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Two New Projects Launched

August 8, 2009

This week was a busy one for me.  I launched two new websites: hallornohall.com and smartcarvs.com.  Both of these sites are purely just for the heck of it.  If they get some traction, great.  If not, great. Hall Or No Hall is a co-creation with my long-time pal and business partner, Matt Thompson.  Our graphic [...]

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SOA is not a Technology, not a Reason… it’s an Evolution

April 4, 2008

I was just catching up on my RSS feeds when I ran across Dana Gardner’s latest post, “WOA may soon eclipse SOA as most impactful business transformation agent” which evoked an odd sense of anxiety and the need to immediately jot down some of my SOA thoughts.  In short, Service-Oriented Architecture is a software design [...]

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Thank You, Billy Hollis

May 9, 2007

This morning’s keynote entitled “Jurassic Code” by Billy Hollis was a breath of fresh air. The topic of his speech was about simplicity of software design. In making his point, he spoke strongly against Microsoft and the Visual Studio Team. He urged the audience to adopt his manifesto. People don’t want features, they want simplicity. [...]

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VSLive! in Orlando

May 8, 2007

I’m excited and yet depressed about being at the VSLive! conference in Orlando, FL. I like going to conferences. I enjoy the experience of the hotels, the routines and the knowledge sharing. But it’s also very depressing and frustrating because it revolves around Microsoft.

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