About Ambysoft.com

The History of Ambysoft.com

September 1996: I first built this web site to market my consulting services and my writings. Over time the web site grew and became more and more complex, in part because I didn't put together a plan for the site and also because I was experimenting with the technology. Tech comment: Used Microsoft Frontpage 1.0 to build the initial site.
June 1997: I released version 2 of this site, it's purpose to market my services as an independent consultant in object technology and to continue to market my writings.
June 1999: Version 3 reflected the fact that I had co-founded Ronin International, Inc. as a senior consultant. Tech comment: Abandoned Frontpage in favor of Visual SlickEdit.
December 2004: Version 4 uses my new look and feel by introducing logos for myself, the company, and the various methodologies such as Agile Modeling. The original logos were filled in triangles pointing North East.
August 2005: For version 5 I punched up the menus a bit, introduced a style sheet for improved look and feel.
August 2012: Introduced new logos for all my sites in preparation for my new company, Scott Ambler + Associates (SA+A). Logos have no fill and now point East. I guess this is now "Version 6" although I've been evolving the site for a long time now.
January 2018 (v7): Updated the look and feel again to make it a bit cleaner. Updated the site to reflect the fact that SA+A evolved to Disciplined Agile, Inc. (DAI). Tech comments: A few years ago I ported the code to CoffeeCup. With this release I finished stripping out the remaining cruft inserted by Frontpage years ago.
April 2020 (v8): Reworked this site to reflect the fact that DAI was purchased by PMI in August 2019

The Design of Ambysoft.com

The over-riding goal of this web site is KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. I really dislike it when I have to sit and wait for a fancy graphic to be transmitted down the wire to me. Like many of you I'm on the net for the content, not the fluff, so I intend to keep this web site as simple as possible. There's lots of good information here and if you want a picture then all you need to do is click on it to download it.

I also decided to keep the color scheme simple: A white background with dark text (black, red, blue) output on it. This is an example of what I call the "contrast rule" in The Object Primer -- Use dark text on a light background or light text on a dark background. The greater the contrast between the text color and the background color the easier it is to read.

About Ambysoft

Ambysoft Inc. is a Canadian company incorporated within the Province of Ontario.