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Cost of War

My son pointed this out to me today about how much a war costs. It is mind boggling to think about this. Take a look for yourself. Source : costofwar.com

Add comment June 21st, 2005

What is Architecture? Do you Care?

What does architecture mean to you? Do you care about architecture? If not, should you care?

Depending on what you do, the term architecture signifies different
things. And the fact that it is used as a verb (i.e. to architect) and a noun
(i.e. this architecture) complicates things.

For instance, my civil engineering friends talk about building architecture.
They might also talk similarly about building design. Now, consider
my friends who work in automobile engineering. I hear them talk a about
automobile design. But I don't hear any talk about automobile architecture.
Why? What makes these two engineering kind different? And finally,
consider software engineering in which I can claim some expertise, at least more than
I can in any other engineering domain. In software, we talk a lot about both architecture
and design. We also talk about software construction. Most
often there is no clear delineation between these. We seem to transcend between
architecture and design and sometimes even construction.

So when you build a building, you architect it, design it and construct it.
When you build a car, do you just design it and construct it. Does a car have
architecture?

I have some views on this, but before taking on them here, I truly want to understand
your take on this. What do you think? Do you architect? Do you design? Do you
do both?

Software Architecture Design

Add comment June 16th, 2005

Chatting and Business - Using AIM to Connect with Customers

OK,
chatting online cost me a lot of money this week. But, I am not complaining.
I was looking for someone to help clean my rain gutters on my roof which
are clogged with so much leaf debris, thanks to some pine trees in my yard.
I searched on …

1 comment June 10th, 2005

On Why Anaysts Aren't Blogging (Continued)

Richard Veryard (an analyst with CBDI Forum)
responding to my earlier post
has some interesting comments. I totally agree with what he says on vendors
falsely posing as independent experts.
You can‘t hide (forever) in Blogosphere. So be…

Add comment June 9th, 2005

Blogging Tip #1: How To Add a Favorite Icon

Here are some instructions for adding a Favicon to your blog:

You need an Icon (.ico) file that is 16×16 pixels in size. If it
is not this size, the browser might ignore your icon.
If you have an image file (JPEG/GIF) that you want to use…

Add comment June 3rd, 2005

ROME Contest Update: Vote Now

Got an email today from the ROME Logo contest folks that the voting is now open. I blogged earlier about my submission which you can see here. Check out the entries, register (takes a moment) and vote for your favorite logo. Hopefully, you like my entry. Let the best logo win!

Go here to view & vote.

Add comment June 1st, 2005