Ten years ago I was hired by a fairly sizable corporation to help them transition from procedural to object-oriented software development. At that time, many businesses have been going through the growing pains of adopting object oriented model, which most of them didn’t find very palatable. Fast forward to present time, when we see how...

When I was still at the University, they made us go through an in-depth study of the Communication Theory. I remember the whole thing seemed a little far fetched, but today, after so many years in the field of software development, I’m beginning to realize the full frontal wisdom of that theory. One Example The importance of [...]

When I was still at the University, they made us go through an in-depth study of the Communication Theory. I remember the whole thing seemed a little far fetched, but today, after so many years in the field of software development, I’m beginning to realize the full frontal wisdom of that theory. One Example The importance of [...]

Emboldened by how easy it was to build a simple web site in seven easy steps, you start bragging to your friends. Before you know it, one of your friends starts begging you to help them build a simple web site where they would maintain their membership. They are fed up with schlepping those old [...]

Emboldened by how easy it was to build a simple web site in seven easy steps, you start bragging to your friends. Before you know it, one of your friends starts begging you to help them build a simple web site where they would maintain their membership. They are fed up with schlepping those old [...]

OK, today I’ve discovered a post similar to my post about the CSS troubles (CSS is Like C) — it’s Juliette White’s Is CSS really the answer? Interestingly enough, she also made identical comparisons that I’ve made using C and Java. Frustrated minds think alike? Of course, Juliette gets the credit for being the...

OK, today I’ve discovered a post similar to my post about the CSS troubles (CSS is Like C) — it’s Juliette White’s Is CSS really the answer? Interestingly enough, she also made identical comparisons that I’ve made using C and Java. Frustrated minds think alike? Of course, Juliette gets the credit for being the...

Remember C? The good old programming language workhorse? It’s not much in mainstream use nowadays (at least not when it comes to building business software). What happened to it? Basically, it got replaced by a more portable solution — Java. C was initially touted as the portable solution, as it was supposed to be a...

Remember C? The good old programming language workhorse? It’s not much in mainstream use nowadays (at least not when it comes to building business software). What happened to it? Basically, it got replaced by a more portable solution — Java. C was initially touted as the portable solution, as it was supposed to be a...

Just wanted to let you all know that I’ll be speaking at the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo in Silicon Valley in October: http://www.rubyonrailsseminar.com/ Organized by the SYS-CON Events, this seminar is expected to draw top quality crowds. We’re expecting it to be one of those important gatherings that act as catalysts for...

Just wanted to let you all know that I’ll be speaking at the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo in Silicon Valley in October: http://www.rubyonrailsseminar.com/ Organized by the SYS-CON Events, this seminar is expected to draw top quality crowds. We’re expecting it to be one of those important gatherings that act as catalysts for...

I’ve spent the weekend at the local Folk Festival (the Vancouver Folk Festival). I’ve been a regular Folk Festival goer for the past 16 years. It’s probably the best festival I’ve ever been to, for several reasons: It is held in the city It is right at the city beach (Jericho Beach, one of the nicest beaches [...]

I’ve spent the weekend at the local Folk Festival (the Vancouver Folk Festival). I’ve been a regular Folk Festival goer for the past 16 years. It’s probably the best festival I’ve ever been to, for several reasons: It is held in the city It is right at the city beach (Jericho Beach, one of the nicest beaches [...]

In response to my recent post on the Namespaces Controversy, Peter Williams wrote an interesting post. In his post, Peter advises that namespaces should be used for name disambiguation only (disambiguation means ‘To establish a single grammatical or semantic interpretation for.’) And that’s exactly what I was referring to in...

In response to my recent post on the Namespaces Controversy, Peter Williams wrote an interesting post. In his post, Peter advises that namespaces should be used for name disambiguation only (disambiguation means ‘To establish a single grammatical or semantic interpretation for.’) And that’s exactly what I was referring to in...