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Erik Gfesser

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"Hello Android": Part 4

It has been a few weeks since I last touched base on this project, due to the limited time I have away from my day job and my distracted focus on porting a C++ application to Android that I had intended as a component for the product I am constructing.

Product Reviews: Part 3

Broke the Amazon New Reviewer Rank of #2000 for the first time today, jumping from #2017 to #1961 in less than 24 hours, although this ranking fluctuates and is bound to dip again before going back up. Almost exactly two years ago, I posted the following comment in my first

New Book Review: "The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement"

New book review for The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement, by David Loshin, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010: Copy provided by Amazon. Some of the other reviews that have been posted here provide some interesting observations from perspectives that are not always centered on data architecture or general enterprise

New Book Review: "Million Dollar Speaking"

New book review for Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional's Guide to Building Your Platform, by Alan Weiss, Ph.D., McGraw-Hill, 2011: As Alan Weiss states in his preface, this book was written for the professional career speaker (one who gets paid to speak), even though "amateur"

Liquibase in the Enterprise: Part 3

Amazing that it has been nearly a year since I posted Part 1 and Part 2 of my series on Liquibase in the enterprise, and since then these have been two of the most visited posts on this blog. From the data that Google Analytics provides me, it is clear

Counterpoint: "A doctor's note for virulent consultants"

One of the most entertaining articles I have read in quite some time was published in the Financial Times earlier this week. Entitled "A doctor's note for virulent consultants", author Andrew Hill quotes "a respected captain of industry" as saying that "consultants are

Past Book Review (January 10, 2009): "The World's Newest Profession"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century, by Christopher D. McKenna, Cambridge University Press, 2006: A discussion of the consulting industry from its early origins in the late 1800s is what makes this

Anima Sana In Corpore Sano: Part 2

In my last Google Analytics post, I mentioned that "I find it humorous that my entries on running are among the most popular", with my entry on last year's ASICS advertising campaign at the top of the list. I have been noticing the new ASICS advertising

"Hello Android": Part 3

It did not take too long to come to the conclusion that my short-term satisfaction with the Android development environment I had just built had come to an abrupt halt. The main reason behind this change is the fact that Ubuntu 10.04 LTS does not support dual monitors for

New Book Review: "Unthinking"

New book review for Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy, by Harry Beckwith, Business Plus, 2011: Copy provided by author Harry Beckwith. In my comments on Beckwith's "Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing" a couple years ago, I indicated that in