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New Book Review: "Just Enough Software Architecture"

Recently posted book review for Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach, by George H. Fairbanks, Marshall & Brainerd, 2010, reposted here: During my last year of graduate school several years ago, I wrote reviews for two software books that I still consider exemplary: "Object Technology: A Manager'

New Book Review: "Information Systems Transformation"

Recently posted book review for Information Systems Transformation: Architecture-Driven Modernization Case Studies, by William M. Ulrich and Philip Newcomb, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010, reposted here: Since the marketplace is largely absent of texts discussing the modernization of software systems architecture, this reviewer did not know what to expect from authors William

Countdown to 2014

In his most recent (October 25, 2010) Computerworld magazine opinion piece, Frank Hayes discusses a debt that corporate IT departments need not pay. Perhaps a majority of readers of the magazine are already familiar with "IT debt", because Hayes mentions the term multiple times within his article but

SpringOne 2GX 2010 Day 2: Keynote

After returning to work Thursday and catching up on some sleep following my attendance of the SpringOne 2GX 2010 conference held at The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in the heart of the Lombard / Oak Brook, Illinois business corridor, the following are some notes taken following dinner during the second keynote

Technology == Salvation ?

Due to service disruption with my print subscription to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) this past week, I was not aware of the interview with Peter Thiel entitled "Technology = Salvation" by Holman W. Jenkins Jr. in last weekend's edition until today. Thiel was one of the

New Book Review: "Controlling Software Projects"

New book review for Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement & Estimation, by Tom DeMarco, Yourdon Press, 1982, reposted here: This text was initially noted by this reviewer while reading a white paper written by Johanna Rothman that a colleague recently passed on to me entitled "Are We There Yet?

New Book Review: "Amplifying Your Effectiveness"

New book review for Amplifying Your Effectiveness: Collected Essays, edited by Gerald M. Weinberg, James Bach, and Naomi Karten, Dorset House Publishing, 2000, reposted here: This book is a collection of "pre-cedings" written by 17 software consultants for a conference of the same name. In the introduction, Weinberg

HAPI Announcement: Version 1.0 Released

As a follow-up to my recent post, the release of HAPI 1.0 was announced via email yesterday afternoon: HAPI 1.0 is released! After a fairly long beta period, I'm excited to announce that HAPI has finally reached 1.0. Download it here! This release packs in

HAPI Announcement: Version 1.0 Beta Released

As mentioned in a previous post, following several years of consulting in healthcare, I used HAPI (HL7 Application Programming Interface) for the first time a couple years ago as part of the solution I architected for a client network of hospitals. Since this initial adoption, the open source HL7 product

New Book Review: "Coders at Work"

New book review for Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming, by Peter Seibel, Apress, 2009, reposted here: Despite the title, which uses the term "coder" to describe the software developer, this 600-page series of 15 interviews by Seibel is actually quite fascinating. In the words