Posts by: Rob Vens

Smalltalk and the TIOBE index

Three years ago Smalltalkers were somewhat worried about the drop-out from the TIOBE index of Smalltalk. http://bpieber.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/bad-news-smalltalk-falls-off-top-50-of-tiobe-index/ However this years’ index show Smalltalk is back at a reasonable 37th place. From the ranking it is not clear what the move is, and…

Beyond ICT: Embracing the Next Digital Revolution

Beyond ICT: Embracing the Next Digital Revolution (via PR Newswire) SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The history of human social development is, to some extent, the history of human scientific and technological progress. Humanity achieves scientific and technological progress by…

10 Must Have Skills for IT Architects

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Togaf and GERAM

Handbook on Enterprise Architecture (International Handbooks on Information Systems) Some time ago I read this book on Enterprise Architecture, which is a compilation of various chapters about the GERAM framework for Enterprise Architecture. Now, while very extensive it seems that GERAM is…

EA Professional Oath

The Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession (CAEAP) has created something that on first sight seems like a very good idea: the Enterprise Architect Professional Oath. The oath itself is one of eight what they call “pillars” of the…

The satellite model

The satellite model is an alternative representation of complex architectures that is propagated by me as a more helpful metaphor than layered models or complex graphs. It helps because it centres on the centre: the business or company domain. The model re-appears…

Architect Scrum

Scrum for architects: how scrum helps architects to create and sustain an enterprise-wide architecture process. Slowly we are learning how to use the simple format of short standup sessions, called scrum, to help teams in sustaining impetus. A scrum session typically lasts…

Scalability

Alan Kay, in his keynote speech on Oopsla 1997 talked about the primary need for software development to deal with scalability. We develop tools for making models (and software) that are very suitable to build dog houses. The misconception is that building…

Technorati relevancy

Technorati seems to be shifting to the background as a blog directory and tag searcher. I used to see the technorati buttons on most sites, but now they seem to have disappeared. I did as much, on my site you can currently…

Deploying VisualWorks Applications

How do you create a deployment process that automatically creates packages to deliver to your users for all supported platforms with as little fuss as possible? The content of this guide has been created with version 7.9 of VisualWorks. Introduction This article…

Plenitudinal Musings

A nice little read during the holidays was Rich Gold book: The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) . It got me thinking about quite a few issues, of which I would like to share one with…