Which is your Spec?

As part of Scott Berkun's never-ending effort to bring better Project Management to the world, every week he sends out a scenario to the his PMClinic mailing list to get feedback, thoughts, and strategies from the community. There are some smart people on the list and the discussion is always interesting, but last week during […]


Career Calculus II

Since I wrote my first commentary on Eric Sink's Career Calculus, a year and a half has passed and I thought I should reassess: What have I done to sharpen and expand my skills? Magazines – I recently took stock of my magazine subscriptions and was amazed by the sheer number of them. I have […]


Speaking/Conference Schedule

For any who are/aren't interested, I have finalized my conference schedule for the rest of the year. First, I will be speaking at the DC PHP conference on REST Web Services. I'm working on a Secret Project(tm) with REST right now and it seemed quite fitting. IThe conference runs 19-20 October right here in Washington, […]


Beyond Java – Bruce Tate

I have to say that I've been following the Java vs Ruby war for quite a while. Initially it started as a passing interest due to Nola Stowe's evangelism and heckling. I had a completely wrong idea of what it was and demonstrated that ignorance in this space but once I went to a presentation […]


Wheel 2.0: Look Before You Leap

About six months ago, I started work on a small PHP project. It involved a relatively simple concept with an identical method of loading and displaying content but each set would have a custom look and feel*. It seemed liked a relatively straight-forward small-scale Content Management System with a transform layer in front. At the […]