Archive for June, 2005

RCP versus AJAX

So in evaluating possible tools sets and app frameworks for a new product aimed at the consumer and small business market, what are the considerations in making this decision. There are some bleeding edge trends out there that have a lot of advantages over traditional Microsoft app development. The two that I’m currently considering are [...]

On Being An Entrepeneur

So the term Entrepeneurship is a bit loose in meaning. However, over the last several years I’ve come to realize that it very much applies to me. I grew up in the midwest where there just wasn’t a whole lot of focus on business. After college I started to look around at a lot of [...]

Experiment in Management (Part 2)

So after the first set of meetings it appears that there might be some issues with this experiment that need to be worked out. 1) Does anyone have the power to make final decisions or is it a pure democracy? 2) Since it’s impossible to completely segregate the different groups completely what is to be [...]

The joys of home ownership

So, you go out and plunk down that enormous sum of money and now you’re a home owner in the bay area. You’d think that after the price you paid and everything you’ve had to go through to get to this point that the rest would be easy. Of course you’d be completely wrong. Now [...]

An experiment in management

So, there is a another experiment that is taking part in my life right now. It’s not one that I have a whole lot of control over though. At my place of employment, there are some very different points of view on how a company, or in this case a division within a company should [...]

A little background

Decided to start up a blog, to see how this new technology trend works. More a matter of how I work with it rather than the trend as a whole. I’ve never kept a journal or done any other type of personal writing in the past, so this will be an interesting experiment. A bit [...]