Showing posts with label About. Show all posts
Showing posts with label About. Show all posts
Monday, May 02, 2011
No Ads.
Just a quick note: I decided to make ClearConceptualThinking.net an ad-free blog. I'm also working on making PlanetProject.wikidot.com an ad-free wiki.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tweets from Rolf
Just in case you're interested and did not notice, you can follow me on Twitter using http://twitter.com/rolfgoetz
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Engineers discover Planet Project!
I'm proud to provide you with nearly all the content of this blog in a wiki form. Please check out this blog's sister website Planet Project.
A couple of people asked me to choose a wiki, so people can contribute. Of course! You are very welcome, please populate the Planet Project!
A couple of helpful links to the Planet:
While I will still write this blog regularily, all new processes, principles and rules will be published on the Planet only.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
How about a wiki?
Dear readers,
today I want to ask you a question. I'm thinking about transforming this blog to a wiki. All the principles, processes, rules shall be available in a form that is modifyable for content, by anybody.
What would you prefer, the blog or the wiki? And if you'd like a wiki, should I give authorship to anybody, without any restrictions (like wikipedia)?
Please let me know. Use the comment function of this post or email me at rolf(dot)goetz(at)gmx(dot)de. If you have any special requirements, I'd be happy to hear them!
Thanks a million!
Rolf
today I want to ask you a question. I'm thinking about transforming this blog to a wiki. All the principles, processes, rules shall be available in a form that is modifyable for content, by anybody.
What would you prefer, the blog or the wiki? And if you'd like a wiki, should I give authorship to anybody, without any restrictions (like wikipedia)?
Please let me know. Use the comment function of this post or email me at rolf(dot)goetz(at)gmx(dot)de. If you have any special requirements, I'd be happy to hear them!
Thanks a million!
Rolf
Friday, April 25, 2008
A Personal Matter
If you like this blog or me, or just want to have good karma, please help:
Click in my charity widget on the right or visit my Firstgiving website (see photo of me!) and support my non-profit donation project. I'm raising funds for the school education of a child in the third world. Room to Read is a super efficient organization that provides under-privileged children with opportunities to gain the lifelong gift of education, in order to break the cycle of poverty and provide the means for self-determination.
Click in my charity widget on the right or visit my Firstgiving website (see photo of me!) and support my non-profit donation project. I'm raising funds for the school education of a child in the third world. Room to Read is a super efficient organization that provides under-privileged children with opportunities to gain the lifelong gift of education, in order to break the cycle of poverty and provide the means for self-determination.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Signs and Symbols
Name: Signs and Symbols
Type: Explanation
Status: Draft
Version: 2007-04-18
Rationale: This blog makes use of Planguage, a planning language from the Gilb family.
Here's my dialect:
E Entry-Condition
S Step in a process
P Principle
R Rule
X Exit-Condition
[…] Qualifyer, Condition
<...> not sufficiently specific
or
{…} set of things
F(x) s.th. that has been derrived from x using a function F
' commentary text afterwards
italics commentary text
Type: Explanation
Status: Draft
Version: 2007-04-18
Rationale: This blog makes use of Planguage, a planning language from the Gilb family.
Here's my dialect:
E Entry-Condition
S Step in a process
P Principle
R Rule
X Exit-Condition
[…] Qualifyer, Condition
<...> not sufficiently specific
or
{…} set of things
F(x) s.th. that has been derrived from x using a function F
' commentary text afterwards
italics commentary text
Thursday, April 12, 2007
About me
I'm Rolf, born 1971 in Germany.
My studies in computer science ended quite successfully with a thesis on linguistic methods in requirements engineering. I got employed right away by the SOPHISTs, Germany-based consultants spezialising in requirements engineering. There, I was responsible for doing requirements work, later also organising requirements work, then also educating people about requirements work. As a nice by-product, I had the chance to co-author several books there.
After a couple of years I decided that this was enough consultant's work, went to Asia for a small sabbatical, and then joined Deutsche Post World Net. A rather large group that does logistics worldwide. I currently work there in the IT department for the MAIL subdivision. Right in the middle between stakeholders and developers, again I do and organise requirements work, and the aspect of informing colleagues about my ideas and methods got so strong finally, that I decided to start this blog. Please note that everything I write here is my own private matter, and that it does not in any way represent terms or other regulations of my employer.
In general, I'm interested in requiremets engineering and systems engineering. One of my strongest beliefs is that the IT world would be an even nicer place to be, if its people stopped telling stakeholders which solutions they have, and started to listen to the problems.
It would also help a great deal if more IT people started clear conceptual thinking.
My studies in computer science ended quite successfully with a thesis on linguistic methods in requirements engineering. I got employed right away by the SOPHISTs, Germany-based consultants spezialising in requirements engineering. There, I was responsible for doing requirements work, later also organising requirements work, then also educating people about requirements work. As a nice by-product, I had the chance to co-author several books there.
After a couple of years I decided that this was enough consultant's work, went to Asia for a small sabbatical, and then joined Deutsche Post World Net. A rather large group that does logistics worldwide. I currently work there in the IT department for the MAIL subdivision. Right in the middle between stakeholders and developers, again I do and organise requirements work, and the aspect of informing colleagues about my ideas and methods got so strong finally, that I decided to start this blog. Please note that everything I write here is my own private matter, and that it does not in any way represent terms or other regulations of my employer.
In general, I'm interested in requiremets engineering and systems engineering. One of my strongest beliefs is that the IT world would be an even nicer place to be, if its people stopped telling stakeholders which solutions they have, and started to listen to the problems.
It would also help a great deal if more IT people started clear conceptual thinking.
About this blog
I started this blog for two reasons:
First, I needed a way to involve my colleagues. Before I kept all what appears as single posts in the blog with my private files on my computer. When I wanted to show something to someone, I had to send it by email, it wasn't always up-to-date etc. So I use the blog to communicate ideas.
Second, I needed a way to keep track of my ideas, preferably in a structured searchable manner, while I don't have my computer with me. So I use the blog to organise my work.
Please note that everything I write here is my own private matter, and that it does not in any way represent terms or other regulations of my employer.
I like the idea of the Robertsons: they called a little competition in 2005 named "stand on my shoulders". This is my list of personal exemplars. As I am proud of standing on the shoulders of so many clear conceptual thinkers of the recent and not so recent past, with equal pride I like to see that some of my ideas will have been build upon by others. This is a way to achieve eternal life.
Along these lines, this blog is constructed by recycled material to a great extent. I add my bit wherever I find it useful. However, some of other people's ideas cannot be improved as of now.
Enjoy!
First, I needed a way to involve my colleagues. Before I kept all what appears as single posts in the blog with my private files on my computer. When I wanted to show something to someone, I had to send it by email, it wasn't always up-to-date etc. So I use the blog to communicate ideas.
Second, I needed a way to keep track of my ideas, preferably in a structured searchable manner, while I don't have my computer with me. So I use the blog to organise my work.
Please note that everything I write here is my own private matter, and that it does not in any way represent terms or other regulations of my employer.
I like the idea of the Robertsons: they called a little competition in 2005 named "stand on my shoulders". This is my list of personal exemplars. As I am proud of standing on the shoulders of so many clear conceptual thinkers of the recent and not so recent past, with equal pride I like to see that some of my ideas will have been build upon by others. This is a way to achieve eternal life.
Along these lines, this blog is constructed by recycled material to a great extent. I add my bit wherever I find it useful. However, some of other people's ideas cannot be improved as of now.
Enjoy!
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