A friend just asked me how the trackback mechanism actually works. I’ll refer him to the trackback technical specification but want to link to an entry in my JazzUpTheWeb blog to see whether a trackback shows up. later: yes, the reference worked but I learned that it’s a pingback, not a trackback, that is being […]
I’m reading Dave McComb’s Semantics in Business Systems: The Savvy Managers Guide, thanks to my colleague Thom King. Skimming the book left me with the impression that I can grok the essential message of the book but I won’t be able to get to the real depths unless I carefully re-read the book. To that […]
As a data architect, though I’m usually focused on the backend systems, I also deal with clients. I’m also part of a larger organization that deals with with many customers beyond my area of work. I will have to refer the folks designing our customer service operation to a recent article by David Pogue, Business […]
From Are You Ready for Enterprise Architecture?, we find wise words on expressing the value of IT architecture to our constituents: The purpose of establishing IT standards is to reduce complexity and increase efficiencies through consolidation and improved collaboration. You will find that standards enable an IT team to do more with less. You can […]
On July 18, 2006, I officially took on a new role at UC Berkeley. As part of a reorganization, I became a data architect working for the Data Services Department of Information Services and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. Only the day before, I was the Technology Architect for the Interactive University Project. […]