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The Wonderful Wacky World of “Wagile”

Quick!  Are people “agile”?  In my opinion, I give that a resounding “NO!”.  Yet, I see companies, organizations and people using agile as a term in reference to their current operational state.  I have decided that “agile” is the new … Continue reading

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Dear Google Cloud Team

Doncha just hate it when you have one of those FedEx tags on your door that says “Sorry we missed you. Your turn!”? So, I got one of those after returning from a vacation and the pickup point was the … Continue reading

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The growing problem of digital fatigue

Last week I participated in the Global Leadership Summit , a digitally streamed event from Willow Creek Church in Illinois. I learned quite a bit. I was moved and inspired. But the impact would have been even greater on me … Continue reading

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Where’s Waldo…um, Pete!

Nothing like a move from a monolithic, easy to maintain gem of a framework like Liferay to a distributed, micro-service based bespoke solution to suck the very life and free time out of your schedule. The whole of the IBM … Continue reading

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Common spring conference 2017 – AWESOME!

I hope you are kicking yourself as you read the title. “Dang! I should have gone!”  Yep. Shoulda, woulda, coulda.. Just sayin’ you missed another great week with the IBM i family. I probably had the greatest session load I … Continue reading

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Common sense

I finished the book I have been working on for the past 4 months and just about the time I pushed the big button to send it off, I got a call from my wife letting me know that the … Continue reading

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Updating 5733OPS on IBM i

Sounds easy you say? There are already instructions elsewhere you say? More power to you! So here are my curated instructions: 1) Obtain the latest version of the 5733OPS licensed program through ESS. There are some good instructions on Club … Continue reading

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Living the Open Source life on IBM i

I realize that I have taken Open Source on IBM i for granted.  Having run open source applications on IBM i for over 15 years, I just assume everybody knows that IBM i on Power is a great Open Source … Continue reading

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Heading to NOLA

I love it that Common is heading to NOLA for next week.  It has been a long time since I have been in NOLA and it looks like attendance will be very strong.  If you have had a chance to dig … Continue reading

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The death of the IDE?

Every since I first played with Eclipse and marveled at how efficient and useful it was, I have been using it.  I use MyEclipse (which I have become less enamored with over time) and RDi (Rational Developer for IBM i … Continue reading

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