Tag Archives: JISC IE

“All models are wrong, but some are useful”

Posted on August 20, 2008 by paulwalk

In the latest edition of Ariadne the JISC Information Environment (JISC IE), and that diagram in particular, get taken to task by Tony Ross in an article called Lost in the JISC Information Environment. Tony takes a look at the … Continue reading →

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The opportunistic developer is allergic to soap

Posted on June 9, 2008 by paulwalk

For some time now I’ve been thinking about what I think of as the ascendency of the opportunistic developer in web application development. The phrase has unfortunate connotations for those who remember the ‘personas’ meme from some years ago when … Continue reading →

Posted in Programmable Web, Software Development, Web Infrastructure | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments