The Universe
This is a collection of off-topic posts not necessarily related to my profession or my career.
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Predictions of Pie for 2011
Well, I’m doing it again, making predictions for the next year. The sad thing is that I am even more cynical about making predictions this year than last. That is why I wrote an article for CMS Wire on Trends for 2011. I’m confident on trends but it is hard to determine if a trend… Continue reading
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The Jack Sanity Scale of Content Management
In my presentation at Gilbane Boston earlier this month, I talked about the growing complexities of large Content Management Systems and their impact on implementers. I indicated two possible outcomes for anyone working in the industry for a long period of time, a psychotic snap or an increasing level of eccentricity. This led to further… Continue reading
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Reflecting on Pie’s 2010 Predictions
Last year I succumbed to the pressure of being one of the only bloggers to NOT have predictions for 2010. So on the last day of the year, I threw together a post with some predictions. As a side effect, I have to evaluate them now. I am going to score them as either correct,… Continue reading
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Be Nice, It’s a Small World
Over my career, I have seen quite a bit of turnover on my various projects and companies, from both sides. Normally, things remain professional, and the companies and clients involved are impacted as little as possible given the circumstances. Let’s face it, if an architect leaves, it is hard to replace that skill and knowledge. … Continue reading
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Indentifying the “Dark Side” of the IT Industry
I’m wrapping-up my visit at the Enterprise 2.0 conference here in Boston. It has been a good week and I’ll be talking more about it later. One thing that I have finally have worked out is the roles that everyone plays. For quite some time now, there has been a running joke on Twitter when… Continue reading
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Baseball’s Opening Day, 2010
I have, in the past, written about the importance of taking time away to enjoy the important things in life, like Baseball’s Opening Day. With this important day falling the Monday after Easter this year, I thought I would share one of the feelings common among baseball fans this week… Hope. Continue reading
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Choosing the Words of Pie
So, here is the deal. I’m very busy these days, which is good. It only leaves me so much time to write for the Word. I have multiple ideas for my next post, but I can’t decide because I like them all. Then I thought, why not ask you? So here are some ideas. Vote… Continue reading
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The Great Movie List of Pie
Not the post I meant to throw up here today, but life is funny that way. A month ago, I wrote a post entitled 10 Things About Pie. Item 9 was as follows: I am intent on seeing the best 50 movies of all time. As nobody can agree, I have a list of 280+… Continue reading
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My Bucket Item
I’m feeling a bit reflective. This tends to happen when I work a lot and then I am suddenly forced to stop. Tonight my brain has taken me to the concept of what would I really like to do before I kick the bucket. This isn’t a list of 10 things, but the one thing… Continue reading
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Election 2008
Very simple post today. Aside from feeling slack for not having posted a second post last week, I wanted to take a moment to express a non-work opinion. As most of you know, the US presidential election is tomorrow. Now I’m not going to say who I am voting for, that isn’t relevant to today’s… Continue reading