tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57492492535296083112024-03-08T07:30:12.445+02:00Object Disorientationobjectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-15372088259027900262013-05-06T10:04:00.002+03:002013-05-06T10:04:53.290+03:00Barbara Liskov @QCon London 2013In my book, one the most famous (if not *the* most famous) woman in Software Engineering: <a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/programming-abstraction-liskov" target="_blank">http://www.infoq.com/presentations/programming-abstraction-liskov</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-14466269977272781862013-04-11T12:45:00.001+03:002013-04-11T12:45:08.257+03:00Software Design in the 21st CenturyMartin Fowler: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kotnF6hfd8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kotnF6hfd8</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-56626049249499028752013-02-22T11:46:00.004+02:002013-02-22T11:46:58.934+02:00Ted Neward@1DevDay Detroit '012Courtesy of InfoQ: <a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Iconoclasm" target="_blank">http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Iconoclasm</a><br />
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Haven't seen Ted in a talk for a while now, but it's a very good, non-technical talk, well worth-while.<br />
objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-57089627830929580022013-02-04T11:52:00.002+02:002013-02-04T11:52:47.383+02:00Working Remotely<a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-in-working-remotely/">http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-in-working-remotely/</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-622778429787607542013-01-24T10:10:00.003+02:002013-01-24T10:10:43.939+02:00The Dark Side of "Craftsmanship"<a href="http://blogs.tedneward.com/2013/01/24/On+The+Dark+Side+Of+Craftsmanship.aspx" target="_blank">http://blogs.tedneward.com/2013/01/24/On+The+Dark+Side+Of+Craftsmanship.aspx</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-21100607205180035652013-01-23T10:52:00.003+02:002013-01-23T10:52:51.656+02:00Dan North on UncertaintyGranted, it's a broad topic, but Dan in my book, still is one of the most entertaining speakers: <a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Embracing-Uncertainty" target="_blank">http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Embracing-Uncertainty</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-51460429788125450962012-11-20T10:57:00.001+02:002012-11-20T10:57:48.349+02:00John Cleese on CreativiyEven though it seems to have been recorded quite a while back, a brilliant talk by John Cleese (Monty Python) on creativity: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShmtsLhkQg&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShmtsLhkQg&feature=player_embedded</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-86196650138358568662012-11-16T14:46:00.001+02:002012-11-16T15:11:24.124+02:00crazybob at StrangeLoopNice talk by Bob Lee where he basically explains what's going on at Square, the company at which he's CTO at the moment: <a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Square" target="_blank">http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Square</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-72040203614484287522012-10-19T12:37:00.004+03:002012-10-19T12:37:44.898+03:00Hierarchial DatabasesIn case you're dealing with a natural hierarchical model and are tired of bending existing solutions to simulate hierarchies, check out <a href="http://modeshape.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/when-is-modeshape-a-good-fit/" target="_blank">ModeShape</a>. It's lightweight and LGPL licensed.objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-33795777879236051992012-10-19T12:28:00.003+03:002012-10-19T12:28:24.190+03:00Google Data Center via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avP5d16wEp0&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">street view</a> . Pretty cool !objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-76527874418319381812012-08-13T10:46:00.000+03:002012-08-13T10:46:58.983+03:00Liberalism / Conservatism in Software EngineeringA brilliant essay by Steve Yegge: <a href="https://plus.google.com/110981030061712822816/posts/KaSKeg4vQtz">https://plus.google.com/110981030061712822816/posts/KaSKeg4vQtz</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-46773970867920928452012-08-06T10:51:00.000+03:002012-08-06T10:51:30.711+03:00Java Generics and Extreme SportsIf you've every used generics in Java and thought that <br />
<em>public abstract class Enum<E extends Enum<E>> implements Comparable<E>, Serializable </em>sends your neural synapses into an infinite loop, check this example out, courtesy of Spring Data: <a href="http://blog.springsource.org/2012/08/03/the-most-amazing-java-type-declaration-ever/">http://blog.springsource.org/2012/08/03/the-most-amazing-java-type-declaration-ever/</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-3853908329695067792012-07-12T10:03:00.000+03:002012-07-12T10:03:27.179+03:00GitHub investment or merger ?It seems that GitHub got a <a href="https://github.com/blog/1189-investing-in-github">100 mil investment</a> from Andreessen Horowitz, which seems pretty substantial. Wonder if there are any strings attached to this...objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-9899087438215198552012-07-10T11:10:00.000+03:002012-07-10T11:10:03.976+03:00How LinkedIn makes 20 times more money than Facebook, per userWouldn't have thought it, really: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/06/27/how-linkedin-strategy/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/06/27/how-linkedin-strategy/</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-25036078702994395822012-07-03T11:48:00.000+03:002012-07-03T11:48:57.844+03:00MVC on the Web<a href="http://www.subbu.org/blog/2012/07/mvc-may-be-slowing-down-your-site">Food for thought</a> on implementing MVC when running web-apps.objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-76347377463827897052012-05-17T10:58:00.002+03:002012-05-17T10:58:56.647+03:00OS XAnother awesome comic strip: <a href="http://xkcd.com/1056">http://xkcd.com/1056</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-83290317309426138092012-04-25T11:19:00.000+03:002012-04-25T11:19:03.694+03:00Dan North, latest talk from QCon 2012From last month's London QCon: <a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Decisions-Decisions">http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Decisions-Decisions</a><br />
IMO, Dan's presentations are some of the easiest to follow and entertaining out there.objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-29986852928232823562012-03-14T17:09:00.000+02:002012-03-14T17:09:53.199+02:00Responsive DesignAn old (2009) <a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/responsive-design">QCon presentation</a> from Kent Beck on some basic and obvious design principles. Really good and "easily" watchable.objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-79258118558250775742012-03-05T14:37:00.000+02:002012-03-05T14:37:02.272+02:00Sufficient Design<a href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Sufficient-Design">Nice talk</a> from Joshua Kerievsky on what "efficient development" is, from a business and engineering point of view.objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-92208441754427554532012-02-23T10:54:00.000+02:002012-02-23T10:54:10.838+02:00Creative Thinking PresentationScott Berkun - <a href="http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2012/creative-thinking-hacks-video/">http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2012/creative-thinking-hacks-video/</a> (about 1h long, but worth watching)objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-91127986035631548652012-02-01T09:42:00.001+02:002012-02-01T09:45:33.525+02:00Job Interviews<a href="http://www.unlimitednovelty.com/2011/12/can-you-solve-this-problem-for-me-on.html">Brilliant essay</a> (using a cooking metaphor) about the different styles of job interviews out there in the software industry.<br />
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To be fair, I came across this from <a href="http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/01/31/The-Ruby-Colored-Box.html">Uncle Bob's blog</a>.objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-45962503923252565542012-01-13T10:26:00.000+02:002012-01-13T10:26:22.512+02:00Regulating Software DevelopmentGood point made by Uncle Bob: <a href="http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/01/12/The-Letter.html">http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/01/12/The-Letter.html</a> (the letter mentioned is a horror-story example, some of which I have also seen since starting working in software development)objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-42685536377549820102012-01-12T11:14:00.000+02:002012-01-12T11:14:43.989+02:00Brian Foote, QCon interviewAt infoq: <a href="http://www.infoq.com/interviews/foote-oop-code">http://www.infoq.com/interviews/foote-oop-code</a>. If you don't know who Brian is, too bad, you should (<a href="http://www.laputan.org/">http://www.laputan.org/</a>). In my book, he's right up there with the top minds of the software development <strike>industry</strike> "school".objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-80611341691007808352012-01-06T16:17:00.000+02:002012-01-06T16:17:23.205+02:00GitHub File FinderAnother cool trick with GitHub: while in the file view (explorer) of a repository, type "t" and watch the "magic unfold" ;) (original post here: <a href="https://github.com/blog/793-introducing-the-file-finder">https://github.com/blog/793-introducing-the-file-finder</a>)objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749249253529608311.post-25544847402131494272012-01-05T10:57:00.002+02:002012-01-05T10:57:25.034+02:00Why GitHub is really coolOne of coolest things I've come across in the last couple of months is GitHub and the entire workflow behind it. Here's a good presentation of some of the cool features: <a href="http://confreaks.net/videos/754-rubymidwest2011-how-github-uses-github-to-build-github">http://confreaks.net/videos/754-rubymidwest2011-how-github-uses-github-to-build-github</a>objectdisorientationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477491968996357260noreply@blogger.com0