Mock Turtle SoupSteve Freeman finally joins the blogflood...I'm a carpenter, not an architect- August 21, 2007 Jimmy Wales, interviewed by The Oregonian (right at the end). Five years ago, I was just this guy sitting at home in my pajamas, typing on the Internet like everybody else, and now I get asked these big guru questions about technology, and I have no idea. I'm a carpenter, not an architect. (Attribution corrected by Aslak Hellesoy. Apologies and must get my glasses fixed.)http://stevef.truemesh.com/archives/000712.html Almost Lean- August 21, 2007 I recently bumped into a McKinsey report on Applying lean to application development and maintenance (free after registration). There are some good points in the report, such as cleaning up the prioritization process, cross-training staff, and pushing quality throughout the process. They also recognise that it takes a while to convert, and that it's important to look at the underlying principles rather than just copy someone else's practices. The conversion of a large financial institutions...http://stevef.truemesh.com/archives/000711.html Efficiency vs. resilience- August 1, 2007 Here's a posting from Rod Van Meter to comp.risks. on 23rd July 2007. I'll just quote it. By now everyone has heard of the M6.8 earthquake up in Niigata last week, a couple of hours north of Tokyo by shinkansen. Ten people were killed (all in their 70s and 80s, living in traditional-style houses with heavy ceramic tile roofs that collapsed), 6,000 homes and buildings destroyed, roads cracked andor covered by landslides, a fault slip that came to the surface and displaced a section tens of...http://stevef.truemesh.com/archives/000707.html |