Unified Modeling Language seems like a good idea for software development ... Thinking about what you want to build before you do it makes sense. I wouldn't build a house without a well thought out plan ... but I would remodel one with just a shopping list (I am doing it now) ...

I have just bought a few books on UML and am trying to see if it will help my professional life ... we have very complex systems ... I am not the coder only the manager ... so I need to worry about the deployment and documentation end of things ... UML 2.0 has new stuff that seems to cover this area.

Someday when I get to work in my startup I will be thinking like this..

... By focusing almost exclusively on service-based infrastructure options, a business could operate as a sort of neo- Bedouin clan - with workers as a roaming nomadic tribe carrying laptops & cell phones and able to set up shop wherever there is an Internet connection, chairs, tables, and sources of caffeine.  "Going Bedouin" is an interesting concept...

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Dries Buytaert posts about Creating Passionate Users

Like many, I'm a long-time reader of Creating Passionate Users, a blog co-authored by Kathy Sierra. Last month at Euro OSCON I had the opportunity to attend a 3 hour tutorial by Kathy Sierra, and now I can't wait for the "Creating Passionate Users" book to come out.

I'm a fan.

I'm a fan because over the past year, Kathy has permanently changed my perspective on user experience (and because she managed to put in words what I've known intuitively for a long time). To give you an idea, I've included the blog posts (and graphs) that had the most impact on me.