As I mentioned before, I went to the LondonJava Meetup on Tuesday 1st May. In my usual tardy fashion, I'm finally writing about the night (only three weeks late!). Tim Bray turned up that night, along with many other regulars. By the end of the night, I managed to work through discussions about CORBA, the … Continue reading Follically Challenged in a Hirsute World
LondonJava Meetup 1st May
It looks like there's another LondonJava Meetup on Tuesday 1st May. It's been a while, so I think that it's high time that I turned up.
Why I Prefer Ant Over Maven
Ant is a fairly mature software build system. I use Ant in pretty much all of my Java projects. Maven is a newer alternative to Ant that has been gaining mindshare over recent years. As such, a collegue recently asked me why don't we use Maven instead of Ant? On the surface, Maven appears to … Continue reading Why I Prefer Ant Over Maven
Evangelism is War
This is fairly old news, but I was absolutely fascinated by the "secret" Microsoft documents Evangelism is War. I think it's a very clear insight into why Microsoft is so successful, as well as why they are viewed abhorred in some circles. Hat tip to Steve Loughran. Update (Monday, 5th March) As a number of … Continue reading Evangelism is War
Gravestock Heating
I've just finished a quick and relatively simple web design project I've done for Stu, a good friend of mine. It's called Gravestock Heating. Stu Gravestock is starting his new business providing domestic heating services, such as central heating service and installation, gas breakdown work, and a heap more. He did a fantastic job in … Continue reading Gravestock Heating
CITCON London 2006 Retrospective
The Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (CITCON) was on last Saturday. I've only just got around to writing about it. There are already some other writeups available from the Comments on the Web page on the wiki. Anyway, here's mine... For me, the most unique thing about the conference was the manner in which it … Continue reading CITCON London 2006 Retrospective
X10, JavaComm Woes
It's like this, see: I've been longing for years to set set up some lava lamps to indicate the current build status (as described by Alberto Savoia and Mike Clark). I'm an expert at CruiseControl, which supports an X10 publisher. All good so far. Now, to use X10 from Java, there are two libraries you … Continue reading X10, JavaComm Woes
Using Pair Programming as an Excuse for Mandatory Overtime
I went to a job interview recently. I had applied for a role in a team that worked on technically interesting projects, and they were very keen on the use of agile methodologies. From my first impressions, it looked an ideal place to work. I thought I made a very good impression on technical part … Continue reading Using Pair Programming as an Excuse for Mandatory Overtime
IE6 on Linux
This is excellent: IEs 4 Linux. This makes website compatibility testing a whole lot easier for me.
XTC and London 2.0
In one of those strange examples of synchronicity, I managed to attend two different geek meetups in London on the same night; one was planned (XTC), and the other was a pleasant surprise (London 2.0). The initial meet-up I went to was the Extreme Tuesday Club (XTC), which is held in the Old Bank of … Continue reading XTC and London 2.0
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