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Controlling the Storm
Was reading Jason's blog post on Brainstorming Done Wrong, I agree completely. Brainstorming is dangerous if not done properly. Simply put, people tend to loose focus and get overwhelmed and confused....
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How I setup my git repos
I have a directory on my linux box for git repositories and as often as not I need to share these with my fellow developers. Here are the steps I take in setting up a new developer and project. Setup...
View ArticleIf you are stuck on Outlook 2002…
Yeah, as the title says some corporations (albeit I hope there aren't that many dysfunctional corps out there) are still stuck on Office 2002! What does this mean for you as a contractor or employee...
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Applying a PR filter to Calacanis
If you are a big fan of TWiST or TechCrunch you've most certainly heard of the what could be called a "harsh" or "crass" response to an employee of Mahalo who resigned via email to his employer: Jason...
View ArticleMaven Exclusions – Not Always Inherited
Learned the hard way that Maven exclusions do not get inherited from parent pom files if you happen to add an exclusion in a child pom. An exclusion is a dependency you do not want used when building...
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Give Credit where Credit is Due: Dan Kulp
I've just finished up a year long contract at a major insurance company writing their first outward facing HL7 Web Services. From my Leap Frog days, I learned to write SOAP and REST based web services...
View ArticleIt’s always great when your reputation precedes you
Starting a new/old contract this week. From 2000-2006 I worked with Morgan Stanley mostly on recruiting and talent management HR software. I've been asked back to help out with some...
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Episode 6 – Apple vs Adobe & Open Source Inc.
Episode 6 marks the return of The Basement Coders Podcast! Craig Tataryn is back with all new co-hosts Jeff Genender, Guillermo Castro and Justin Lee. We hope you enjoy the podcast! In this episode we...
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Episode 7 – Why are Mainframes still around? -or- Mainframes vs. Cloud
In this episode we have a special guest, Jason Whaley who along with Jeff Genender have a plethora of SOA and Cloud Computing knowledge and insight. If you were in Las Vegas last March at TSSJS you've...
View ArticleOld JRoller Posts
The next few postings on the site will be from my old JRoller account. They are postings I've noticed which have pretty good Google rank.
View ArticleA case for iBatis
Orginally posted on my JRoller Blog Novemeber 9th 2007 This is an excerpt from a discussion I had with the developers at the company I am contracting to. Let me know your thoughts. Just wrapping up a...
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Episode 8 – All about Web Sockets
This week we grill our very own expert Justin Lee about Web Sockets. We ask what they are, how they are being used and how they'll change the web to come. Justin works on the Grizzly Web Sockets...
View ArticleTenets of Remote Development Governance
Please checkout the podcast on this topic! It's Episode 9 Remote Development Governance Remote development is usually implemented as a cost saving measure, and thus it's only true metric of success is...
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Episode 9 – Remote Development Governance
Want to outsource a project but don't know how to go about it? Scared about quality? This podcast as well as The Tenets of Remote Development Governance will help. In this podcast Craig, Jeff, Jason...
View ArticleCerner – A company you DONOT want to work for…
Wow, here's a prime example of a company you don't want to be working for, checkout this (de)motivational email it's CEO Neal Patterson sent... From: Patterson,Neal To: DL_ALL_MANAGERS;...
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Episode 10 – REST vs. SOAP, Closures in JDK7, etc…
In this podcast Craig, Jeff, Jason and Justin and Guillermo take on a range of topics from REST vs. SOAP web services, Closures in Java7 and the Defender Methods proposal, which option is the best for...
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Episode 11 – All about Open Core Licensing
Finally! We took a bit of a break seeing as how there was a holiday in the US and Canada. But Craig, Guillermo, Justin and Jason are back in Episode 11 discussing a bit of a hot button topic: Open...
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Episode 12 – Google’s Nexus One Android Phone
Well, we've talked quite a lot about the differences between Android and iPhone but oddly enough none of us have actually owned an Android phone! This week, Jeff takes us through his experience with...
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Episode 13 – Maven 3: Interview with PMC Chair Brian Fox
With the Maven 3 betas being out and packing a tonne of cool features we decided that we needed to sit down and talk with someone in the know. Enter Brian Fox, PMC Chair Apache Maven and VP of...
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Crash Plan – Our new Show Sponsor!
Well, I have great news in that we now have a Show Sponsor! Crash Plan, which provides a multi-platform backup client (for free) with the option of using their off-site Crash Plan Central service is...
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