Category: Conference
A review or comment on a conference I attended
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SAF: Day 2
in: Conference
The Architecture Last Mile, Norm Judah In Microsoft’s view, the last mile is the end-user device, and they believe this is an area that has not received enough attention. Norm made a couple of observations. First, billions of end-user devices are being used and there are many different kinds of devices, ranging from PCs, laptops,…
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SAF: Day 1
in: Conference
Hosted by Microsoft at their Redmond campus, the Strategic Architecture Forum [1]is intended to offer an arena for discussion, among the 250 architects from large enterprises and the 100 Microsoft architects in attendance. There were attendees from around the world; I met people from Sweden, Denmark, Turkey, France, Germany, Malaysia, Japan and England. The theme…
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Humour: The Flight Home, a Diabolical plot uncovered
There were only two children on the flight back (on they way down there were over 20 [1]). Is this just a luck of the draw or is there something deeper here? A difference of a few would make sense but this is ten times! No, there is something afoot. Does it suggest that children…
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Humour: Coming Home–The security Check
After removing my belt, my shoes, my overcoat, my jacket I made it through the portal. My briefcase didn’t. It was inspected. The objectional item? My ball mark remover: that fork-like item that is used to repair the dimples made by golf balls as they land on a green. The item in question was a…
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Humour: Conference Networking
Going to conferences present many opportunities, but one that is especially beneficial is networking. Sometimes interesting conversations ensue. Other times, they are more fun. During the keynote one fellow attendee observed some misalignment of lips and words and concluded that the speakers were actually lip synching. As keynotes are held in a room large enough…