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IDEs – A Tool or an Obstacle

I am too upset to write a detailed entry on this, but all current IDEs suck in one way or another. They try to do too much. They want to be too intelligent. They want to think ahead, but they all have lost…

When We Are Too Early To Market…

It just amazes me how companies can be so early to market… hey, it has happened to me a couple of times already… Today I read about how Video-on-demand is to break $10bn barrier on 2010. Wow, 2010… It was 1995 when I…

WARNING LABEL GENERATOR

Pretty cool site to create your own warning labels in JPG format…. Hey, I even created my own warning label… :-) ceo

Developer's Top 10 replies when code doesn't work…

A peer of mine sent me this. It's funny… but true! Top 10 replies by developers when their programs don't work: 10. 'That's weird…' 9. 'It's never done that before.' 8. 'It worked yesterday.' 7. 'You must have the wrong version.' 6. 'It…

Google Sky…

Google Earth is a very, very cool product… Talk about a cool, useful tool. But, have you noticed the stars in the background? The constellations are very accurate too! You can see The Pleiades, Orion, etc… Awesome… In many respects, Google already have…

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

If you haven't yet seen this IMAX movie, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, you have to go see it. And if you have children or youngster in your family, take them with you. It is a great movie that brings a…

J2MEDeveloper.com is now JavaMEDeveloper.com!

As you may know, all of Java 2 Platform such as J2ME, J2SE and J2EE have been officially re-branded as Java Platform — this is as JavaME, JavaSE, and JavaEE respectively. This became official at JavaOne 2005. In other words, all the J2xx…

About AOL for Sale…

By now I am sure that you have heard or read the AOL acquisition rumors — rumors that Microsoft may aquire AOL… This rumor got Slashdotted, and Russell Beattie wrote about this as well, and as always, Russ provided his insights and food-for-thought…

Weblog is back…

I have installed blojsom… And this is my first post using it. Blojsom is definitely very easy to install and manage — I like it very much so far… Had to do some tweaks here and there, but it is all cool. Many…