Architecture, Data and Intelligence

Ten years ago (March 2006) I attended the SPARK workshop in Las Vegas, hosted by Microsoft and inspired by Christopher Alexander. (Every par...

One of the interesting divisions of opinion at the SPARK workshop (and surfacing afterwards in the blogs of some of the participants ) was ...

In this post, I want to provide some further analysis of Jeff Schneider's useful diagram, which he produced on the first day of the SPAR...

Eighth post in seven days. As regular readers will know, I don't always post this often. But I've got lots of material to share afte...

Perhaps the coolest diagram that came out of the SPARK workshop was one based on the Celtic Tree of Life. Nick Gall, who contributed to this...

Some more observations from the SPARK workshop ... Network of centres I really liked this diagram, which was produced by one of the other ...

Day 2 of the SPARK workshop was an attempt to develop frameworks that encapsulated the architectural response to the challenges identified i...

Am in Las Vegas as a guest of Microsoft for the SPARK workshop. ( workshop blog , photos ). I am very happy to have the chance to meet a loa...

Just been reading Dion Hinchcliffe's post A Timeless Way of Building Software , in which he rewrites the opening of Christopher Alexande...

I've just received a preparation pack for the SPARK workshop , including a new copy of Christopher Alexander's book Timeless Way of ...

Am still looking forward to the SPARK workshop , despite early posturing from some of the participants. Dare Obasnjo has posted a personal ...