Author: Ryan

Ryan is custom application development consultant specializing in Microsoft technologies and a former internal control specialist with broad industry experience, especially in the construction, information technology and oil & energy sectors. His professional interests include developing systems to automate the design, documentation and execution of internal controls programs; building and motivating teams; and educating and mentoring others.

Ryan has special interests in utilizing web technologies to make business processes more efficient and enable more seamless integration between existing systems and new business requirements.

Defending the Faith

Defending the Faith

I’m currently reading Wiersbe’s Prayer: Basic Training. I have found a lot of good information in it, much of it unexpected in a book on …

 

Joel Osteen’s Theology

Joel Osteen’s Theology

I recently read an article regarding Joel Osteen’s theology, then read Jude during a quiet moment: But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles …

 

The Mortgage Crisis, Enron, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

The Mortgage Crisis, Enron, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

Cindy Kay Olson wrote “Enron Foretold Our Misfortune” for the Houston Chronicle‘s editorial section for the October 5, 2008 Sunday newspaper. The article appeared just …

 

“American Unreason”

“American Unreason”

I just walked over to Barnes & Noble, mostly to just get out of the house for a bit, and found Susan Jacoby‘s The Age …

 

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike

Julie and I have our power again after several days in without following the wake of Hurricane Ike. It’s nice to have power, but we …

 

WPF DataBinding: Refreshing from Source

WPF DataBinding: Refreshing from Source

WPF DataBinding is terrific and allows for very passive views and easy source object updates. However, triggering updates in the view based on changes in …

 

Godlessness in the Last Days

Godlessness in the Last Days

Godlessness in the Last Days 3 But understand this, that yin the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be zlovers …

 

Composite WPF Patterns

Composite WPF Patterns

Microsoft’sComposite Application Guidance for WPF (Composite WPF) gives WPF a lightweight yet effective application block with which to build exciting applications. However, the biggest struggle is …

 

Too Much “Semantic” in the Semantic Web?

Too Much “Semantic” in the Semantic Web?

Bent Rasmussen started a terrific discussion on Twine today regarding an article titled “Never Mind the Semantic Web.” After reading Bent’s comment and the article, …

 

The Semantic Web, Blogging and WordPress

The Semantic Web, Blogging and WordPress

As any loyal reader of this blog can attest, I continually mull over whether or not maintaining a blog is a worthy pursuit. I’ve gone …