Books
I just finished reading House to House: An Epic Memoir of War by SSG David Bellavia (with John R. Bruning). Bellavia took part in the US battle for Fallujah (Iraq) in November 2004; his squad was one of the first to enter the city, in which insurgents had spent months entrenching themselves and booby-trapping much [...]
Continue reading about House to House: An Epic Memoir of War (a brief review)
It is common in “serious” reviews of J. K. Rowling’s works to start with disclaimers regarding her writing — awkward, overly long, inconsistent, filled with excessive and irrelevant details about this ‘magic’ world, and so on. Give me a break. Rowling has managed to create one of the greatest phenomenons in the history of literature, [...]
Continue reading about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — A Review
I’ve begun the process of updating and generalizing the original pitfalls (in Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development) for Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering (or PMSE). Just scroll past the introductory text, and you’ll see an outline of the actual live content. As with The Art of ‘Ware, feedback and contributions are encouraged. ..bruce..
I’m finishing up an expert report for a patent case that I’m working on, so I haven’t been able to push forward with PMSE. However, I am posting a PDF of Chapter 2 from the original Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development (M&T Books, 1995). This should be useful for those of you interested in contributing to [...]
Continue reading about Swamped, but here’s a bit of fresh meat
While waiting for feedback on the web-based and PDF versions of The Art of ‘Ware, I have started work on Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering (or, as I call it, PMSE or ‘pimsee’). I have done a first (and very preliminary draft) of the introduction to PMSE. My next step will be to take the [...]
Due to multiple requests, I have taken the current draft of The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] and made it into a PDF file (573 KB, 104 pages), which you can now download, distribute, print, and so on. As I explain in the document itself: In making this draft version available, I retain my copyright [...]
Continue reading about Electronic/hard copy of The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] now available
Twelve years ago, I published The Art of ‘Ware, a reinterpretation of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War as applied to developing and marketing technology. I am now working on updating it and have the entire work-in-progress posted here on the blog (see the ‘Pages’ section in the right-hand column). I am particularly interested in [...]
Continue reading about The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] now online