Filed in archive Application Development by jason on March 31, 2006

I don't know about everyone else but I'm in a state of Overload as far as new tools that will make my life easier as an IT professional. I'm also very busy lately, as I hope everyone else ...

Survey in April - Win an iHome!

Filed in archive by Creative Weblogging on March 31, 2006

Today is the day! We will start our April contest and survey in the category "Technology" with the prize being an iHome iH5 Alarm Clock for apple ipods! All you have to do is to invest ab...

Joshua Bloch's Java Puzzlers Book

Filed in archive Programming by jason on March 29, 2006

When I went to JavaOne 2005 in SF one of the sessions I attended was the Java Puzzlers presentation. Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter did a really good presentation. I also recently finished the best Java...

Exchanging Large Files With Your Team

Filed in archive Business by jason on March 28, 2006

I've been meaning to cover Dropload for a long time now but only today was reminded of it. Today I was asked if I had an FTP server on my site so a team member could send me an 80 MB file. The tho...

Job Posting and Search Meets Web 2.0

Filed in archive E-Commerce by jason on March 28, 2006

It looks as though a new site named Jobby is trying to tag itself as a web 2.0 job search destination. Especially so when they are only currently serving those jub Hunters who call themselves "we...

Rails Lessons Applied to Java

Filed in archive Application Development by jason on March 26, 2006

With both Ruby on Rails and Java having reached the Koolaid Point a long time ago detractors on both sides are taking pop shots at each other. Comments from both side can get pretty childish at times ...

I've Been Snake Bitten

Filed in archive Programming by jason on March 25, 2006

I need to get up to speed on a project where I'll be using Python as the programming langauge. Normally I would spend the time to read a book about Python and then start programming with it. Howev...

Contextual eBay Ads for Web Publishers

Filed in archive E-Commerce by jason on March 23, 2006

EBay recently announced the winners of their developer program contest. One of the winners that stuck out to me was ctxbay.com. A developer put together an application that is suppose to allow people ...

Feedback Cuts Both Ways

Filed in archive Personal by jason on March 22, 2006

Yaro Starak wrote recently on his Entrepreneur's journey blog about some feedback he has gotten. The nutshell version is that, and this may sound obvious to some, not everyone likes want he is doi...

Working For An Equity Share

Filed in archive Business by jason on March 20, 2006

Since I've started writing this blog I've been approached a few times about working for equity at a startup company. On every occasion I felt a little off balance. Initially I'm interested...

Netbeans to Help New Java Programmers

Filed in archive Programming by jason on March 19, 2006

For anyone that has been reading my blog it must be obvious that I like the Netbeans IDE. I'm not religious about it, like some people can get about these things, but if I'm starting work on a...

My Month of March Contest Winner

Filed in archive Monthly Contest by jason on March 17, 2006

The winner of the Java Entrepreneur Contest for the month of March is Anjan Bacchu (See my original contest entry here). His entry for an AJAX book is spelled out as follows: Why AJAX ? intro chapt...

Around The World: The Economics of Being a Java Programmer

Filed in archive Business by jason on March 16, 2006

Today I read the most interesting article about Java programmers that I've seen in a long long time. Yakov Fain wrote an article asking "How much Java programmers make in your country." ...

Amazon Offers Simple Storage Service

Filed in archive Web Services by jason on March 15, 2006

Amazon just announced a new addition to their web services API line up. They explain it as follows: Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for devel...

PHP Is Getting A Java Like Web Framework

Filed in archive Application Development by jason on March 14, 2006

Once again IndicThreads.com has a good article. They are covering the creation of a new MVC framework that is based on PHP. It is called the Zend Framework but it is still under development and appar...

My Monthly Contest Update for March

Filed in archive Monthly Contest by jason on March 12, 2006

I've only gotten a couple of entries for this month's contest. After March 15th 2006 I will no longer accept entries and I will select the winner. There are still a few days to enter so if you...

Java Posse's TestNG Interview

Filed in archive Application Development by jason on March 12, 2006

I'm currently in a position where I'm starting a project that requires a Java testing framework of some kind. My default position is to simply use JUnit... of course. However, I ran across an ...

MapQuest OpenAPI made Public

Filed in archive Service Oriented Architectures by jason on March 8, 2006

The folks over at Mapquest have made public a new OpenAPI that allows access to their services. They briefly explain the API as follows: The MapQuest OpenAPI is a free service that allows you to use...

Google Maps In 10 Minutes

Filed in archive Service Oriented Architectures by jason on March 8, 2006

Joshua Siler has a post on his Exploration Age site entitled How to add a Google Map to any web page in less than 10 minutes. In the article he explains a way to include google maps functionality in y...

Why Project Managers Bother Me

Filed in archive Personal by jason on March 8, 2006

Someone shared something with me yesterday that helped me understand why certain people act as they do during IT projects. He sent me a link to the article: Why should I care what color the bikeshed i...

Java Tips Site

Filed in archive Business by jason on March 6, 2006

The founder of the Java-Tips.org site emailed me recently both making me aware of his site and asking for a link exchange. I checked out his site and think it is a pretty good resource for people inte...

My $50 Amazon Gift Certificate Contest

Filed in archive Monthly Contest by jason on March 6, 2006

Well my idea for a contest seems to have gone over like a lead balloon. This is something I need to work on since I plan to have these contests every Month. I have gotten zero entries and unless someo...

Marketing Programming Languages

Filed in archive Business by jason on March 5, 2006

Guido van Rossum posted an article on Artima Developer that is making me think about things a little differently. In the article he talks about how Ruby is getting a lot of attention and that Python n...

Rails To Bring Java's Early Retirement From Web Appilcations

Filed in archive Application Development by jason on March 3, 2006

David Heinemeier Hansson, who is the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails (RoR) web application framework, was interviewed on Indicthreads.com recently. During the interview Mr. Hansson says that he t...

The Web 2.0 Show

Filed in archive Business by jason on March 2, 2006

I listen to podcasts just about Everyday. Some fall off my rotation because they start to get old and others because they simply stop creating new episodes. Then there are the times when I find somet...

Concept Contest for an AJAX Book

Filed in archive Monthly Contest by jason on March 1, 2006

Just recently I was asked by a publishing company to review a manuscript for a new AJAX book. It was an interesting experience for me. Before I started reading I had some ideas in my head already abou...