http://www.jimphelps.info version 4.0 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:01:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've had several requests for my turkey brine and herb paste recipes. In a just-in-time fashion, I've posted them below. I use an organic, range raised heritage turkey for my Thanksgiving turkey. I also use this brine for pork chops and turkey breasts that I cook on the ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/general/jims-turkey-brine-recipe   [caption id="attachment_306" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of the Nova Scotia Museum"][/caption] I've been pondering, wondering and worrying about how to bring value out of ITANA.org to the world at large.  I struck upon a metaphor over dinner with a friend at EDUCAUSE recently that brought my vision and the issues ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/itana/itanaorg-bringing-the-catch-home   [caption id="attachment_302" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Brick Diagram"][/caption] Brick diagrams are a strategic planning tool that I mentioned in passing in my ITANA talk at EDUCAUSE.  Since then, I've had several people ask for more information.  So here it is... more information.   Brick Diagrams are used by NIH in their Enterprise Architecture planning process. ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/ea/brick-diagrams-and-related-planning-tools Just had a hallway (okay, exhibit floor conversation) with Tom Black of Stanford University.  They have ideas on embedded enrollment functions in several places: inside their LMS, available via iPhone applications and elsewhere.  They would expose those enrollment functions as services then write to those services.  Interesting.  We also talked ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/ea/from-of-soa-from-the-registrars-perspective Introductions of people.  A lot of interesting constituent groups that I didn't realize existed:  I.T. Metrics, Learning Space Design.  http://www.educause.edu/groups Cynthia Golden - VP for EDUCAUSE is doing the EDUCAUSE update. There was a new President last year.  They have been doing a lot of change management over the ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/jimphelps/cg-leaders-meeting-educause-2008 Robert Handler of Gartner is presenting. This is one of seven Key Initiatives for Enterprise Architecture. “Failure to... change the behavior of others leads to failure itself”.  You must understand the people aspects and you must sell EA to succeed. They had 600+ clients take a maturity survey to see where they are ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/ea/gartner-webinar-selling-key-stakeholders-on-enterprise-architecture [caption id="attachment_283" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="from Flickr: KeithCarver"][/caption] I was riding on a late Summer evening in September and this is a meditation upon a few minutes in that ride. If you are not familiar with the hills and valleys of Southwestern Wisconsin, let me describe them.  These are old mountains, the ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/life-in-madison/meditation-bike-ride-moment One week after the Door County Century (nearly) and I'm finally getting around to writing about it. In short - it was a great ride, a wonderful cap-stone to the cycling season; but I'm jumping ahead. The night before, Erik, Monica, LeRoy, Ena, Barbara and I had dinner of a ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/life-in-madison/door-county-century-recount I had an 8:30 AM meeting this morning, it was raining and I was running around looking for my rain gear (helmet cover, shoe covers, leg warmers, etc). It was 92 degrees F yesterday - the warmest day of the year. This morning, the remnants of Gustav rolled into town. ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/life-in-madison/25-mph-on-a-cargo-bike [caption id="attachment_268" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Plum Raspberry Galette"][/caption]I love making galettes - a french free-form tart.  This is a peak of Summer galette made from local plums and raspberries.  Once you get galette making down, you can create galettes with lots of different fillings:  Apples and toasted pecans, peaches with ... http://www.jimphelps.info/2008/life-in-madison/plum-and-raspberry-galette-with-lemon-ricotta-filling