Category: Information Technology

My take on the iPhone

My take on the iPhone

| June 25, 2007 | Reply

[UPDATED 06/30/07 – 0832 MDT] Ah, I love geeks. A day after the iPhone is released, here’s a heavily photographed step-by-step dissection of one (“We did it, so you don’t have to”). Many years ago, when I was writing for Macworld, I interviewed the Apple product manager in charge of System 7.0, the Macintosh operating […]

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The Demolished Firm

The Demolished Firm

| June 22, 2007 | Reply

I just ran across this article by Annalee Newitz about an on-going intellectual property lawsuit (Columbia v. Bunnel) involving peer-to-peer downloads. In this suit, Judge Jacqueline Chooljian has ruled that anything that exists in computer memory (“RAM”) has left an historical record, however briefly, and is therefore subject to discovery: Here’s where things get hairy. […]

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Starting to post pitfalls

Starting to post pitfalls

| June 16, 2007 | Reply

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..

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Swamped, but here’s a bit of fresh meat

Swamped, but here’s a bit of fresh meat

| June 5, 2007 | Reply

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 […]

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Art of ‘Ware update

Art of ‘Ware update

| June 3, 2007 | Reply

Today’s [i.e., Sunday’s] Dilbert strip. You may go back to your normal activities now. ..bruce..

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Beginning work on PMSE

Beginning work on PMSE

| June 3, 2007 | Reply

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 […]

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Electronic/hard copy of The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] now available

Electronic/hard copy of The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] now available

| June 1, 2007 | Reply

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 […]

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The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] now online

The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] now online

| May 29, 2007 | 2 Replies

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 […]

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New collective information site to check out

New collective information site to check out

| May 29, 2007 | Reply

I’ve given up on reddit and Digg as both largely been hijacked by groups of political activists (ok, I’ll be honest, groups of barking moonbats) and folks posting “the most amazing photo ever”. In the meantime, Guy Kawasaki has started up Truemors, which seems to avoid both annoyances. Check it out. ..bruce..

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Content Based Integration – Upcoming IT Revolution

Content Based Integration – Upcoming IT Revolution

| May 29, 2007 | Reply

As I have mentioned frequently on this site, I have been actively researching, developing and delivering a new approach to solving some of the common problems in running business. We have given the name Boomerang to this technology, and it revolves around the notion of what is coming to be known as “Content Based Integration”, […]

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