Change is in the clouds

The emergence of online (cloud) computing and services is bringing change to Corporate IT, and those groups who embrace it will allow their companies to benefit from the rising tide. Discuss

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How Google Maps and Wave came to be

Interesting read - a talk presented by the leader of the Google Maps and Wave teams. Discuss

A History of Programming Languages (sort of)

Hilarious, if not factual. Discuss

Android comes north

Google's Android smartphone platform (finally) comes to Canada. Discuss

Java Posse Roundup Videos on YouTube

Videos from the March 2009 Java Posse Roundup are available on YouTube. The lightning talks are quite interesting, and not just Java-centric. Discuss

Trying to 'get' Python

I jumped into Python thanks to Google App Engine. I couldn't help feel that I wasn't 'getting it', coming from a strongly-typed universe. Bruce Eckel's presentation helped me to really start to 'get' Python. Discuss

RIP Swing, hello ....?

It's sad to see Swing fade away, but technology marches on and sometimes it's better to ditch 'legacy' tech in favor of new approaches. We still need a truly cross-platform UI toolkit, but what would that be today? Discuss

Publishing a web site on Google App Engine

Google App Engine is a great way to host a small site. I moved my wife's site over to it (as a hosting service) and got to learn Python along the way. I've also built a Python-based webapp / publishing framework for App Engine - version 3 just uploaded. Discuss

Being domain driven

Domain driven design is a great approach for building reasonably complex systems. The learning curve is steep, but the payoff is that you'll become a better software developer. Discuss