Category Archives: Thoughts on the World
Website Returns, and New Photos
Apologies for the state of the website over the last week – a problem with the hosting server. I seem to have worked around it for now, so thanks for your patience and those who alerted me to the problem. Continue reading
A Shortage of Analysts?
Bemoaning the systemic failings which are leading to a general lack of good business analysts Continue reading
Using Volume Shadowing with Ntbackup Under Vista
The brain-dead backup function of Windows Vista is enormously annoying. There are known ways to get good old ntbackup working, but they have their limitations. Read this article about my attempts to get round some of those limitations. Continue reading
Paradigm Shift – Clear Memory Now!
Why do we in IT insist on forgetting so much valuable knowledge? Continue reading
The Tevye Scale of Approval
Instead of binary accept/reject assessments, here’s a way for an architect to record his true feelings Continue reading
A Nice Surprise
I just thought I’d share with you one of my birthday presents today. This is wonderful 🙂 Just a shame that I no longer have my purple Porsche 🙁 Continue reading
Annoyance-Based Technology Selection
My tales of woe with that most commonplace of technology, the mobile phone 🙁 Continue reading
Enterprise Architecture Conference 2006 – My Paper
A paper on Agile Architecture which brings together many of my ideas for the first time Continue reading
You Need Architects…
Just in case you haven’t already seen it…. Why you need architects, in song and dance. Enjoy! Continue reading
Best Practices in Test Automation
I am looking for one of my clients into how costs can be reduced, or quality increased, by increasing the extent to which testing is automated. As a first step, I am trying to develop a comprehensive list of test Continue reading
The Agile Architect at EAC 2006
If anyone is interested in hearing more about my views on architecture, and how agile methods apply to the work of the architect, please sign up for the 2006 Enterprise Architecture Conference in London in June. I’m presenting a paper Continue reading
Who Are the Architects?
How a number of people in different rules contribute to “architecture” Continue reading

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