Thank you, Rails
It’s fashionable, or perhaps inevitable, for tech communities to trash their competition. The Emacs folks like to mock vi users; Windows folk look... more »
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Plan your plan to stay ahead in your organization
People make plans. But if a plan is to pan out the correct way, you need to be able to execute it right. But how do you implement a plan to achieve... more »
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What I Miss in Java
So I finally got some time to sit down and write, after being knee deep in work the past month or two. And without a doubt, I wanted to write about... more »
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Don’t be an INTROVERT if you want to grow in your organization
Do you dread going to a convention and meeting new people? Do you sit mum in meetings, overpowered by others? Do you gape at the self-promoters in the... more »
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What not to do as a Boss!!!
Some of my random observations and rants about BAD managers and bosses…
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SOA needs manifestation….not manifesto
I’ll bet that it felt like a momentous achievement to get a group of very well-known bloggers, analysts and technologists to agree on a “manifesto”... more »
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5 Tips to become a successful and a famous manager
To become a really successful manager, you have to have time and patient. You need not to go to the best business school to learn how to be an... more »
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6 Tips to make your job-hunt successful
What are the holes you must plug to make your job-hunt successful? Try these tips:
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Apple Bites Windows 7
Apple have revealed their opinions about Windows 7. It's not complimentary, but do Apple need to resort to uninformed Microsoft bashing?
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Why you should learn C and not Scala
A not too serious conversation between me and Jimmy. He wants to be a programmer and later a developer. He started to learn JAVA and he asks me some... more »
7 Must Read Productivity Steps to Finally Getting Things Done
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I wrote this article as a “master guide” to productivity. Well OK, I don't know about a "master guide" but one thing is for sure: implementing these... more »
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A Better Developer
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We developers are constantly barraged with an overflow of activities and information we don't possibly have enough time for, and we're given very... more »
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What every developer should know about time
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With daylight savings time ending today, I thought this was a good time for a post. How to handle time is one of those tricky issues where it is all... more »
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Why you should contribute to Open Source
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via shalinsays.blogspot.com
Note: The following material and presentation was prepared for students of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad. The aim... more »
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We may never know who wrote Notepad!
Back in the late 1990s, some large Internet association conducted a survey in order to bestow awards in categories like Best Web server and Best Web... more »
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Think different about mock objects!
Another (different) point of view on mock objects, too much times used merely as a testing tool. They are more then that, and knowing how to use them... more »
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Liferay: Good, Bad or Ugly?
A compilation of personal experiences of a developer with the Liferay portal.
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A First Date with TypeKit
Several weeks ago, I found myself in a friendly debate with a co-worker over the handling and future of fonts through the web browser. Hours later, a... more »
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Mind your manners to grow fast at your organization
Some say good manners and proper etiquette are out of style - banished to the attic. Here are some tips to deal with the most common social situations... more »
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Are you passionate about your job?
You have a number of qualifications and skills and you take the first job opportunity that spells out a good salary and perks.
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Beautiful casting gone bad
Sometimes it seems like you're making improvement to the code by adding a helper method. Sometimes you're wrong.
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Imagination, process failures doom software projects
Scores of well-publicized software failures have taken a toll on careers, lives and resources, yet projects continue to fail at an alarming rate. Top... more »
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You need a GUID!
Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) are everywhere and they are great. Here's one: 17887139-b280-4984-849a-9029aefc055d ...and it's unique. You... more »
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Interview with Donald Knuth
Andrew Binstock and Donald Knuth converse on the success of open source, the problem with multicore architecture, the disappointing lack of interest... more »
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Are You Wary of a New Boss? No more!
Often I have seen people getting jittery when they hear of a new boss coming in. Maybe you get along very well with the outgoing incumbent, but that... more »
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