Monday, June 17, 2013

Parables for Architects: Untangling Requirements

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The business user comes to you and says, “I need you to transport something from Poland to New York.” You ask, what is it?   “It’s wor...
Friday, June 7, 2013

Time to Prune those Processes

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Anyone who has worked in IT for five years or more knows the truth of the statement: “If you automate a mess, you get an automated mess.” Wh...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

The Economic Failure of Public Cloud

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The public cloud business will face severe economic challenges in 2014 and 2015, as the business model collapses. Three converging trends ...
Monday, February 13, 2012

On the Use, and Misuse, of Software Test Metrics

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“You will manage what you measure” – Fredrick W. Taylor Testing verifies that a thing conforms to its requirements. A metric is a mea...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Beyond Risk Quantification

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For too many years information security professionals have chased a mirage: the notion that risk can be quantified. It can not. The core pro...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Coming Data Center Singularity: How Fabric Computing Must Evolve

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Summary: The next generation in data center structure will be fabric-based computing, but the fabric will be two full steps beyond tod...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

The Software Product Lifecycle

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Traditional software development methodologies end when the product is turned over to operations. Once over that wall, the product is treat...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

The Blanchard Bone and the Big Bang of Consciousness

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Found at a cave in southwestern France, the Blanchard Bone is a curious artifact. It appears to be between 25,000 and 32,000 years old. It ...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Goulash Recipe

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This recipe was distributed to Culinary Institute of America students in Chef Robert Steiner's adult education class "Around the Wo...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

My Journey Through Total Knee Replacement

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In 1991 I started playing racquetball with a friend who was much better than me. After analyzing the problem, I bought very light-weight sho...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

The Danger of Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Some time ago I flew from the east coast to Orange County airport on an A320. The flight was uneventful right up to the final approach. ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Eureka, a 21st Century Morality Play

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Eureka manifests a deep medieval Christian morality, with Sheriff Carter as Everyman . Cast as the simple believer, the Sheriff trusts all ...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

FlowerPower Foundation Experience

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At 3:30 I turned off the Mets at the Reds (tied), picked up the map I’d Googled last night, and walked out to the car. Man it was hot! The A...
Saturday, July 5, 2008

Regular PC Maintenance

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Here's a list of things to do to keep your PC running at its best. PCs require regular attention. Over time they get cluttered up with o...
Sunday, March 30, 2008

Black Bean Soup

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This soup is wonderful for a cold evening – and it is very easy to prepare. The crushed pineapple helps soften the beans, and the flavor ble...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

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My daughter asked me to explain my job for her class’s career day. I did some research, and made some interesting discoveries. There are a s...
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Friday, February 1, 2008

PCI DSS Class Thoughts

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On Thursday, January 24, the New Jersey ISACA chapter held a class on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which I t...