You're a RIA Architect, I want to hear you say it..

re: You're a RIA Architect, I want to hear you say it..

VariousArtist — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:55:28 GMT

This really hits home. For a decade I was a consultant doing mostly hard-core server and database programming at large companies with big project life-cycles. And then another decade working at smaller startups where my activities bleed into the user interface, taking my personal interest in this area to a professional level. Outside of the office I've always been more interested in working on the user interface -- and although I am not a designer in the strict sense of the word, I certainly can hold my own.

I really want to be in the middle of it all, because I can pull together all the separate pieces -- and if necessary, I can build something end to end that looks good on the front and functions well on the back-end. When it's just me, I can do the whole thing really fast. Unfortunately this goes against the grain of many projects, and in these fast-paced times I rarely see the benefits with the traditional approach.

Thanks for posting this. I am going to look in a mirror and say what you want to hear along with "You're good enough, you're smart enough, and, gosh darn it, people like you" **

Peter Matuchniak

-- "Jack of all trades" (or "Jerk of all Trades"?)

-- Silverlight, Flash

-- C#, Visual Basic, Java, C++, COBOL, Fortran

-- ASP, PHP

-- Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL

-- .NET, COM, Corba, Web Services, XML, blah blah

(**with apologies to SNL)

re: You're a RIA Architect, I want to hear you say it..

scbarnes — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:56:12 GMT

Peter...

You're a RIA Architect! hehe

re: You're a RIA Architect, I want to hear you say it..

Jon Pielak — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:53:21 GMT

I'm a CD of a web dev firm, we implement MOSS, enterprise WCM/ECM portals, intranets, extranets...on and on. Not terribly distinctive. However, I'm trying to move us to RIA...yet cannot get management and even clients past the perception of it being the 'skip intro' of five years ago (motion for motion's sake) Wheres the ROI?

I have to admit, the cadre of sandbox samples out there are not helping any. Photo galleries tied into flickr, cute video games, video players, etc..the business value is missing. Build and 'sell' something credible, and I'm sure they'll come around.

A massive enterprise example, but this is where sandboxes need to be going. http://www.frogdesign.com/case-study/lawson-smart-client.html