I will be giving my talk to .NET user groups in Switzerland next week, in Bern, Luzern and Zurich. Tuesday May 14 in Berne. Register with xing, or fill in the contact form on the Berne .NET user group site.…

Structure101 Build (for Java, .Net and more) can be invoked in Hudson/Jenkins via an Ant, Maven or Execute Shell Script build step. In this post I will show example use cases of how to use each build step, and how…

An often overlooked extension to Structure101 is the “Headless” mode of operation. This lets you hook s101 into your nightly build so that it checks for things like newly introduced complexity or architectural rules being violated while you sleep. You…

A lot of work went into this. A "periodic table" of visualization methods for data, information, concepts, strategy, metaphors, process and structure. Here’s a screen shot – be sure and visit the original if you’re interested – when you mouse…

The Gartner “Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle” is something worth giving a good once-over every year. The premise is that most technologies that eventually get traction will first go through a “Peak of Inflated Expectations” with lots of publicity and a…

If you like a heavy dose of “context” check out the seminars from the Long Now Foundation. I just returned from an extremely enjoyable 2 week vacation in Nerja in the south of Spain (thanks Joe for the recommendation). But…