More reports means less information
Just as people spend far too much time in meetings, they also spend far too much time sifting through reports trying to determine what the most important information to…
Labs@Apache now open!
During 2006 the Apache Incubator process has really taken off. Incubator is a place for existing projects to enter the Apache Software Foundation, and build up community around them….
Better iTunes song deduping
**Update 4/24/2011. TidySongs is now Rinse! Same great product, but new vendor with a deeper music database that seems to match better. Ive updated the links. ** *Update 5/16/2010….
Rails and Functional Testing parameter pain
Ruby on Rails once again lived up to my expectations that it is incredibly powerful, but can als cause real pain! I had a functional test that proved that…
Roping In the Cowboy Coders
When an IT team needs help with a big project or a new task, they will often look to outsiders for help in delivering their objectives. Oftentimes, they will…
Bug 4814103 submitted to Apple!
I discovered a bug in Apples implementation of Java. When selecting multiple leaves in a JTree, and then ctrl + drag, the mouseDragged event should be fired. However, on…
How to dedupe your iTunes collection
Update 5/25/20 Rinse appears to be gone, or just out of date and bad. Not sure, with Apple Music etc if we dedupe these days! Update 4/24/2011. TidySongs is…
Recap of Selenium@Neon Guild
“Nothing is ever easy” has been my motto for a while, and last night difficulties in getting a working projector going at the Neon Guild reinforced that motto! To…
Selenium presentation @ Neon Guild
Hi Guilders: Heres your Friday-before reminder: Next Neon Guild Meeting: October 23, 2006 6-8pmTopic: SeleniumPresenter: Eric Pugh, OpenSource Connections Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests…
“Who’s Watching” road show is starting!
Join me and others for the Cyber Security Roadshow being put on by the “Whos Watching” campaign to increase public awareness of the profile people leave using the Internet….
Continous Integration Presentation for COJUG
On Tuesday, October 10th I had the opportunity to speak to the Columbus Ohio Java User Group. They are a pretty large group, that actually has seperate lunch and…
The Long Tail of the IT supply chain
In the past two years, Chris Andersons Long Tail has become relatively common in the business lexicon. Does the long tail apply to coders? Common business knowledge says that…