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April 2004 - Posts

To Suffer the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune

posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:54 PM by mitchell
Ben Shapiro points out the complete lunacy infecting our culture in this article. Here's a money quote for you, though: Two of the biggest donors to the Tides Foundation? George Soros, who has given over $15 million to Democratic causes during this Read More
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Ever wonder which theologian you are?

posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:43 PM by mitchell
"God will not suffer man to have the knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity he would be careless; and understanding of his adversity he would be senseless." You are Augustine!You love to study tough issues Read More
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Hark, I hear that!

posted Friday, April 16, 2004 9:07 PM by mitchell
This is pretty funny: "How was school today?" I greeted my 5-year-old as he came in the kitchen looking for a snack."Terrible," he answered. "The teacher told us the story of Cinderella, and she got it all wrong. She even said that Cinderella had brown Read More
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Can I Borrow Your Stapler?

posted Friday, April 16, 2004 4:37 PM by mitchell
One of the more interesting breakouts for the Architect's Council Forum was with Mike Burner from the .NEAT (.Net Enterprise Architecture Team). It was supposed to be about frameworks and their uses. Mike basically said that there are any number of frameworks Read More
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The Future of Metropolis: Don't Get Razed

posted Friday, April 16, 2004 4:17 PM by mitchell
Pat Helland has this thing for cities and history which I deeply respect because I'm a bit of a history buff myself. His Metropolis metaphor, while long and convoluted, provides an insiders view to the state of information systems today. His basic premise Read More
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Architect's Council Forum -- The Day After

posted Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:50 AM by mitchell
Well, we went on the dinner cruise last night, but it was a little disappointing. Apparently the lake wasn't cooperating so we never actually left the basin. On the other hand, there really isn't much to see once you get past the breakwater anyway. The Read More
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Architect's Forum Keynote

posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 1:12 PM by mitchell
Pat Helland delivered the keynote speech which was an updated version of his Metropolis address. He draws some interesting parallels between the rise of cities including the underpinnings of manufacturing and municipal services and the way software architecting Read More
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Microsoft Central Region Architect's Forum

posted Monday, April 12, 2004 9:33 PM by mitchell
Just finished attending the “meet and greet” for the Architect's Forum in Chicago. We're staying at the Westin (same place the conference is at). Here's the view from our hotel room. So far, all we've done is checked into the hotel, had some Read More
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