Michael Platt's WebLog
Computer Engineering
Modelling Links
I have added an article with links to all the DSL modelling articles I know of at...
Author: hdsw Date: 04/06/2004
Lightweight Architectural Design Process (LADP)
I went to see a mainframe customer about rearchitecting their system last week and went through a...
Author: hdsw Date: 04/01/2004
Ot 2004 Day 3
So on to the last day of Ot 2004. This started with a keynote by Joshua bloch on how to design a...
Author: hdsw Date: 04/01/2004
Ot 2004 Day 2
The second day of the UK OT 2004 conference dawned bright and sunny with Martin Fowler’s...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/31/2004
Ot 2004 Day 1
I am at the UK OT 2004 conference this week near Cambridge (England!) so will be blogging about what...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/30/2004
Mainframe Myths
Many techies are wary of mainframes because of the myths and mystique surrounding them. There are...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/25/2004
Mainframes
A customer who wanted to discuss mainframe interop phoned up one of the MS Business Managers...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/24/2004
Disclamer
The information in this weblog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. This...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/23/2004
Modelling Links
Modelling is seen as a key area for complexity management, enhanced communication, improved...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/23/2004
DSI
I have signed up to do a Dynamic Systems Initiative talk in about a months time and so have been...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/22/2004
Friday Afternoon Quiz Fun
A couple of weeks ago I put up a quiz on some of the latest technologies to see how cutting edge...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/19/2004
WS-Transaction
A few days ago I talked about transactions and last night I was reviewing a new integration pattern...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/17/2004
Generics
I’m not much of a Language sort of guy (either real or computer, I failed French 3 times at...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/16/2004
Transactions through the Ages
I commented briefly yesterday about how the same things come up time after time with different...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/09/2004
SOA Guidance
One of the advantages of being old is that you get to see the same mistakes time and time again...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/08/2004
Friday Afternoon Quiz Fun
So how leading edge are you? Do you know all the latest TLA's? Have you spent hours on the phone to...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/05/2004
Platt's Third Law
My third law is not so much of a law as a principle and is about architectural modelling. Models are...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/05/2004
Platt's Second Law
Following on from my first law (see...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/04/2004
Modelling Revisited
A few years ago I built a big extension on my house. First of all I had to get the plans for the...
Author: hdsw Date: 03/03/2004
Architectural Types
Yesterday I was in a fully day of writing training so I hope you notice some improvement in my...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/19/2004
Modelling
Keith Short has started a blog and has some comments about modelling. This is worth watching...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/18/2004
Architectural Quality
I have been thinking a lot about architectural quality and more specifically how to measure it. Code...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/17/2004
Architectural Infrastructure and Reliability
I really like architecting highly available systems; I think they are the most architecturally...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/16/2004
Being a Architectural Hero
Architecture is great because it is so easy to look like a hero. I talked about earlier in this blog...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/13/2004
SOA is SOBoring
In the toilet (bathroom in the US) here at Microsoft in the UK the mirrors have had a transfer...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/12/2004
Architectural Skills
So if Architecture is a skill that can be taught then can it be lost? I think it can in a very...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/10/2004
A plea for Architectural training
If architecting is a skill how can it improved? There is precious little architectural training...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/09/2004
Architectural thinking
In my last blog I hypothesised that Architectural analysis is slightly different from developer...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/06/2004
Architects and Developers
So one of my colleagues reading yesterdays blog shouted out to me across the office “You only...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/05/2004
Architectural Requirements and Quality
Thinking about Architectural Performance and Scalability following on from my Blog yesterday it...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/04/2004
Performance and Scalability
I have been reviewing the Microsoft Pattern and Practises group new PAG Guide - Improving .NET...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/03/2004
Modelling
I am organising a conference next week on Architectural Modelling (at Brocket Hall, a really...
Author: hdsw Date: 02/02/2004
First Blog
So a quick intro. I'm an architect in the UK, moved back from Redmond six months ago. I have been...
Author: hdsw Date: 01/29/2004