Tech Initiatives

This blog is devoted to my search in the information technology realm. Most things IT related including java, web services, Service Oriented Architecture, and software development processes. Any opinions expressed on this site are in no way whatsoever intended to represent those of my company. Collin Smith

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Getting Java Date in another Timezone

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Getting the date in another timezone is not quite as evident. But I did whip up a method to return the Date object if you provide your loc...

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)

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Well, I did receive Open Group's TOGAF 8 2006. Looks like a solid read with little fluff. Maybe a little like when I read the PMBOK but ...

Monday, July 2, 2007

The Leader In You

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Finishing "The Leader In You" helps reinforce the ideas from the Carnegie Institute. Written similarly to "How to Win Friends...

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

SOA - A Planning and Implementation Guide For Business and Technology

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I recently finished reading Service-Oriented Architecture - A Planning and Implementation Guide for Business and Technology, written by Eri...

Friday, June 15, 2007

JavaServer Faces!

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I have been interested in an open source platform to launch a web site. I had heard the about jsf as a J2EE framework. One is the lifecycle ...

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Reading RSS feeds with Java

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If you were interested in incorporating RSS feeds into your java code you might want to have a look at Project Rome which is an open source ...

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships

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I just finished Ross Dawson's "Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships". I found it useful in understanding more of th...

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Collin Smith: Calgary, Alberta, Canada; I am a software developer working at an Oil Company in Calgary Alberta. Recently completed a Master's Thesis for the application of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) to SOA implementations.

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