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Jon Erickson at DDJ is looking for "early computer career" stories…

In the most recent Dr. Dobbs Update email I received, Jon Erickson, DDJ Editor, asks "Let’s Hear About Your Personal Computing History". "What was your first programming job? Anything as exciting as COBOL programs for the Yellow Pages? How did you get Job #1 and why did you move to Job #2?"
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24 years of software development work in Scotts Valley…

I just got back from two weeks in Europe visiting with great customers, partners, and press in Moscow, Milan (Piacenza), Hamburg, Frankfurt, Brussels, London, and Maidenhead. I arrived back in time to celebrate my 24 years, today, here in Scotts Valley working for Embarcadero (Borland International, Inprise, Borland Software Corporation, DevCo, and CodeGear).  Twenty-Four years focused [...]

Where in the world has David I been the last three weeks?

Hello from Beijing.  I am at the last stop on a three week application development and database development tour and vacation trip in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China.  While on the trip I have visited with many developers, customers, community leaders, and even a university (Hohai University in Nanjing).  Loads of excitement about the developer tools [...]

Delphi programming meet up(s)…

I am often asked "Where can I find Delphi programmers?" and "Is there a place where I can meet other Delphi developers?".  Of course you can use the Embarcadero Developer Network, our Delphi web forums, Delphi User Groups, DelphiLive!, Delphi Tage, and at other Delphi face-to-face and online events.
Another place you can find Delphi developers is via [...]

DelphiLive! - May 13-16 - San Jose California - Early Bird registration until April 10th

DelphiLive! 2009 will take place for the first time in San Jose, not far from Delphi’s birthplace in the Silicon Valley. The programming language and development tool Delphi and Delphi Prism has been sold more than 1,500,000 copies and is used in millions of application development projects around the world.
DelphiLive! is Embarcadero’s face to face Delphi [...]

Delphi 2009 Productivity Tour - Thank You Orange County and Los Angeles

I just got back from Southern California as part of the Delphi 2009 Productivity Tour. On the way down to Orange County, I brought the rain with me from Northern California.  Thursday and Friday were nice and sunny.  It was great to see so many developers at the stops (and the Pizza and Sodas were [...]

Delphi Live! Conference - May 13-16, San Jose, California USA

The Delphi Live! website is now online.  The face to face conference will take place at the San Jose Marriott Hotel (less than 30 miles of where Delphi was created and in the heart of the Silicon Valley)) May 13-16.
Embarcadero team members will be presenting.   You should consider presenting by submitting your technical session and workshop proposals by February [...]

Delphi Prism - sources of information and examples

We’ve received a few emails from Delphi developers, who have downloaded the trial version of RAD Studio 2009 with Delphi Prism, asking where they can find additional examples, articles, tutorials, and other sources of information.  Some developers want to easily understand the differences between the Delphi Win32 and Delphi Prism languages.
Reading source code examples and articles always helps [...]

Turbo Pascal version 1.0 - a month of memories

This post ends thirty days of blog posts in celebration of Turbo Pascal Version 1.0’s 25th anniversary.  I’ve tried to post a selection of memories and technical details but I knew I would not be able to tell the whole story in just one month.  I will continue to collect the historical documents and memories [...]

Memories of Turbo Pascal - Larry O’Brien, Hawaii

From: Larry O’Brien - knowing.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal version 1.0 anniversary…
[David I. note: Larry O'Brien is a professional writer and software developer who lives on the Kona side of the Big Island of Hawaii. Larry has been Product Review Editor for the magazines Computer Language and AI Expert, Editor-in-Chief [...]

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