Category: technology
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Joel Spolsky at the Irish Java Technology Conference
I am ecstatic to announce that Joel Spolsky, of Joel on Software fame, has officially confirmed to open the IJTC in Dublin next week with a keynote address. For those who do not know Joel, he is a programmer, entrepreneur, blogger and writer of what I would consider one of the essential books on software…
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More IJTC speaker confirmations
Just received word this evening that another couple of big speakers have confirmed for the Irish Java Technologies Conference. It is a fantastic feeling when everything come together and falls into place 🙂 We are going to be put on a fantastic conference programme here in Dublin and I think people are going to be…
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IJTC Update
Having formally started inviting individual speakers for the ITJC last week we have been absolutely amazed at the response. What seemed as one of the major challenges for us upfront, has really turned out to be a nice surprise! The response has been fantastic and our speaker slots are filling up quickly, with presentations on…
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The Dublin JUG is gone from Meetup.com… to Dubjug.org!
I just stepped down as organizer of the Dublin JUG on meetup.com, thereby setting it on a path to automatic deletion. It has been a great trip, and I hope that the JUG will continue to receive the same sort of support as we move to our new home at dubjug.org I’m feeling kind of…
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Thoughts on Mixing EJB3 and Spring
A few weeks ago I blogged about Spring and EJB integration, but something just did not sit well with me. Why would you want to do this at all? I like Spring. Its myriad components make my life simpler. I can write the business code I need to faster without worrying as much about the…
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New Dublin JUG site coming soon
Coinciding with our work on the IJTC conference, scheduled for early November, the Dublin JUG will soon be moving off Meetup. This is in order to provide a more complete service to our group members, such as blog rolls, wiki, conference content and group planning. New logo, site, content… An exciting and busy time. Watch…
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Visio 2003 UML is The Bomb
I have worked with a number of different employer-provided UML tools in the past and have often been left underwhelmed. Rational Rose is a complex memory-hogging beast, ArgoUML seems clunky (although I’m happy to work with it at home since it’s free), and older versions of Visio have needed Pavel Hruby’s stencil to provide good,…
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Spring Web Services 1.0 Released
The Spring guys have released version 1.0 of their web services framework. The framework contains: simplified methods to create contract-first web services (Java classes from XML schemas) a clean client-side API standardized access to O/X (object to XML) mapping tools like Castor, XMLBeans and JiXB that allow you to marshal and unmarshal XML easily As…
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Another consumer foiled by DRM, or why Audiofy bookchips are rubbish
I recently purchased a Pimsleur Spanish language course on audio bookchip. I figured, hey, rather than buying CDs and then ripping them to my hard disk through iTunes and then putting them on my iPod or phone’s MP3 player, I’d save some time by getting it all on a chip and copying what I need.…
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Does the world really need a beer pouring robot?
I’m so glad that someone has finally come up with a robot that does something constructive. Now if only it didn’t keep chatting away in an annoyingly chirpy Japanese voice while it did it. I can also see a few other problems with the design, but hey, who am I to begrudge genius 😉 Now…