http://techdistrict.kirkk.com Fri, 07 May 2010 17:21:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the saying goes...all good things must end. As of today, my blog is shutting down! I do intend to leave all content on-line so you'll always be able to see a list of all 134 posts, but there won't be any new posts for the foreseeable future. I'd like to ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/05/07/farewell-blog-hello-poma/ Recently, I questioned whether OSGi and modularity would succeed in penetrating the enterprise. But what I really meant to question is whether OSGi will have the disruptive impact of which it's capable. I asserted that if OSGi does succeed, it won't be based on the technical merits of OSGi. It'll ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/05/03/ecosystems-modularity-osgi/ It seems my recent post on OSGi has ruffled a few feathers. I've also received a few personal e-mails suggesting that I have missed the mark because OSGi is a significant component of the next generation application platform. Major vendors such as IBM are building OSGi into ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/04/28/osgi-perspectives/ Developing enterprise software is hard work. Bureaucracy. Large teams. Legacy systems. The list of challenges is immense. But enterprise development can also offer tremendous opportunity and reward. It can even be fun! I hope that at some point, you have the opportunity to experience this feeling. The Exciting Enterprise I worked here ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/04/26/the-exciting-enterprise/ Granularity is the extent to which a system is broken down into it's behavioral entities. Coarse-grained entities tend to be richer in behavior than fine-grained entities. Because coarse-grained entities do more, they tend to be larger than fine-grained entities, and are easier to use. In general, a fine-grained ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/04/22/granularity-architectures-nemesis/ I'd like to take a short moment to offer an additional perspective to my discussion on OSGi: Complexity is NOT the Problem. I believe this perspective adds clarity to that previous discussion, as well. All initiated thanks to a tweet, which summed up the situation in much less than 140 ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/04/19/complexity-essence-and-accidents/ The editors at SD Times have proclaimed that OSGi is too complex. Unfortunately, they miss the mark, and the following statement taken from the article is misleading. We believe that OSGi, rather than simplifying server application development, has actually made it more complex, and there aren’t sufficient ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/04/15/osgi-complexity-is-not-the-problem/ I want to be careful here, but also very clear - I advocate OSGi and modularity, though am concerned about its future. In some circles, OSGi is hailed as a disruptive technology; in others, it lives in relative obscurity. There are some indications that adoption is growing, and possibly at ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/04/12/osgi-feast-or-famine/ Often times, I hear folks exclaim that they've been on "40 development projects over the past 10 years." Or, "70 projects spanning a 20 year career." They say this as if it's some badge of honor. But I'm not so sure that it is. Of course, there is value in widespread ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/03/16/a-badge-of-honor/ I've owned Macs for about four years now. I use them daily. One of the biggest complaints I hear surrounding Macs is that they're more expensive than their PC counterparts. This recent article in CIO examining total cost of ownership (TCO) for businesses using Macs left me wondering. For personal ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/03/11/cost-mac-or-pc-a-look-at-tco/