A good conference
Heading homeward after the TOGAF enterprise-architecture conference in Paris. Went well, I think – which it needed to, given the frightening amount of money I spent to get there from Aus! A sense that the field is in somewhat of …
Pay it forward
A well-dressed businessman in the queue in front of me at Liverpool Street, apparently asking for money from the middle-aged couple in front of me. “Two pounds, that’s all I’m askin’. I just wanna get home!” They look at him …
Dithering
Okay, it’s probably just running-on-overload, but it hasn’t exactly been a wildly productive time this weekend. I did at least finish off the Powerpoint for the TOGAF Paris conference, but I still have a few more tweaks to do to …
In Castlemaine
I’ve grabbed some time off over the Easter break to go visit friends, pick up some essential items from storage, and generally have an attempt at being human again. Good to meet up at old places, like the regular Saturday …
Music matters
Rushing to finish off both the book and the presentation in time for the TOGAF Paris conference, but I do need to do something else to maintain sanity between over-long sessions at the keyboard! In my case the main sanity-saver …
Draft 2 of EA book
Another weekend gone, but the revised draft of the enterprise-architecture book is up on the Tetradian site here. (Warning again that it’s large: more than 2.8Mb in PDF form. Let me know if you need the .DOC instead.) Main changes …
Back on dialup
Settling down in Sydney, with a client that actually wants real enterprise-architecture rather than the usual the-world-begins-and-ends-with-IT pseudo-architecture. Hooray! The only catch is that where I’m staying is in a non-broadband zone, so it’s back on dialup again, and it’s …
Sydneywards
I’m off to Sydney tonight, on a four-month contract to set up an enterprise-architecture capability for a government department there. Will be off-air till I get things settled down in Aus. Shouldn’t be more than a couple of days, though.
Book-draft is complete
Rushing to get everything ready for the trip to Sydney this evening, but I have completed the first draft of the enterprise-architecture book. Working-title is “Real Enterprise-Architecture: Beyond IT to the whole enterprise“. You’ll find the PDF here – though …
More TOGAF
Despite my previous worries, my current clients have given me the go-ahead to go to the TOGAF Paris conference anyway – much appreciated, though it should be a win/win all round. Working title is “Unpacking ‘Phase B’: Business Architecture, Business …