August 4, 2008: Zombies, Zombies Everywhere

Somehow Dominica and I both had zombie dreams last night!  It isn’t like we did anything to trigger them.  The only show that either of us has seen in the last few days has been Frasier and the only thing that I have been reading outside of technical manuals is “Shadow of the Silk Road”.  …

Robert Dewar on Java (and College)

Two recent interviews with Prof. Robert Dewar of NYU, Who Killed the Software Engineer and The ‘Anti-Java’ Professor, have recently been popular on the web and I wanted to add my own commentary to the situation.  These interviews arise from Dewar’s article in the Software Technology Support Center: Computer Science Education: Where are the Software …

August 3, 2008: Mt. Dew Stole My Recipe

This morning, we decided, would be a lazy morning.  I have been working long hours all week and I have not had a chance to get caught up on sleep so I ended up sleeping until around eleven this morning.  I really needed the sleep.  A little while after getting up Dominica and I ran …

August 2, 2008: Lots of Work Today

Yesterday I finished reading “Writing Effective Use Cases” and today I started reading “UML for the IT Business Analyst“.  Gripping stuff. Two new books arrived last night that I have had on order.  Jeffrey Gitomer’s “Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness” and “Customer-Centered Products” by Ivy Hooks and Kristin Farry. My …