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Bad Software Design

I picked up a link from Simon Coles’ ELN Blog to an article entitled Bad Software Design Inhibits Use of Enterprise Apps, published in ComputerWorld. Simon has a few things to say about the article in his blog, and it’s an issue I’m sure we all have an opinion about. The interesting point [...]

The Digital Divide between Scientists

Science always was, and always will be, a subject that promotes and provokes debate.  The quest for knowledge and the evaluation of ideas and theories forms the basis of the subject.  It seems then that Web 2.0 tools are a natural fit in our wired world to advance debate, and there is a growing body [...]

“Configuration” Versus “Customization”

Those people who know me are probably tired of the articles I continue to write on the (mis)usage of the words “configuration” and “customization,” over the years, but I feel it’s my mission in my professional life to find a way to eradicate or clarify these terms.