Vitamin, a resource for web designers, developers and entrepreneurs just went live in version 2.0. It’s a pretty nice site discussing AJAX, the business of Web 2.0, CSS, Ruby, and other topics important to creators of SaaS and Web Apps. Worth checking out.
JDJ ran an interesting article on BIRT — one of a now growing number of open source Biz Intelligence platforms that compete with the likes of Actuate and BusinessObjects. I haven’t used it yet, but if any of you have and would like to comment on your findings, let me know.
Read more about it at JDJ: Business Intelligence and Reporting with BIRT.
Ron Jacobs talks about Project “Noodle”, a new Microsoft project designed to help people become architects. There’s a PowerPoint presentation called Architects and the Architecture of Software that’s a pretty nice intro and I’ll try and keep an eye on the project to see how it progresses and is able to meet its goal.
I just ran across this interesting site, AgileDraw.org, that helps agile modelers and programmers produce diagrams. Here’s how they describe it:
Agile Draw is a set of principles and styles for producing diagrams that communicate effectively. These principles can be used with any drawing technique or tools, from whiteboard to pencil and paper to computerized tools. The essence of Agile Draw is to use simple conventional drawing elements such as circles, boxes, connecting lines and text, in conventional ways that give diagrams a sense of life and a consistent way of communicating.
The Agile Draw principles are not new! Agile Draw is a simple summary of things we all know about drawing useful pictures.
My friend Eric Spiegel has just published his most recent article Prejudging Talent Can Cost You at Datamation.
The job market is getting pretty tight these days and it’s hard to find good people in a now pretty good economy. Eric’s suggestions are right on target.
