Very much been there, done that. Since I work in a manufacturing environment (7X24). I can add my own rule to "don't panic" - sleep on it. Between midnight and...

http://www.cooper.com/journal/2008/08/alans_keynote_at_agile_2008.html

Take a break and look at what Alan Cooper does. His flash slideshow, is "spot on" for the most part. It discusses "interaction design" which is what their...

On the Oracle side of life, there is Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM). Which can detect and act (e-mail, page) upon found problems. I'll stay tuned to see what SQL...

Interesting to read through people's description of Agile development, yet never use the term. Build, test, release (alpha, beta, release). The beauty of building software (as opposed to building cars),...

Welcome to reality. I am one of those scary types, sort of. I've got years of experience being an Oracle DBA. I'm competetent enough to design and maintain a warehouse...