Another one bites the dust…
Man o man, what is it with the bars in this town. Will miss you Fred…
A little bit of nostalgia
Even though it didn’t mean all that much to me, a little bit of nostalgia nonetheless, for those in the know (the photo is from November 2007).
Clinique La Métairie
Another multi-lingual site engineered from scratch by lémansoft : www.lametairie.ch
Diversity
Another cool little multi-lingual site engineered by lémansoft : www.diversity-charter.ch (or www.charte-diversite.ch, or …)
What’s a software architect ?
This is another one of those questions I get frequently. Many good software engineers can design and develop good software solutions that meet the needs of their customers. But few can design a solution that will really withstand the test of time.
As most of us know, software can have a life of its own, and badly designed software can quickly turn into an ugly monster. A good software architect looks at many aspects of a design to ensure higher reliability, extensibility, maintainability, usability and so on, to ensure that the software will grow smoothly along with the needs of its users.
If you’re building an application that will need to be around for many years, should you hire an architect to help design a solution? The only real question here is can you afford not to? 
Cheers!
I love my new phone
I finally swapped my old and trusty (but after two years of abuse now flaky) Nokia in for the new Sony Ericsson W810i.
Wow, I’m in love. It’s a great phone and contact/calendar manager (better Outlook resync of contacts and calendar than Nokia, especially with multi-day events), MP3 player and 2.0 mega pixel camera. Job well done Sony Ericsson! The only negative so far is the short battery life while playing the MP3s. But that’s the price you pay for having all in one…
Nice little extras: comes ready to go with the USB cable (with Nokia you usually have to spend another CHF 60), comes with great stereo earphones, and a 512M memory stick!
Does software = web sites ?
It’s funny, I often run into people who, once I tell them I am a software architect and developer, ask me if it’s all about creating web sites.
I usually tell them that developing software is a lot more than that, that for instance one could create a software package integrating an internal accounting database with an ordering system, or things of that nature.
As it turns out, as more and more software migrates to the web (internet AND intranet), it’s entirely true that much of the software that we create can and will run as web client/server systems. It can be much cheaper since no client licensing is usually required other than a simple browser, but of course the result may not be as integrated as a traditional solution, but even that is changing.
So the answer to the question is: “yes, a lot of the software today can be boiled down to web sites, but it depends…”
Cheers and happy summer!
It’s aliiive !
Welcome to the lémansoft website! If you’re wondering (and I know you are) how long it took to bring this website up, the answer is 120 minutes! Yes, I kid you not!!! And now, let the fun begin…