December 2012
Sparx Systems releases Enterprise Architect 10
Sparx has release a new version of Enterprise Architect. This tool is by far the best software engineering tool available on the market today. I have been using it as my primary tool for Enterprise and Software Architecture for years now. If you have never checked it out, now is as good as time as any.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Unleashed Book Review
The complete view of Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Professional in one place.
November 2012
Master Your Mac: Simple Ways to Tweak, Customize, and Secure OS X Book Review
This book is a great addition to my collection of Mac how to books. I like this one because it steps over the line into the more technical side of Mac features than most of the Mountain Lion guide books do.
October 2012
Model-Based Engineering with AADL: An Introduction to the SAE Architecture Analysis & Design Language Book Review
This book is literally the only book on the market available for learning AADL. Luckily it's a great one!!
September 2012
An Enterprise and Software Architect's Tools of the Trade
It is not easy keeping up the latest technologies, processes, architectural techniques, and enterprise architecture framework improvements. Now more than ever an architect needs a lot of assets to keep up.
Windows 8 runs best on my MacBook Pro
If you own a Mac and you need to run Windows 8, ironically your best bet is to run it on your Mac environment.
July 2012
ATDD by Example: A Practical Guide to Acceptance Test-Driven Development Book Review
If you are interested in Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Specification by Example, Agile Acceptance Testing, or Story Testing this is a great place to start.
Windows 8 : $40 : You'll get what you pay for…
I am a firm believer that you get what you pay for, especially when it comes to technology. I understand why Microsoft is selling upgrades to Windows 8 for $40, they won't have anyone upgrading to it.
Xcode 4 Unleashed (2nd Edition) Book Review
Everything I was looking for, at the right level.
April 2012
Software Engineering Best Practices: Lessons from Successful Projects in the Top Companies Book Review
This is one of those books that should be read by every person with a relationship to IT. Testers, CIOs, CFOs, developers, architects, project managers, and agilists will benefit from this book. I highly recommend reading it. You will come out the back end of it with a complete new perspective on Software Engineering.
March 2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Book Review
All in all if you are building SQL Server 2102 Reporting Services Reports, or if you are interested in learning how to, you owe it to yourself to get this book.
Sparx Systems has released Enterprise Architect 9.3 which includes ArchiMate 2.0
Sparx Enterprise Architecture is my tool of choice for software architecture, design, project management, and project planning. This new version offers some really great new features.
February 2012
The CERT Guide to Insider Threats: How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Information Technology Crimes Book Review
Over all I think every single person that has anything to do with IT should read this book. Even if you don't deal with sensitive data, you are at risk for sabotage.
January 2012
.NET Architecture and Development Book Recommendations for 2012
Another year has gone by. Happy New Year everyone. It is time to update my book recommendation blog. There have been a ton of books come out this year both good and bad.
December 2011
Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics Book Review
If you are in IT, I highly recommend reading this book.
Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling: Techniques for a Scalable and Sustainable Architecture Book Review
Data integration is a complex, detailed, sometimes excruciating boring activity, which is not an activity for the light at heart. This book does a great job of digging into the details of the data transformations. It is not just a high level look at data integration, it gets into the weeds.
October 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook Book Review
"Expert Cookbook" are the last two words in the title for a good reason. This book is for the advanced SharePoint developer.
September 2011
Microsoft Windows 8 METRO and BUILD- The Good, Bad, Ugly, and WWTD
It is not all bad, but it is not all good either.
The Political Side of Silverlight’s Death
It's Death is not Emotional or Technical it is Political.
August 2011
Software Product Line Engineering Resource Kit
I recently decided to update the Product Line Engineering Assets I reuse from project to project. In the past I reused a baseline project that contained a folder structure and the UML stereotypes needed to do Use Cases, Feature, and Static Modeling.
Buyer beware the Microsoft Touch Mouse does not work with Visual Studio 2010 SP1
I just got the mouse yesterday. Over all I like it, but may regretfully have to stop using it when in Visual Studio 2010 SP1. The scrolling does not work at all.
June 2011
Silverlight isn’t dead PLEASE read this and stop the Nonsense
I have never seen so much noise over so little information.
Developers should Learn Why not just Memorize What
To me having information is knowledge, knowing what to do with the knowledge is wisdom. I see a whole lot of knowledge these days, but very little wisdom.
May 2011
Context switching in the IT world can be very harmful to schedules
One of the biggest issues I see in a lot of IT / Software Development environments is the lack of understanding when it comes to context switching.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed Book Review
If you are in anyway involved with Windows Server 2008 R2, you owe it to yourself to get this book. It will not leave my side!!!!
