Category Archives: buckminster

Building Cathedrals from Bazaars

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

I wrote this as part of my work for Cloudsmith. It is a follow up of my earlier posting a few weeks ago. In summary, Cloudsmith lets you browse and find useful bundles of software components which work together – … Continue reading →

Posted in buckminster, cloudsmith, eclipse spaces, eclipsecon 2007, open source, rmap, SOA, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment

News; Cloudsmith, Science Gallery, UNICEF and Ammado.

Posted on October 26, 2007 by

Some news snippets from some of the things I’m involved with: Cloudsmith An upgrade to the web site at http://www.cloudsmith.com – more features, particularly so that you can easily map your own repository, better documentation. The site is generating considerable … Continue reading →

Posted in Ammado, buckminster, cloudsmith, UNICEF | 3 Comments

Sharing the best and most valuable: Software Hot Rodding

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

Like some other teenagers of my generation in the seventies, one of my hobbies at the time was faithfully constructing scale models from plastic kits from Airfix, Revell, Historex etc. As I developed my skills and interest, I took great … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, buckminster, cloudsmith, componentisation, eclipse spaces, Lean Design, open source, Web 2.0, XP | 2 Comments

Cloudsmith goes live!

Posted on August 20, 2007 by

As some of you may know, I regularly holiday just outside Roundstone in Connemara. I’ve just come back to Dublin yesterday after some time there again. If you haven’t yet been to the west of Ireland, I think one of … Continue reading →

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Self-Service Software As (And?) A Service

Posted on May 28, 2007 by

It is an interesting time for the world of “Software As A Service”. At some sort of cerebral level, Dell has been an inspiration for those contemplating a SaaS go-to-market strategy. Dell was renowned in the PC industry for largely … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Spaces

Posted on March 12, 2007 by

Part of the dilemma with the global software community today is that there are so so many open source repositories and projects. I guess amongst the best known community owned initiatives are Apache, eclipse and SourceForge. But there are very … Continue reading →

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Lego instruction sheets – and Buckminster

Posted on February 18, 2007 by

When I was a kid, my sister and I loved sharing our toys and playing together. She had a farm, with farm buildings and fenced fields; a hospital, complete with a helicopter landing pad for emergency cases; and a dolls … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on February 16, 2007 by

Gee, welcome to my blog, thanks for stopping by. A little about me: electronics engineer, then got into software. Co-founded IONA back in Feb. 1991, along with Annrai O’Toole and Sean Baker. Was CEO from then until 2000, including taking … Continue reading →

Posted in buckminster, cloudsmith, CTVR, IONA, LeCayla, SliSiar, UNICEF | 5 Comments