I have just been notified that I have sucessfuly passed the architecture board, and I am officially a Microsoft Certified Architect . I have to give many, many thanks to my mentors Lewis Curtis , and Allen Stewart, without whom I would not have made it...

A comment to a recent post to my blog regarding rights management: "Sounds like an innovation your customers don't really want/need. Stronger integrated rights management mainly benefits content owners, and allows the imposition of unreasonable limitations...

In his book Blink, Malcom Galdwell discusses the experience of Paul Van Riper in creating structures for spontaneity. In 2000, Van Riper was given the task of leading the opposition force for a wargame called Millennium Challenge '02. Van Riper’s approach...