Monthly Archives: January 2018

Cross-Browser Compatibility: My Website Animation, Part 2

Digging into yesterday’s problem more I found references to a procedure called font boosting, and a number of ways to potentially control it or turn it off. Font boosting has to do with making the text larger by default on … Continue reading

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Cross-Browser Compatibility: My Website Animation, Part 1

The introductory animation on my website has been a source of annoyance for me for some time. It never scaled properly on Android devices. It worked fine on every other browser I was able to test (IE, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, … Continue reading

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Generic Sensor API

On Wednesday I attended a Meetup hosted by Pittsburgh Code & Supply. This particular event was hosted by Brian Kardell (see also here) and was formally titled with the prefix “[Chapters Web Standards]:” I think to indicate that the talk … Continue reading

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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: Round Two

On Tuesday I gave this talk again, this time for the IIBA’s Metro DC Chapter. Here are the results from the updated survey. The results from the first go-round are here. List at least five steps you take during a … Continue reading

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Applications for Simulation

Simulation can be used for many different purposes, and I wanted to describe a few of them in detail. I pay special attention to the ones I’ve actually worked with during my career. Note that these ideas inevitably overlap to … Continue reading

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Architectural Considerations for Simulation

The simulations I’ve written, designed, specified, and utilized have incorporated a number of different features. I found it interesting that I was able to describe them in opposing pairs. Continuous vs. Discrete-Event I’ve gone into detail about continuous and discrete-event … Continue reading

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Verification and Validation: Observations for Simulation and Business Analysis

Verification and validation are complex subjects on their own (and see here and here more specifically for this discussion), and the simplest way I’ve found to describe the difference between them is that verification tests whether a solution works while … Continue reading

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A Simulationist’s Framework for Business Analysis: Round One

Yesterday I gave my newly prepared talk on business analysis at the Pittsburgh IIBA Chapter Meetup, the first of three times I’m scheduled to give it. The presentation, prepared using the Reveal.js framework, is at the link: http://rpchurchill.com/presentations/SimFrameForBA/ I’m sure … Continue reading

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