The Pattern of Change
Posted in Featured, JimPhelps, Life in Madison on 30 January 2009

 
 
 
I just watched a Merlin Mann’s presentation from MacWorld – “Toward Patterns for Creativity”  This is not his best talk but it is interesting and amusing in that Merlin Mann way.  You can tell that he is in the “there is something good here but I haven’t quite got my head around it yet” state.  This is [...]

Blue Sky to Ground part 1
Posted in Academia, Enterprise Architecture, Featured, JimPhelps, Work on 23 January 2009

 
 
I’ve been working with our CIO on the I.T. strategic planning initiative.  At the same time, I’ve been working with the Technical Directors and Operational Directors on planning at the technology level.  They have been creating a map of what technologies are used to support our services.  I’ve had my head in the blue sky [...]