reading

Wednesday, July 6, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog, Photography

Low Cost Geotagging Using Bibble

I decided a while ago that it would be useful to “geotag” my photographs, i.e. to automatically record the location from which each is taken and add that to each images’s metadata. As my next photographic trip is to Iceland Continue reading

Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Photography, Travel

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

Rocket to the Moon

False Pretences Continue reading

Sunday, May 29, 2011 in Reviews

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

Monday, May 23, 2011 in Photography, Reviews