RACI Definition and Software
While many people who are interested in RACI, there is literally no definitive source of knowledge on this topic. Unlike SOA, which has the OASIS SOA Reference Model RACI has no normative definition....
View ArticleDecision Analysis
Making decisions is something that RACI and DACI help with, yet provide very little in terms of electronically searchable knowledge. Many RACI practitioners believe the true value of using RACI is in...
View ArticleGreat Video on RACI and ITIL
ITIL is a Registered Trade Mark of the Cabinet Office in the United Kingdom and other countries. ITIL is an acronym that stands for Information Technology Infrastructure Library. ITIL itself is a...
View ArticleHacking the Enterprise – Collaborative Intelligence
In this first blog post about Hacking the Enterprise, we will to introduce the concept behind the Whispr platform we are working on. The concept of hacking the enterprise is about unlocking the...
View ArticleRACI and Natural Language
There are many patterns for communication modelling how real world collaboration works is sometimes difficult. One of the hardest things for a human being to do is to think about how they think. When...
View ArticleI am seeking .NET, PHP Developers and Project Managers
My new agency is growing fast. The side effect of producing many successful ad campaigns is that the underlying technical infrastructure to handle the extra traffic has to be increased. Many of our...
View ArticleMayoral Candidate puts forth new transportation plan!
In a surprise move, Olympic Bob-sledder Kaillie Humphries has put her hat in to the next Vancouver Civic elections as a mayoral candidate. Capitalizing on her brilliant performance in the 2014 Sochi...
View ArticleA Perspective on the new Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation
If you are a business operating within Canadian borders and you are involved in sending electronic messages to your customers, you must take the time to read the following advice. There are actions...
View ArticleI hate Platform as a Service
I sit here today at work and listen to someone describe "Platform as a Service" to me. It rubs me as badly as "Data as a Service" or any other *aaS acronym. Why?The OASIS Reference Model for SOA, the...
View ArticleSenior vs. Junior Programmer (Developer) Definition
We have been asked many times to define the differences between Senior and Junior programmers. While there is no exact answer, this blog post attempts to clarify what we look for when hiring developers...
View ArticleNew Neo4J Training - Vancouver, BC
I will be conducting another Neo Technologies sponsored, one day training class on August 29th, 2014 for the Vancouver graph database user group (join us here). The class is designed to maximize the...
View ArticleUsing "tel" as a URI scheme in web pages
With the explosive growth in website traffic originating from mobile devices, we are now using the "tel" URI scheme for hyperlinks of telephone numbers within our customers' HTML website pages. The use...
View ArticleGoogle use of TLS as an SEO Ranking Signal
The Google webmaster blog has recently made it known what we at Hot Tomali/Technoracle had suspected for some time. The announcement, made last month, clarified that the Google search engine has been...
View ArticleA "Must-Attend" Geothermal Energy Talk
BCSEA Webinar: Geothermal Energy - BC's Enormous PotentialJoin us for a free BCSEA Webinar on Tuesday September 23 at noon PDT (3:00 PM EDT) Reserve your free Webinar seat now at:...
View ArticleSitefinity Certification
At Hot Tomali we are doing some great work with Sitefinity, a Content Management System (CMS) for the .NET world. Sitefinity is published by Telerik and Hot Tomali has been a partner in their...
View ArticleGeothermal Energy within British Columbia, a Potential Gold Mine for BC!
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 CanGEA released the full copy of their Geothermal Report to the public. The title of the report is Geothermal: The Renewable and Cost Effective Alternative to Site C. New...
View ArticleSome Neo4J Training Spots Still Available!
Neo4j's Graph Academy Training provides you with the required skills to be effective with graph data and productive with Neo4j. You will gain key modeling and implementation skills to tackle graph data...
View ArticleMac OSX Won't Acknowledge New JDK, Set Java Version
Java on OSX has always been much messier than Java on Linux. The very way that Apple finds the current JDK is simply in-elegant and to be honest, quite ugly. I've been shifting Java JDK's and JVM's...
View ArticleHow Trans Mountain Project Will Pump Profits to Its Texas Owners
True journalism requires tireless hours of investigation, a disciplined mind that can separate fact from story, a dedication to one's profession that cannot be bought or traded and people who devote...
View ArticleMy Referendum Thoughts
I have been asked by many people what my thoughts are on the Transit Referendum. For the record, I will repeat what I had earlier stated. A referendum is not something I feel is needed in most cases...
View ArticleMore Neo4J Training - Vancouver, BC
Back for the fourth time in two years, Hot Tomali is presenting two solid days of developer training for Neo4J. Whether you are a skilled developer or just beginning, this course features an easy...
View ArticleMore on Geothermal Energy in British Columbia
The article below recently surfaced via the Vancouver Sun. As a person who has been a large proponent of Geothermal energy and a former consultant with the United States Department of Energy (US DOE),...
View ArticleLooking for Neo4J Help in Vancouver?
If you are in Vancouver, BC or the surrounding areas, including Nanaimo, Victoria or anywhere else in the Province, there are some great resources for Neo4J. Personally, I've been working with Neo4J...
View ArticleGoogle Places "Type" Dropdown list (Free HTML Code)
I've been working on a new venture named GoPage (www.gopage.com). As part of our lookup through the Google Places API, we need to pass over the "type" parameter. The Google Places API is a REST based...
View ArticleEnergy Efficient Building Funding Available
As you all know, a large part of my work has been focused on energy efficiency including renewable and alternative energy development. I was fortunate enough to have worked directly with many great...
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