Things change

8 years, 8 months ago

Harry Potter Meets Die Hard Meets Troux (or When implementing an architecture tool, take it slow)

by

More than a few years ago, my son and I were watching one of the Harry Potter movies when Professor Snape came on the screen. My son said, "Oh I’ve seen that actor before, what’s he been in?" I replied, "That’s Hans Gruber from Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman."

My son looked at me with the awe that a father dreams of, and said, "How did you pull that out?" I’m sure this was his nice way of

8 years, 8 months ago

Harry Potter Meets Die Hard Meets Troux (or When implementing an architecture tool, take it slow)

by

More than a few years ago, my son and I were watching one of the Harry Potter movies when Professor Snape came on the screen. My son said, "Oh I’ve seen that actor before, what’s he been in?" I replied, "That’s Hans Gruber from Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman."

My son looked at me with the awe that a father dreams of, and said, "How did you pull that out?" I’m sure this was his nice way of

9 years, 9 months ago

You Cannot Move Too Fast

by

This is the time of year when I seem to notice the speed at which other drivers on the road are traveling, and when I say "speed" what I mean is the plodding, lethargic, and dawdling forward movement of my roadway cohabitants. What is it that causes drivers to suddenly assume that speed limits are upper-end suggestions, and not the result of engineering to balance safety and throughput?

I’m

9 years, 9 months ago

You Cannot Move Too Fast

by

This is the time of year when I seem to notice the speed at which other drivers on the road are traveling, and when I say "speed" what I mean is the plodding, lethargic, and dawdling forward movement of my roadway cohabitants. What is it that causes drivers to suddenly assume that speed limits are upper-end suggestions, and not the result of engineering to balance safety and throughput?

I’m

10 years, 4 months ago

Dinner and a Little Disruption

by

I attended Forrester’s Annual Forum For CIO, EA, Infrastructure & Ops, Security & Risk, and Sourcing Professionals in Washington DC a few weeks ago and had the opportunity to have dinner with Forrester CEO, George Colony. Colony emphasized his message about Digital Disruption and the speed at which we must adapt to change.

During his keynote address he showed the two pictures you see here to

12 years, 3 months ago

Vanishing Volumes of Voicemails

by

I used to get a ton of voicemails, dozens everyday; so many that even after I had responded to all of them and gone home, by the next morning there would be another three waiting.  But, not any more.  At first, I was worried.  Was I no longer in the…

12 years, 3 months ago

Vanishing Volumes of Voicemails

by

I used to get a ton of voicemails, dozens everyday; so many that even after I had responded to all of them and gone home, by the next morning there would be another three waiting.  But, not any more.  At first, I was worried.  Was I no longer in the…

12 years, 5 months ago

Time is Money

by

I can remember the day when all of our televisions had antenna and our telephones had cords. Today, of course, this has switched. I don’t mean to date myself (I did enough of that in High School – hardeee har har). I’m just saying that we u…