There has been a lot of news the past few days about data portability. I posted a summary and analysis of some of the news a few days ago. Today, the Data Portability Working Group announced that LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart (TypePad and MovableType) and Twitter have joined as well. So, what does all of this… Read More What Does Data Portability Mean To You?
What did I miss? Is today the standard day to announce “big news”? The reason this is so interesting is because it is all related to social media and social networks. First, Comcast announces its new service fancast.com. They are partnering with IBMD, CBS, Hulu.com and others. The Comcast offering is a video “hub” where… Read More Big Companies, Big Social News
The basic idea behind Plaxo is to be the one site for all of your information. The aggregation is meant to be from various sources like your email contacts, your social network information and more. Because it takes data from all of these sources, you should be up-to-date on “everything” in your online (and possible… Read More Plaxo Problems May Hamper Sale
So, the big social media story floating around is the problems people are having with Digg. I will admit that I am not an avid Digg user but that is because of some of the same reasons as described in the linked articles. By now people have heard of several “popular” sites being banned by… Read More Is Digg being buried by its own success?
As a java developer, I am always trying to get someone else to do little jobs for me. Could someone get me a build of the project? Could someone figure out what libraries we are dependent on, and are we using a compatible version? You get the picture. I don’t want to talk specifically about… Read More Top 10 tools for java development
When I was a consultant (oh, so long ago), it was critical to have knowledge of various command-line unix tools. The main reason for this was that the administrators of the machine would only grant ssh access to someone like a consultant. In addition to this, you were not allowed to install any software either.… Read More Tools to know when on a unix command line
Let me start by saying that I have nothing against Javalobby, TSS or Slashdot. This is just an opinion on how I see things moving on the internet. I used to be an avid reader of Javalobby and TSS as recent as last year. The issue I used to have with those sites was the… Read More Is Javalobby relevant anymore?
As some people know, I am not a Microsoft fanboy. I am a Java developer mostly, with lots of database development. However, I have an open mind when it comes to tools to use in the workplace. My feeling is that you should use the best tool for the job. This means that you should… Read More Sometimes you have to use Visual Basic
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