Browse by Tags

Getting ready for RAAM
25 May 08 06:08 AM
RAAM is the Race Across America, a bicycle race from Oceanside California to Annapolis Maryland that starts in a couple of weeks. For solo riders it ranks up their with the Tour de France in difficulty. On the scale of crazy things to take on, this has Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 1 Comments    
The winter of my content
16 January 08 05:01 AM
I just had to mention that in spite of global warming, intense effort and hours at work, an aging body things aren't all that bad here. This winter we got our first snow in early December and it was weeks before it ever made it above freezing. The skiing Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 1 Comments    
Filed under:
Fun with phones and python
30 April 07 07:46 PM
For a diversion from trying to get my head around the value or lack of value of WCF, I took up a project only a geek could love. I wanted to be able to manage my cell phone data from my computer, and it had to be with software that could run in debian Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
Go Charles!
08 April 07 09:21 AM
I haven't seen much from other software people about Charles In Space . A bunch of us met Charles last year at Cortina and I think we all really enjoyed him. I remember him digging into a "discussion" about IOC with the same vigor as everybody else and Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 1 Comments    
Open document formats
07 April 07 06:26 AM
There is a bit of press right now about open document formats that have or are currently pushing their status as international standards. Everybody should be interesting in this who may be interested in keeping formatted information around for the long Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 2 Comments    
Still alive!
24 March 07 11:17 AM
I'm in the midst of doing some system updates and realized it has been a long time since I posted. I needed to see a post come through so at least I have an good reason to post now! Lots has happened that deserves a little time to write about, but the Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
My turn
13 January 07 07:39 AM
I was tagged some time ago , but since I'm going to see the evil person in person next week in Switzerland, I figured by better buck up and write something. I have to admit, I found the game bothered some sensibility I couldn't quite name (chain mail). Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
Posturing is always in vogue
26 November 06 08:21 AM
Check out this piece of crap that should never have made it past the desk of a responsible editor. So much for the arguments that having an editorial gatekeeper will shield the witless masses from being subjected to unqualified, sanctimonious opinions. Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
Social Networks seem to be neither
23 November 06 09:22 AM
I have spent the last few months trying to get my head around the effects of the new kids in town, the big social networks, the Web 2.0 darlings, the perceived shift of "ownership" of the web from companies to users and how companies relate to all this. Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
Filed under:
Slogging through Web 2.0
09 November 06 03:39 PM
OK, actually I'm slogging through the end of Web 2.0 conference , waiting for the last hour of talks before it all ends. Slogging because one, I'm tired and two, this conference is run like a big TV show. I gave up TV a long time ago. I am sure Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 2 Comments    
Response to Rockford Lhotka's SOA rant
11 October 06 10:25 AM
Here is his rant., the SOA Elephant in the room. It's strange to hear myself commenting on SOA at all honestly, but for a variety of reasons, Udi Dahan's blogging not least among them, my mind seems to have turned a corner on SOA. SOA puts a line in the Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
Filed under:
Vulnerability management
20 September 06 06:08 AM
This arrived in my email this morning in the sans-qualys vulnerability alert: " Good news - for a change. For everyone who has ever tried to reduce vulnerabilities, and found it very hard, today is a very good day. NIST just announced (this morning) that Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
SD Best Practices materials are updated
18 September 06 07:09 PM
I have placed the slides and demo code in an article here from my talk at SD Best Practices in Boston last week. It was a good week and I had lots of interesting talks this year. The conference has continued to change shape since I first started attending Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 1 Comments    
Software Factory du jour
12 June 06 05:34 PM
Beat is one of the more enthusiastic Microsoft evangelists I have met. When I met him in Lillehammer in 2005, he was beating the SOA drum. Now he is beating the Software Factory drum. I think he really believes in what he is doing. I was pretty much ignorant Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
Filed under:
fr-agilists?
12 June 06 08:48 AM
Ouch! and one month later Ouch! (follow the links) If you read through the posts and comments, the heart of the arguments come out. Agile methods and values are no longer the 'fair haired boys" of the industry. The early adopter phase is over and people Read More...
Postedby panmanphil | 0 Comments    
Filed under:
More Posts Next page »