Creating Custom WCF Behaviors

Creating Custom WCF Behaviors

I'll be giving the following presentation at VS Live! San Francisco on March 28, 2007.

Apple Logo Steve Jobs Demo (Updated link to post about the demo)
An animated version of the Apple logo featuring Steve Jobs created recently by Jonathan Mak.

Becoming an Architect on ARCast

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Ron Jacobs at the Microsoft U.S. National Architect Forum held in April 2006. Ron was extremely gracious with his time, and spent several hours sharing his thoughts with me on all things related to architecture and the emerging role of the Architect. As it so happened, he was also conducting interviews for his wonderful ARCast series. I was quite honored when Ron invited me to relate my perspective with his audience ...

Podcast Summary
What is an architect? What do they do? What kind of skills do I need to become an architect? These are the questions that are on the minds of so many developers today. Perhaps you have thought about becoming an architect and you want to know these answers. Well my friend, you are in luck because today we have Robert Daigneau Director of Platform Architecture for Monster.com here with us to find out if you have what it takes.

You can download this podcast in wma or mp3 formats.

Anti-Patterns in Software Projects … The Human Factor

The creation of software products is a highly complex endeavor. Technology and programming are the easy part. The hard part is the human factor, the ingredient which ultimately has the greatest influence upon the success of any software project. Join us in this session to see how we can be our own worst enemies, and even subvert the benefits that we should be realizing from methodologies like Agile.

The talk will be given at Code Camp 5: Code Frenzy!

PLoP 2008 Recap and SOA Design Patterns Book Update

Well, PLoP 2008 came and went all too quickly. This event was so much more fun and helpful than I could have imagined. Thanks go out to many people including …

The Many Species of Architects

One of the reasons why there is so much disagreement over the definition of the word Architect is that those engaged in the debate seem to be reaching for one comprehensive definition for this professional label. The reality is that there are many species or types of architects, each with different concerns and responsibilities.