Posts tagged with the "Software" tag
Is Your ‘Wastebook’ Overflowing?
January 4, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Every year, Senator Tom Coburn compiles the Wastebook – A Guide to Some of the Most Wasteful and Low Priority Government Spending of 2011. According to Senator Coburn in the report: “This report details 100 of the countless unnecessary, duplicative or just plain stupid projects spread throughout the federal government and paid …Read More
Stop Passing the Buck on Technical Debt
January 3, 2012 | Be the first to comment! After listening for many years about the European debt crisis, the downgrading of U.S. debt and every other tale of woe about debt, I believe my patience is owed an enormous debt...and seeing as today is my birthday I would like it paid off immediately! I don't think I'm asking too …Read More
Will You Source Them Here or There
December 27, 2011 | 2 Comments My wife often jokes that we had a child for the sole purpose of giving me a good reason to read Dr. Seuss' books on a regular basis. When she does this I object- vehemently; she is absolutely wrong! I would most definitely read Dr. Seuss whether or not I …Read More
What We Don’t Know is Hurting Us
December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment Recently, @dangerroom posted about a computer virus infecting the software that manages the U.S. Air Force’s Predator and Raptor drones -- the ones that perform reconnaissance and attack insurgents in Afghanistan, Iraq and other hot spots. The software hasn’t prevented the drone program from continuing, but so far the Air …Read More
Sealed with a K.I.S.S.: Keeping IT Software Simple
November 21, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Kudos to Roger Sessions, the CTO of ObjectWatch. Recently, Sessions took a stand supporting “the intentional architectural design of simplicity into a software application,” which he dubbed “simplility.” But while I applaud Sessions for championing the case for simplicity in software architectural design, I’m not sure we need a new word …Read More
Gold Stars are Only for Winners
November 15, 2011 | Be the first to comment! With the ever-growing abundance of viruses, malware and other threats to our networks, laptops, mobile and other devices, I was interested to read Peter Saddington's blog post for @agilescout that brings a software development angle to Todd Dewett’s post, “Soccer Has Ruined America.” Although just a casual fan of the game …Read More
Microsoft Ducks Duqu
November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment November’s most popular day in the United States is arguably the fourth Thursday of the month – Thanksgiving Day. In the Tech industry, however, it is the second Tuesday of the month – yesterday to be exact – that garners heightened interest. The reason for the additional interest is that …Read More