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Entries from September 2006

Insightful drawing

September 26th, 2006 · No Comments · Life

Today my folks spent some time with my son, as they often do (gladly). During this time, he drew the following picture and proceeded to tell my folks all about it:

This is me as a big boy. (pointing to the largest face)
Do you know what these are? (pointing to the little marks around the head)
They’re [...]

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EMC’s CDO is blogging

September 20th, 2006 · No Comments · Technology

Mark Lewis has started blogging. He is EMC’s Chief Development Officer (i.e. “head strategy guy” in his own words). Mark is just getting started, but it’s good to see more of EMC join in the conversation. Welcome, Mark!

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Published…finally

September 17th, 2006 · No Comments · Smart clients

It’s good to finally see “Smart Clients: Essential Requirements and Candidate Services” published on MSDN.
This article was something I helped craft when the Microsoft Architect Advisory Board was active. As the article states, MAAB has been retired and many, if not all, MAAB members are now Solution Architect MVPs.
One important name not listed in the [...]

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The Messenger

September 16th, 2006 · No Comments · Fiction

While there are distinct differences between a vacation and a paternity leave–I’ve been on the latter for the past four weeks–my time off did afford me the chance to enjoy reading some fiction. My Dad was kind enough to lend me his hardback copy of The Messenger by Daniel Silva, his latest book in the [...]

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From Java to Ruby

September 9th, 2006 · No Comments · Non-fiction, Ruby

As author Bruce Tate says in his work, “[From Java to Ruby] is about moving minds … about risks worth taking.” As I mentioned before, this book was the latest influence in a series of influences that has caused me to develop personal competence with Ruby.
When Bruce talks up front about calling his own significant [...]

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