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 you: the four hats of creativity. Usually the focus of software development is […]

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Lack of Cloud Ready Apps is a Software Architecture Failure

Seemingly a lifetime ago (2009!), I shared how security concerns have to be “baked into” any cloud platform, as well as a simple set of capabilities to consider when addressing said security concerns.  Of course, information security is just one a…

Lack of Cloud Ready Apps is a Software Architecture Failure

Seemingly a lifetime ago (2009!), I shared how security concerns have to be “baked into” any cloud platform, as well as a simple set of capabilities to consider when addressing said security concerns.  Of course, information security is just one a…

Lack of Cloud Ready Apps is a Software Architecture Failure

Seemingly a lifetime ago (2009!), I shared how security concerns have to be “baked into” any cloud platform, as well as a simple set of capabilities to consider when addressing said security concerns.  Of course, information security is just one a…

Lack of Cloud Ready Apps is a Software Architecture Failure

Seemingly a lifetime ago (2009!), I shared how security concerns have to be “baked into” any cloud platform, as well as a simple set of capabilities to consider when addressing said security concerns.  Of course, information security is just one a…

On strategy and design

This one started a couple days ago, with a straightforward Tweet-query from Dave Gray: davegray: “Strategy is design.” Agree or disagree? Why? What followed was, for me, one of the best back-and-forth Twitter-conversations in recent weeks: nickmalik: @davegray design is a method.  Strategy is a result.  Fair to say good strategy may result from design, […]

The Group of Six

According to Buddhist tradition, there was a group of six monks who constantly behaved in ways that exasperated the Buddha, causing him to produce a series of monastic rules to regulate their conduct.

“Six bhikkhus wearing wooden sandals, and each ho…

The Group of Six

According to Buddhist tradition, there was a group of six monks who constantly behaved in ways that exasperated the Buddha, causing him to produce a series of monastic rules to regulate their conduct.

“Six bhikkhus wearing wooden sandals, and each ho…

For 2012, I Pledge to Gain Weight

This year will be different. I am going to oscillate through various diet and exercise programs until I am 20 pounds heavier. I am going to eat more salt, and wait longer to reply to emails and voicemail. I know these don’t sound like good goals, …

For 2012, I Pledge to Gain Weight

This year will be different. I am going to oscillate through various diet and exercise programs until I am 20 pounds heavier. I am going to eat more salt, and wait longer to reply to emails and voicemail. I know these don’t sound like good goals, …