Archive for February, 2005

IT’s Top Ten Things

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

The following are the top ten things for a prospective successful IT manager to remember, according to Bill Vass, the CIO of Sun Microsystems.

  • Rule 1: Open Systems Succeed
  • Rule 2: Proprietary Systems Fail
  • Rule 3: Separation of Logical Layers
  • Rule 4: Standards Matter
  • Rule 5: What’s Old is New
  • Rule 6: Technology is not “The” Problem
  • Rule 7: Know Your Estimation Factor
  • Rule 8: You Manage What You Measure
  • Rule 9: Best is not Better
  • Rule 10: Nothing in Life (or IT) is Easy
Bill Vass, CIO of Sun Microsystems, joined Sun as an IT vice president four years ago. Prior to joining Sun, Vass provided CIO oversight for software systems in the Department of Defense (DoD), the Pentagon, and all infrastructure groups. Bill also acted as the DoD’s CTO.

More in CIO Update article on 4 Nov 2004 .

Posted in Computers | Comments Off

Sabre 2/3rd Tiger v3

Thursday, February 24th, 2005

Okay, I finally made the upgrade to WP 1.5. Welcome to the third version of my blog site. ;-)

Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »

WordPress 1.5 “Strayhorn”

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

When I received this email, I thought it’s a good time to revive my blog into its third incarnation. Though, it took me a bit more than a week to actually do it. :-/

From: “Matt Mullenweg”
To: “sms”
Sent: Thursday, 17 February, 2005 9:17 PM
Subject: WordPress 1.5 “Strayhorn”

Howdy folks!

It’s that time again: we’ve got a beautiful new release — WordPress 1.5 — ready just for you. This is the one everyone has been waiting for, so now you have no excuse not to upgrade and take advantage of all the great new features we’ve introduced. There’s far to much to talk about here, but you can read all about it on our blog:

http://wordpress.org/development/2005/02/strayhorn/

Here’s the Cliff Notes version:

* Easier template system
* Gorgeous new default template
* Great comment management
* Refined administration
* Faster, more secure, smaller, cuter, et cetera ;)
* Still free as a bird

I sincerely hope you’ll try it out and let us know what you think. Feedback both positive and critical is golden and keeps us trucking.

Have a great Thursday! (Don’t worry, the weekend is almost here.)
–
Matt Mullenweg
http://photomatt.net | http://wordpress.org
http://pingomatic.com | http://cnet.com

Posted in Blogging | Comments Off