The Java Symposium is next week! I just made some more tweaks to my keynote and Architecture talk. Though I want to continue to prepare some additional models and diagrams for the architecture talk to show some cool examples… Hope to see you there Share this:

On 6th November, I was looking forward to heckling Scott Ambler during his scheduled talk to the Philadelphia Java Users Group (JUG). One of the JUG leads, Fred Stluka, says it best: Jon spoke at a Philly Java Users Group recently, in true agile fashion. As he was walking into the building from the parking …

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Just a quick note: The International Association of Software Architects is sponsoring this conference. The IT Architect Regional Conference is the largest event in the Philadelphia area to address the pressing needs of IT architects today. There are over 15 seminars and two tracks separated by specialty: Enterprise and Software Architecture. Architects of all levels …

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You can read a nice interview with my friend Heinz Kabutz. The bits about doing timing for various code approaches reminded me of my early days in teaching C/C++ and doing various compares. Though these are “micro” performance numbers, there are a couple of key points to take away: You have to measure that which …

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If you happen to be in the area, we’ll have a nice opportunity for a roundtable discussion! Topics and Speakers: Agile Project Management Techniques by Jon Kern. We will discuss how to consider a simplified agile technique for managing a project, and how to blend it with classic “MS Project” style of management by Gantt …

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