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Agile & Architecture 21st Century Schizoid Man Ruminations on leadership, and how leadership responsibilities change with your perspective A Parable Lessons for anyone contemplating a disruptive, rewrite from scratch, change to a software product A Shortage of Analysts? Bemoaning the systemic failings which are leading to a general lack of good business analysts A Square Peg, and Only Round Holes Musings on whether an architect can fit neatly anywhere in a traditional IT organisation hierarchy A$$hole Driven Development and Other Anti-Patterns Musings on antipatterns in development, project management and IT governance An Agile Architecture War Story Application Development Strategies Architects - Masters of Order and Unorder? A consideration of how an architect should handle complex or chaotic behaviour, using the Cynefin framework Architects Anonymous A tounge in cheek look at how addictive architecture and design work can be Architecture Lessons from a Watch Collection Architecture, Design and Engineering Is IT architecture about "hidden plumbing" or "visible design" delivered to users? Articles on Agile Modeling and Architecture Beauty is Only Skin Deep Best Practices in Test Automation Break Compatibility, Lose Loyalty Business Flexibility The business equivalents of expansion capabilities like the spare slots in a desktop PC Can No-One Write A Good Book About Oracle SOA? Caught by The Law! Channel Hopping Mad! Characteristics of a Software Architect My musings on what makes a good software architect Cirrus Minor - A New Architecture Site Combining Risk Factors A simple analytical approach to combine the effects of multiple risk factors Do We Want Product Development, or Platform Flexibility? Does Agile Miss The Point About Engineering? Does Your Broadband Beat a Carrier Pigeon? Domain-Specific Languages Domain-Specific Modelling Techniques Some useful Domain-Specific Languages I have developed or discovered Efficient Fuzzy Matching at Word Level Enterprise Architecture Conference Enterprise Architecture Conference 2006 - My Paper A paper on Agile Architecture which brings together many of my ideas for the first time Enterprise Architecture Conference 2011 Day 3 Enterprise Architecture Design and the Integrated Architecture Framework Enterprise Integration Patterns Fashion Makes Doing IT Harder Form vs Function - a Tail 🙂 of Three Mice Growing a Language How Strong Is Your Programming Language? I Told You So Integration Or Incantation? Metropolis - a Metaphor for IT Maturity Metropolis - Where Do You Want To Live Today? Microsoft : Busy Fixing What Ain't Broke Modelling an Enterprise Data Architecture A new approach, based on UML, for modelling the real complexity of Enterprise Data Architecture Modelling Change in Enterprise IT Two simple techniques to model change in an enterprise's IT portfolio over time Modelling Data Mapping - A Challenge My First Android App: Stash-It! No Plan B Thoughts on the inadequacy of contingency planning on the British transport networks Paradigm Shift - Clear Memory Now! Why do we in IT insist on forgetting so much valuable knowledge? Platform Flexibility - It's Alive! Practical Enterprise Integration Red Roof Reflections Review - Enterprise Integration Patterns SharePoint: Simply C%@p, or Really Complicated C%@p? Some Good News Strategies for Flexibility My 2001 paper on how to design systems for flexibility Technical Reference Architecture Ten Ways to Make Your iPad Work Effectively With Windows Testing vs Modelling, Detection vs Prediction, Hope vs Knowledge The Agile Architect at EAC 2006 The Architect's USP The Changing Role of An IT Architect How an architect's role changes over time, and through the project life-cycle The Colour Nazis The Fear Premium The Half Arsed Agile Manifesto The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good The Software Utility Cycle The Tao of the Architect The Tevye Scale of Approval Instead of binary accept/reject assessments, here's a way for an architect to record his true feelings The Wrong Orientation? Things Which Really Bug Me About the Kindle Tyranny of the Colour Blind Musings on why Microsoft are abandoning colour as a dimension for information visualisation Web Service Challenges Webkit, KitKat and Deadlocks! What Do I Mean by "Agile Architecture"? Who Are the Architects? How a number of people in different rules contribute to "architecture" Why I (Still) Do Programming Why REST Doesn't Make Life More Rest-full Why Software Isn't Like Building Construction You Need Architects...
Code & Development A Fast Diff Algorithm An implementation of a Diff algorithm in VB.NET, with various techniques to improve performance Blogger Me! Caught by The Law! Combining Risk Factors A simple analytical approach to combine the effects of multiple risk factors Conversion Challenges Developing for Android Do We Want Product Development, or Platform Flexibility? Domain-Specific Languages Efficient Fuzzy Matching at Word Level Enterprise Integration Patterns First Bibble Plugin Published Growing a Language How Strong Is Your Programming Language? In Damnation of PHP Inferring Algorithms: How Random is Your Music Player? Integrating External Content with WordPress Mac OSX–A Third-Class OS? Does Apple's opposition to virtualisation create a technical ghetto? Macs Are Really Easy? Ha! My First Android App: Stash-It! Platform Flexibility - It's Alive! Random? That's a Coincidence... SharePoint: Simply C%@p, or Really Complicated C%@p? The Micro Four Thirds Lens Correction Project Using Volume Shadowing with Ntbackup Under Vista Webkit, KitKat and Deadlocks! Why I (Still) Do Programming Why REST Doesn't Make Life More Rest-full
My Publications A Fast Diff Algorithm An implementation of a Diff algorithm in VB.NET, with various techniques to improve performance Enterprise Architecture Conference 2006 - My Paper A paper on Agile Architecture which brings together many of my ideas for the first time First Bibble Plugin Published Integrating External Content with WordPress Lots of News Modelling an Enterprise Data Architecture A new approach, based on UML, for modelling the real complexity of Enterprise Data Architecture My First Android App: Stash-It! My Grand Circle Tour My "Grand Circle" tour of Southwestern USA: what worked, what didn't, and how to avoid sleep deprivation and scurvy! Practical Enterprise Integration Some Good News Strategies for Flexibility My 2001 paper on how to design systems for flexibility
Reviews ...And Then Three Come Along All At Once Reflections on an excellent Summer for live music A catholic Taste in Films? A Heretical Proposition A Tide In The Affairs Of Men Observations on the Inaudible, Incomprehensible and Impossible "Interstellar" Action At A Distance An Ideal Blogging Platform? Annoyance-Based Technology Selection My tales of woe with that most commonplace of technology, the mobile phone 🙁 Barbados – Mojo Reanimated Beauty is Only Skin Deep Can No-One Write A Good Book About Oracle SOA? Digital Convergence - Still Waiting Another failed attempt to "converge" my phone. Why don't I learn? Edge of Silence Excellent Service I Don't Want to Sound Complainin' My review of the Canon 7D. The headline: great electronics, poor ergonomics. Journey, Foreigner and Styx Thoughts on what makes a good live music performance Keep Taking the Tablets Not Good For Business Olympus TG6 – Does the T Really Stand for “Tough”? One for the “Bucket List” Quantum of Disappointment I didn't like "Quantum of Solace" - here's my review! Review - A Short History of Nearly Everything Review - Enterprise Integration Patterns Review - My Early Life Review - Olympus TG2 "Tough" Camera Secret State - A Review The Challenge of Serenity Notes on visiting Masstricht, a great concert, and the challenges of photographing a candlelit chapel Tokenism Gone Mad Twin Tales of Sporting Daring-Do Valuing Flexibility Watching The Wall Go Up Why Do Buses Come in Threes? World War Z - One from the Ministry of Strange Coincidences...
Thoughts on the World "This is Bloody Dangerous!" ...And Then Three Come Along All At Once Reflections on an excellent Summer for live music 21st Century Schizoid Man Ruminations on leadership, and how leadership responsibilities change with your perspective 4g CO2 Per Email. Really??? A Bit Stretched! A catholic Taste in Films? A Confident Prediction Musings on the history and future of Microsoft Windows A European Visitor’s Guide to Hawaii A Failure of Curation A Fast Diff Algorithm An implementation of a Diff algorithm in VB.NET, with various techniques to improve performance A First Day Mistake I've Never Seen on LinkedIn A Heretical Proposition A Laser-Like Focus? A Nice Surprise A Parable Lessons for anyone contemplating a disruptive, rewrite from scratch, change to a software product A Ray of Sunshine A Shortage of Analysts? Bemoaning the systemic failings which are leading to a general lack of good business analysts A Square Peg, and Only Round Holes Musings on whether an architect can fit neatly anywhere in a traditional IT organisation hierarchy A Visitation A$$hole Driven Development and Other Anti-Patterns Musings on antipatterns in development, project management and IT governance Action At A Distance An Agile Architecture War Story An Experiment An Odd Omission Annoyance-Based Technology Selection My tales of woe with that most commonplace of technology, the mobile phone 🙁 Ansel Would Be Proud? Application Development Strategies Architects - Masters of Order and Unorder? A consideration of how an architect should handle complex or chaotic behaviour, using the Cynefin framework Architects Anonymous A tounge in cheek look at how addictive architecture and design work can be Architecture Lessons from a Watch Collection Architecture, Design and Engineering Is IT architecture about "hidden plumbing" or "visible design" delivered to users? Are British Airways a Bus Company? Are There More Bricks or Photos? Are We Nearly There Yet? Musings on the lack of standardisation in gadget power supplies Back to the ‘Fray Back to the Future Backing Up Balloon Fiestas - The Awards Barbados – Mojo Reanimated Beauty is Only Skin Deep (more...)

Thoughts on the World (continued) Best Practices in Test Automation Blogger Me! Blogging: What It Is and How It Works Break Compatibility, Lose Loyalty Business Flexibility The business equivalents of expansion capabilities like the spare slots in a desktop PC Business Models Busy Bee… Buttons Or Switches? Buttons Are Better! Can No-One Write A Good Book About Oracle SOA? Canon EOS 70D: Cynical, Substantial or Stepping Stone? Caught by The Law! Channel Hopping Mad! Characteristics of a Software Architect My musings on what makes a good software architect Cirrus Minor - A New Architecture Site Collection, or Obsession? Combining Risk Factors A simple analytical approach to combine the effects of multiple risk factors Compact Camera Alienation? Crash, Bang, Wallop, What a Picture Cross-Posting Musings on how to streamline the photo blogging process Death and Service Death of an Alien Death of the Microsoft Architecture Journal? Demolition Man Design Lessons: Hotel Rooms Did I Speak Too Soon? Digital Convergence - Still Waiting Another failed attempt to "converge" my phone. Why don't I learn? Disasters and Dystopias: Where Are We Now? Do We Want Product Development, or Platform Flexibility? Does Your Broadband Beat a Carrier Pigeon? Domain-Specific Languages Domain-Specific Modelling Techniques Some useful Domain-Specific Languages I have developed or discovered Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover Dozy Android Dysfunctional Hotel - Not Impressed! Edge of Silence Enlightenment Enterprise Architecture Conference Enterprise Architecture Conference 2006 - My Paper A paper on Agile Architecture which brings together many of my ideas for the first time Enterprise Architecture Conference 2011 Day 3 Enterprise Architecture Design and the Integrated Architecture Framework Enterprise Integration Patterns Fashion Makes Doing IT Harder Finally, Something Smaller First Impressions of the Panasonic GH2 Fraud Prevention: Why Don't Banks Do More? From Nobgang to Bumthang... From the Ministry of Strange Coincidences... Getting Ahead of the Curve - Update Getting High (But Not That High)! Going Greener! Goodbye Dr. Love Google Bowls a Googly Growing a Language How Hard Can It Possibly Be? Hungry Birds! I Thought They Were Supposed To Be Getting Smaller? Musings on why my laptops are getting bigger and heavier, instead of smaller and lighter I Told You So Icons, or Heroes? Improved Capture In Damnation of PHP Inferring Algorithms: How Random is Your Music Player? Integration Or Incantation? Interfaces and Document IDs - A Rant iPad Communications Errors Is Theatre Killing Theatre? It's Not Just What You Do With It, Size IS Important Jon Lord RIP Journey, Foreigner and Styx Thoughts on what makes a good live music performance Just Get on the Train! Just Get On the Train!, Updated Keep Taking the Tablets Keeping Current Last Light Before Lockdown Last Light: A New Dawn? Legislative Stupidity Observations on the stupid "anti-photography" laws introduced in Britain in February 2009 Liberation from the "Frightful Five" Lies, Damn' Lies... Lots of News Mac OSX–A Third-Class OS? Does Apple's opposition to virtualisation create a technical ghetto? Macs Are Really Easy? Ha! Man At Work! Meet the Guardian! Metropolis - a Metaphor for IT Maturity Metropolis - Where Do You Want To Live Today? Microsoft : Busy Fixing What Ain't Broke Modelling an Enterprise Data Architecture A new approach, based on UML, for modelling the real complexity of Enterprise Data Architecture Modelling Change in Enterprise IT Two simple techniques to model change in an enterprise's IT portfolio over time Modelling Data Mapping - A Challenge Mojo Not Within Normal Operational Parameters Morocco - What Worked and What Didn't Multi-shot Photography: Alive and Clicking My Favourite Films - An Exercise in Over-Analysis My First Android App: Stash-It! My New Avatar – Thanks Dall-E! Myanmar Musings (What Worked and What Didn't) No Middle Way No Plan B Thoughts on the inadequacy of contingency planning on the British transport networks Normal Service Of This Joke Will Be Resumed Shortly Normal Service Will Be Resumed After Completion Of This Rant Not from My Cold, Dead Hand… Notes on the Note Numeracy and Spurious Accuracy OK Google, Here's Another One... On the Cusp One of Those Days… Panasonic G9. Close? Yes. Cigar? No. Paradigm Shift - Clear Memory Now! Why do we in IT insist on forgetting so much valuable knowledge? Pearl Harbor Platform Flexibility - It's Alive! Positively On Fire… Prediction Realised: The AlpinerX Random? That's a Coincidence... Review - A Short History of Nearly Everything Review - Enterprise Integration Patterns Review - My Early Life RIP Google Currents Scarily Bad Scarily Good Scary Format Reversal Schizo! Secret State - A Review SharePoint: Simply C%@p, or Really Complicated C%@p? Shit Hit Fan! Singing With Each Other Small is Beautiful Snap! Some Good News Splendidly Dodgy! Standardising the Mac Keyboard Strategies for Flexibility My 2001 paper on how to design systems for flexibility Taking the All-Round View Taking the Long View Ten Ways to Make Your iPad Work Effectively With Windows Ten Ways to Make Your iPad Work Effectively With Windows - Update That Was Too easy... That's an Understatement! The Agile Architect at EAC 2006 The Alien Has Landed, and It's &*&^(* Huge The British Government Reviews Its Brexit Strategy The Changing Role of An IT Architect How an architect's role changes over time, and through the project life-cycle The Colour Nazis The Concert for Jon Lord The Decisive Moment The Favourite: A Great Opportunity Missed The Fear Premium The Hut of Alleged Towels The Jester and The Unicorn The Laws of Identity The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good The Software Utility Cycle The Tao of the Architect The Tevye Scale of Approval Instead of binary accept/reject assessments, here's a way for an architect to record his true feelings The Wrong Orientation? The Y2KXI Bug They're All Missing the Point Things Which Really Bug Me About the Kindle This is Really Scary… To BD or Not to BD Tokenism Gone Mad Travel Blogging and Photo Editing Turning Points Twin Tales of Sporting Daring-Do Tyrannies and Broken Business Processes Tyranny of the Colour Blind Musings on why Microsoft are abandoning colour as a dimension for information visualisation UK’s Strongest Man (And Woman!) 2023 Using Volume Shadowing with Ntbackup Under Vista Vernal Greetings Virtual PC vs VMware Player - Further Thoughts Walker’s Reserve Web Service Challenges Webkit, KitKat and Deadlocks! Website Returns, and New Photos Weinberg's New Law, and the Upgrade Cascade What Are The Chances Of That? What Are We Losing? What Are Your Waypoints? What Do I Mean by "Agile Architecture"? What's More Important: Hardware or Software? When You Wish … A Different Approach To Sourcing Who Are the Architects? How a number of people in different rules contribute to "architecture" Why I (Still) Do Programming Why I Like My MacBook, But I'm Beginning To Really Hate Apple Why Software Isn't Like Building Construction Why the Galaxy Note is a Better Business Tool than the iPad Windows Virtual PC - Breaking Compatibility How Microsoft have badly broken compatibility (again!) with Virtual PC and Windows 7 Wonderful Things Word Grammar Checker - A Nicely Carribean Flavour World War Z - One from the Ministry of Strange Coincidences... Yes, Kit DOES Matter You Need Architects...

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