Thoughts, free associations, ramblings and rants
Here is a recap of our May 4th, 2020 meeting. I am proud that after just four meetings, our attendance has grown to 30 attendees. To kickoff our meeting, we welcomed a special guest, professional speaker and leadership coach Nora Burns. Nora shared important and helpful tips on how to use Zoom for your business …
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While many people have been working from home for quite some time, a traditional office was the norm for so many others. Indeed, it is the camaraderie with talented and caring people that makes our workplaces as special as they are. When we were all obliged to stop meeting in the office, lots of us …
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In early 2019 I had the good fortune to be selected for the IBM Champions for Power Systems program (https://developer.ibm.com/champions). My good fortune continued when I was able to attend Think 2019, held in February in San Francisco. And I will attend again this year, and you can too, visit https://www.ibm.com/events/think for details. As someone …
One common challenge cited by reluctant RDi adopters is the tool is simply “too big.” When pressed for further explanation, a frequent response is with all the new features, terminology and overall UI experience, compounded by strong allegiance to traditional green screen (and might I add, outdated) tools, the road to RDi can be a …
Continue reading “For a quick boost, nibble your way to RDi”
By all measures, the latest chips from IBM are technological marvels. The MIPS numbers back up the claims. As posted on the IBM website, the Power 9 processor chips have the processing power to handle more than 200 quadrillion calculations per second. That’s 200,000,000,000,000,000. With blazing performance boosts as compared to its predecessors, all users …
Continue reading “Turn Up the Power! Symbiosis, Teamwork and Power Processing”
Vienna, Austria, June 2018 The 2018 COMMON Europe trip was divided up into two very distinct segments. The first half occurred in Warsaw, you can read about it here. The second half, which occurred immediately after Warsaw was an entirely different experience. Larry Bolhuis (current President of COMMON U.S.) and I were guests of Christoph …
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Warsaw, Poland – June 2018 I’m off! Leaving from JFK in New York and I’m full of optimism. I know it’s going to be a long set of flights, with a three-hour layover in Amsterdam. But I challenge myself to keep smiling, knowing that I will be seeing my good friends once I’ve arrived. Mid-flight …
My first blog on this topic (read it here), where a CIO wanted the team to use better tooling but received pushback, generated some very spirited discussion. Of course, what some people posted in public forums pales by comparison to some of the emails I received, but that’s a story for another day… Obviously …
Continue reading “Shelfware, Deadlines, Trials and the Pursuit of Better Coding – Part 2”
“Why can’t my developers just download the trial RDi, learn it and use it during the evaluation period?” This is a question I am often asked at conferences by IT managers. I hear their frustration. In the spirit of fair play, I have also listened to developers on this same topic. Here is a fictitious …
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Getting to the event and enjoying local color We all know how one gets discombobulated, having to remove many items from carry on bags, taking off shoes, belts and jackets and occasionally being randomly picked out for a complete body search. Well, at least the TSA folks in Milwaukee have a great sense of humor. …