Dual Head OpenSUSE 11 on the HP dx5150

One of my favourite workhorse platforms is the Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dx5150 desktop with the AMD Athlon64 processor and ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset. I’ve used this model for many years with a variety of operating systems. I recently installed Novell’s OpenSUSE 11 to one of my dx5150 units to which I have attached two …

AppleTV Architecture

If you spend any time reading Apple’s literature you will discover that they have an intended architecture for their AppleTV devices.  I was surprised to learn that Apple’s idealized concept for their media device was so completely different from how I had envisioned its use. Apple sees the AppleTV as a centralized media consumption device.  …

Choosing a Linux Distro in the Enterprise

Linux is popular in big business today. No longer, and not for a long time now, has Linux been the purview of the geek community but it is a solid, core piece of today’s mainstream IT infrastructure. That being said, Linux is still plagued by confusion over its plethora of distributions. This being the case …

Business Analyst Reading List

This page is a work in progress.  I am beginning to compile a rather definitive Business Analyst reading list and will be updating this page with books and short descriptions and reviews. “Writing Effective Use Cases” by Alistair Cockburn “UML for the IT Business Analyst” by Howard Podeswa “Software Requirements” 2nd Ed. by Karl Wiegers …