I am a data nerd. I am a platform geek. I am passionate about commerce. These are things that, if you have met me, you know. What you may not know (unless you have seen the fingernails on my right hand) is that I also am a guitarist. Music represents a unique creative outlet that [...]

It has been a long time since I’ve written on this blog… and, frankly, I miss it. While I have been writing, sometimes at excess, for work purposes…my personal author activities have been overwhelmed by the activities of the summer (see previous posts for more). With that said, my daughter is now healthy and my [...]

I have spent the last day and a half(ish) at Defrag 2010 in Broomfield, CO. From many prior attendees, I have heard that it is the sort of event that can break your brain (in the best way possible). There have been a few sessions that I would consider brain-breaking, and most I would consider [...]

There is always something, personally, compelling when 2 discrete blog entries touch on a similar topic…This happened, again, today. The first post is entitled Integration is Only the Beginning: Messages from the Edge and was penned by a colleague, Peter Osberg, at PaymentsAPI.com. The second is entitled Innovating Around Restrictions – PlayOn Story by Krishnan [...]

There is a propensity in the technology industry, most industries for that matter, to latch onto adjectives and begin to use them excessively. In the process of descriptive repetition, the importance can be masked or diminished. With that said, the usage of the adjective, typically, is appropriate and connotes unique value…after all, the initial usage [...]