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- IT project risk aversion 101
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on the lack of measurable results for IT, and posits as to where the greatest IT project risk may be found: by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Information Technology, Geek & Poke, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-14
- What if they had a SOA and nobody came?
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder reminds us that designing and putting a great SOA-based infrastructure out into the enterprise is only half the battle. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Geek & Poke, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-17
- How to speak the CIO's language
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder shows us what CIOs like to hear... by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: CIO, Geek & Poke, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
- Agility for agility's sake
- We talk a lot about agility. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder commends the IT world for it's own "agility" in being able to quickly transition between paradigms: by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Agility, Geek & Poke, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Another view: maybe IT doesn't want to be aligned to the business
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder responded to my recent post on "Business-IT alignment is dead," and comments that in some cases, "business-IT alignment" may not be a great deal for IT anyway: by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Alignment, Information Technology, Geek & Poke, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- Real-world batch versus real-world real-time
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder saw my recent post on batch processing, and provides this real-world example of batch versus real-time: [caption id="attachment_1527" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Real time or batch, Geek & Poke"][/caption] by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Batch, Geek & Poke, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Does SOA matter? (Part 4)
- The HMS Titanic had state-of-the-art engines and a top-notch operation below deck. But in the end, the crew had other things on their minds. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my recent post that there is some speculation on whether SOA proponents may be wasting...
- Tags: SOA, Geek & Poke, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Cozying up on Twitter
- Cozying up on TwitterTwitter....Change in most cases does start with youth. Those that have little or no experience adopt new ideas faster. Caution or conservative approach is not part of the chemistry. We have a strong tendency to forget our own reckless behavior, age does have draw-backs.Someone...
- Tags: Benefits, Tweeters, Geek & Poke, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- SOA reuse is fine, that is, if you really want the service
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder saw my recent post on reuse issues, and points to a conundrum that often gets lost in the argument: what if nobody really wants to use the service in the first place? Hmmm... Be careful what you service-orient, you just may...
- Tags: SOA, Service, Geek & Poke, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- 'Complex' event processing, in three steps
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my post from a couple of weeks back, "Taking the 'complex' out of complex event processing," and provides this scenario on how events trigger actions. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Event, Geek & Poke, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- So simple even an MIT-educated rocket scientist can do it
- There was a movie a couple of years back in which one of the main characters thought everything and anything could be cured with Windex. Perhaps Ajax is a better cure-all. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder was inspired by recent posts from Michael Krigman and myself,...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Geek & Poke, AJAX, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-10-28
Additional Resources
- OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface
- OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interfaceThey better follow Microsoft.Anyone who remember Jensen Harris' presentation at MIX08 knows that the Ribbon is the best thing to happen in user interface design in a long time. Lots of research went into it.OOo would be best-off using Microsoft's research...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Word processors, Microsoft Office, ribbon, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Microsoft's naive vision of the future home
- Microsoft's naive vision of the future homeCost go down and effciency goes up after a while.Most technology costs goes down as time goes by. 50+ in HDTV a 10 years ago costs mored than 10K, now you can buy them at less 1500. Cost of new technology is always expensive...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zack, future home, vision, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- SOA, mashup, cloud buzzfest
- From Geek & Poke: SOAs, mashups, clouds... Where have we heard these terms before? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Mashup, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Collaboration, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- Radio Shack punches customer in face, literally
- Radio Shack punches customer in face, literallybad reportingI had no trouble exchanging items at Radio Shack.That rogue employee is unlikely to be the norm there.What a stupid, pointless articleWhat kind of person or blogger would publish this piece of crap??The article contains absolutely nothing but a stupid, ignorant attack against...
- Tags: Blogging, Radio Shack
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Why Apple's new ad campaign is genius, and why Microsoft can't win as 'PC'
- Why Apple's new ad campaign is genius, and why Microsoft can't win as 'PC'Good Article I'm a PC and I don't like the Apple ads. Mostly because they poke fun at the stereotypical "geek", which is me and it wears on me. Nonetheless Apples strategy is...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, NOW IT, Apple Inc., advertisement, PC, Microsoft Corp., new ad campaign, ad campaign, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Computing was all 1s and 0s -- now it's all SOA
- Information technology used to boil the world down to ones and zeros. Now, is everything boiling down to service orientation at least to some degree? Oliver Widder (Geek & Poke) saw my recent post on SOA market size and wonders if SOA doesn't encompass most of the...
- Tags: SOA, Computing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-03-22
- Deep down inside, on a subconscious level, the business loves SOA, right?
- I recall the words of one observer a couple of years back: "How many businesspeople do you know have ever come begging to you for SOA?" Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on SOA business issues behind SOA acceptance: by Joe...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Still coding after all these years....
- SOA nirvana may still be a ways off... Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my recent post on Gartner's downbeat SOA assessment, and notes that with the glacial pace of progress, hard-coding will probably be with us for some time to come. ...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]
- Picking up on my post about failed IT culture, Oliver Widder has drawn another great Geek and Poke cartoon: Sadly, this cartoon describes the norm in many organizations, where projects are uncontrolled spending machines: defined poorly, executed abysmally, and ultimately headed for inevitable...
- Tags: Information Technology, Cartoon, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
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