http://techdistrict.kirkk.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:09:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/03/08/agile-animations-big-teams/ Last week at OSGi DevCon, I attended Peter Krien's Advanced OSGi tutorial. The tutorial focused on OSGi services, and I had just come off a rather lengthy e-mail discussion with Peter on a similar topic. So this was pretty good timing. I want to share with you one aspect of ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/03/04/architecture-lives-here/ After the OSGi DevCon keynote, I had a few folks stop by and ask me for the slides. They are now available on slideshare. Usually, when browsing the slides without discussion, the lack of context can cause some confusion. So if you have any questions regarding the content, please feel ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/02/26/osgi-devcon-slides/ I'll be at OSGi DevCon next week, having been given the opportunity to present the keynote session on Tuesday. The conference is co-hosted with JAX London. I thought I'd take a moment before jumping on the flight to offer a preview of what I'll be speaking about. The Cost of Complexity The ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/02/17/osgi-devcon-preview/ It's housecleaning time again, and like last time, I stumbled across an article I wrote back in 2006 that I don't believe ever reached publication (at least, I don't think it did...how am I expected to remember what I did in 2006?). For the most part, I've left it in ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/02/10/agile-the-new-era/ Story of the Concorde On July 25th, 2000, flight 4590 crashed. It was the first, and only, crash of the famed Concorde. Eventually, it would lead to retirement for the amazing aircraft. Investigators spent countless hours poring over the wreckage, and placed blame on a piece of runway debris that slashed ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/02/03/small-things-matter/ I've spent some time thinking a bit more deeply about a few of my recent posts on software architecture, and have come to the following revelation. Architects architect architecture! Don't let the triviality of this statement undermine its depth. While each of the three words are variations of the same thing, each ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/01/27/3-pillars-of-architecture/ For those that follow this blog, but not the APS blog, I've just published a synopsis of modularity on the Java platform. With a lot of momentum continuing to build around OSGi, we're still in a state of limbo surrounding a standard module system on the Java platform. Some might ... http://techdistrict.kirkk.com/2010/01/22/update-on-java-modularity/