http://www.ishisystems.com Ishi Systems Inc. Tue, 23 May 2006 15:46:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bid the players make haste I wanted to write this article to describe my attempts to create an “interesting” piece of technology using available frameworks. It all started when I recently decided to get myself an mp3 player. No run of the mill iPod for me. I had some very specific ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2005/07/21/podcasting/ Figure 1: The blind men and the elephant Quite a few of us are familiar with the ancient story of the blind men and the elephant. Each man visualized the elephant based on his own perspective, and none of them had any idea what the entire elephant looked like. As a ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2005/01/05/crosscutting-concerns/ (1st - 3rd December 2004) Linux Bangalore/2004 brought together professionals and enthusiasts from across India, Asia and the rest of the world for a three day conference on Free & Open Source (FOSS) technologies, in Bangalore, India. This was the fourth year of the conference and like previous years, I was to ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2005/01/01/linux-bangalore-2004/ Introduction When BEA released WebLogic Platform 8.1, they introduced an enhanced version of Workshop 8.1. Workshop 8.1 was not just another IDE but an IDE plus an application development framework all built into one solution. Even though BEA might deny allegations that Workshop is based on Microsoft’s Visual development tools, the fact ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2004/10/21/apache-beehive/ Sixty-six years ago in Munich, Germany, a conference was held by the powers of Europe to determine the fate of Czechoslovakia (conveniently, without the participation of the Czech people). It was convened in response to Adolf Hitler’s demand for a region of the country that was primarily German. Having recently ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2004/09/15/dangers-of-doing-just-enough/ A learning organization Ishi professes to be a learning organization. This is an idea that is central to our philosophy, and forms a solid foundation on which our core values and governing principles are based. More than once, I have been asked, “What is a learning organization?” In this column, I ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2004/07/26/learning-organization/   What is good design? In our day-to-day adventures in computer science, we are constantly confronted with examples of good and bad design. For most of us, we probably see more examples of bad design than good. Maybe we are not even aware of what constitutes good design, and as a result, ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2004/07/26/nyc-subway-and-design/ In the first part of this article, I gave a gentle introduction to the world of blogging (something I referred to as Blogopolis in that issue). I primarily concentrated on a couple of aspects of blogging – it's onset and what's being blogged. In this article, I will attempt to - classify ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2004/06/20/blogolution-2/ Believe it or not, I spent about 10 minutes trying to find the right title. I probably would never make it as a "happy-go-lucky blogger". Blogolution: "Blog Revolution", "Blog Evolution", or "Blog Dissolution". Lets take a look at what a blog is, the onset of blogging and what makes it ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2004/04/21/blogging-1/ On April 3, I attended an Open Source MVC Conference in New York. Although all the presenters were interesting, I was most interested in meeting Rod Johnson, Ted Husted and Matt Raible, all of whom were scheduled to speak at the event. Only about 30 people attended, most of whom ... http://www.ishisystems.com/2004/04/21/nyc-mvc-conference/