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April OWASP – The New Face of Cybercrime

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I attended the Fortify sponsored event and showing of The New Face of Cybercrime during Tuesday’s OWASP event at the Blue Ash Citi offices. Major Bruce C. Jenkins, (USAF, Ret.), Security Practice Director at Fortify Software, led the introduction and discussion on the education and awareness of security requirements facing today’s enterprise.

Central Ohio Day of .NET 2008

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I spent Saturday in Wilmington, OH attending the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Columbus Central Ohio Day of .NET. Here is my admittedly limited view/montage of the whole thing. Kudos to Mike Wood, Jim Holmes, Justin Kohnen, Bob Sledge, Nino Benvenuti, Carey Payette, Dan Hounshell! Great work on an AWESOME event!

BDPA 2008 Career Panel Discussion

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Thursday, Chuck Clevenger, Seapine Software’s corporate recruiter, and I had the privilege to meet with the local BDPA membership at the Fifth Third’s operations facilities. We discussed career trends as well as resume and interview subject matter. This is the third consecutive year the BDPA has invited me to participate. Hopefully I actually [...]

April SPIN – CMMI Implemented Large and Small Scale

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

The April Software Process Improvement Network, or SPIN, meeting compared and contrasted CMMI implementations in a large government contractor with a small healthcare IT company.

Kroger And Some Defective Yogurt

Friday, April 18th, 2008

When Kroger released its loyalty program a number of years ago, I signed up with a fake name and personal information. I liked the idea of saving money but didn’t want to allow big brother access to some of my personal habits. And, no, I wasn’t hanging out by the pharmacy counter on [...]

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