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Learning Organization & Living Company

A learning organization is not an educational institution but a community which promotes learning and the evolution of individuals as well as the whole – in other words, the community itself. It is a platform for collaboration and creativity. more>>

The dangers of doing ‘just enough’

Entrepreneurship involves an understanding of risk and reward, and picking those investments that yield the greatest reward. Entrepreneurship also involves managing risk in a way that maximizes your upside, and reduces your downside. The problem with entrepreneurship is that most people perceive themselves as risk-averse, and think that entrepreneurship means taking risks that are not worth taking because of the downside. more>>

Applying Crosscutting Concerns to Problem Solving

In modern times, the approach of looking at complex problems by focusing on one particular aspect of the problem has become valued as a thinking tool. Sometimes, a problem may be too difficult to understand or its scope may be too large to grasp unless one looks at a little piece at a time. This article looks at some of the ways in which we can use this technique to become better problem solvers. more>>

What the New York City Subway can Teach us About Design?

“If OO is based on the real world, and we’re learning about encapsulation and polymorphism, then shouldn’t these ideas exist in the real world?” What is good design? more>>

Adventures in Podcasting

Podcasting provides mp3 fans with a whole new way of accessing content. Content providers such as bloggers, Internet radio stations and online news providers can create automatic feeds of their content for consumption by subscribers. The advantage of this format is that content is updated automatically by the client and can be downloaded to the mp3 device according to a specified schedule. more>>

Apache Beehive Project

In May 2004, BEA announced that it was going to extract the application development framework from Workshop and make it an Open Source initiative. It also announced that this initiative would be an Apache project. It would be called the Beehive project. more>>

Exception Handling - Know your responsibility 

Exception Handling deserves thought as early as design time. Specifically, when identifying business objects in the system, one must always question if there is a possibility of a business object being unable to perform its function. Furthermore, one must also ask questions about the destiny of the exception raised under such circumstances. more>>

Blogolution - Part 1 

The roots of blogging lie in public communication and a need for self expression. Historically, public writing has been somewhat regulated/controlled by the authority of the media in context. In the past, the only communication devices available to a person have been telephone, ham radios and the Internet. more>>

Blogolution – Part 2  

Every individual, to a certain degree, desires that their views, their thoughts, their voice be heard - for various reasons. Blogging provides an organized, flexible, open and easily accessible infrastructure for people to do so. Easily accessible is probably an understatement - especially when compared to other publishing media. more>>