Early in the decade, right around 2000 through 2002, I witnessed such an incredible increase in overseas outsourcing of technology work that our economy seemed doomed to suffer fallout — and to be sure, reckless ventures that attempted to wholesale outsource entire projects suffered many a demise as the technology bubble “burst.” This was a [...]
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Merlin is a superb name for this Microsoft Project compatible — yet so much better — product. Imagine taking the core features most often relied upon in project management; then, wrap it up in a gorgeous, intuitive user interface. Provide integration to other excellent applications such as NovaMind, so that you can visualize your project [...]
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Mac OS/X users (such as myself) are naturally about 50% happier than users of other operating systems… but working in a purely Microsoft environment still poses a few issues. Integration with Microsoft Exchange server is, fortunately, no longer a terribly big hurdle thanks to the folks at Snerdware. Their groupcal and AddressX products provide Exchange [...]
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This recent post on the Fishbowl is a good read. The synopsis: All forums start off good, enjoy a “honeymoon period” in which they continue to be good, and then steadily decline… from the point of view of each individual observer. The more I think about the post (read it, it’s a good one!) the [...]
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The new release is out and, finally, working correctly. I haven’t been doing much blogging in part because of a horrendous work schedule, and in part because Movable Type 3.2 was totally broken out the gates. Fortunately Six Apart finally found a solution so I am once again blogging. So what’s new in 3.2? The [...]
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I recently discovered LinkedIn and have found it to be one of the best “degrees of separation” style sites out there. My issue with most web sites that provide similar server is lack of privacy. Many focus more on the “interesting” effects of who is linked to who — LinkedIn, on the other hand, is [...]
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This is me. Martial artist, zen student, programmer, writer and author, technologist, father of two, photographer and a resident of Los Angeles (well, the outskirts of it).
I also publish Rational Scrum and am President & CEO of Hyrax International LLC, delivering comprehensive process improvements to its clientele. Specialities include audit and assessment of program areas such as project management, quality assurance, risk management and customer satisfaction as well as delivering focused initiatives to improve customer efficiency.
