Many people abandon their Vim learning efforts because they fail to become productive quickly enough. The lowest common denominator form of behavioural expectation from a new text editor may be, arguably, embodied by Microsoft Notepad. This article provides a 1:1 mapping of Microsoft Notepad’s functions to Vim so that Vim newcomers can feel quickly at home. Vim-specific bells and whistles are avoided to keep focused on the stated goal.

An essay on why software is not a regular capital good and why it should be treated differently in outsourcing arrangements.

A list of procurement concepts.

An IT/Business transformation rarely takes place without the aid of vendors, be it for the provision of products or services. The procurement process is sometimes intimidating especially when the organisation’s procurement capability is not mature enough.

A brief account on what a reusability KPI is in SOA.

A high-level methodology to devise an integration strategy for an organisation.

A simple methodology to build a business case for an integration programme by performing a cost benefit analysis on the organisation’s front-end systems.

These is a consolidation of various blog posts and articles I had published when consulting under Tesira Ltd about how hyped the SOA market was at the time.

An account of the type of data that is typically included on headers when using messaging systems.

An introduction to Business Integration and how it differentiates from SOA.