http://www.johnborwick.com/blog Neat stuff John likes. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:52:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just found this EDUCAUSE presentation, about California State University, Northridge, who struggled with prioritizing 100s of projects.  They had no way to prioritize these projects.  Much of what they're saying is generally applicable--they needed IT governance! "IT governance" is a hot topic, but not many people describe actionable steps to ... http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/23/another-university-going-through-what-were-going-through/ I'm now running WordPress 2.5. http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/21/blog-updated/ 2mdgm7c.jpg (JPEG Image, 640x480 pixels) (tags: funny kool-aid koolaid brick oh yea yeah picture) thisisby.us (tags: social writing writer blog community collaboration collaborate poetry) QDB: Quote #838002 (tags: funny jeff comment tolkein ring) Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English (tags: training common craft teaching web tutorial) Viddler.com - Record, Upload, Share (tags: share video tag frame frames viddler) http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/20/links-for-2008-04-20/ Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers (tags: python generator tricks programming generators code systems program pipe) OIT - Services (tags: georgia tech itsm service catalog example itil) http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/18/links-for-2008-04-18/ Painless Functional Specifications - Part 1: Why Bother? - Joel on Software (tags: functional specifications article programming specification requirements gathering) Writing Software Requirements Specifications | A Technical Communication Community (tags: functional requirement requirements specifications srs template explanation documentation project management) Requirements Document Templates (tags: functional requirement document template requirements babok templates project management reference) useme: Useme: ... http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/17/links-for-2008-04-17/ Alltop, all the top stories (tags: news aggregator magazine rack blog portal) playgraphicDM1406_736x800.jpg (JPEG Image, 736x800 pixels) (tags: funny security children map risk safety visualization) Scale model of Scrooge McDuck's money bin - a set on Flickr (tags: wtf scrooge mcduck money bin very thorough duck tales) http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/16/links-for-2008-04-16/ Ten Thousand Cents (tags: mechanical turk amazon collaborative art) Thinking problem management!: ITIL implementation checklist (tags: itsm itil implementation checklist university minnesota) http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/15/links-for-2008-04-15/ Scripting & Automation AppleScript Guides (tags: applescript guide development osx os x scripting documentation) The BabelFish Blog "In summary: if the Network is the Computer, the Network + REST + OWL is a Distributed Object Oriented Database." (tags: owl rest api database programming idiom construct) Practical Semantic Web » SlideShare "RDF+OWL doesn't work; Microformats work" (tags: rdf ... http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/12/links-for-2008-04-12/ Amazon.com: Your Wish List (tags: work list it book amazon best practices practice) http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/09/links-for-2008-04-09/ BSM Car Rental Design Concept (tags: bmc itil game annoying car rental) http://www.johnborwick.com/blog/2008/04/08/links-for-2008-04-08/