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Old-school programming techniques you probably don’t miss

"…and today can blissfully forget" by Esther Schindler, ComputerWorld Developer
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Development&articleId=9132061&taxonomyId=11&pageNumber=1
Esther has written a wonderful article on Computerworld’s Development site. She highlights 11 programming techniques that developers sent her after she posted a request on FaceBook and otehr sites asking developers to send in their thoughts. The article also lists some "honorable mention" techniques in each area.
The [...]

David Linthicum and Bernard Golden on the McKinsey Cloud Report

A post, by David Linthicum, that appeared on my Facebook stream: "Clearing the Air on McKinsey’s Cloud Report: The world of cloud computing was shocked last week with the release."
David’s blog post, "Clearing the air on McKinsey’s Cloud Report" - http://www.intelligententerprise.com/movabletype/blog/dlinthic.html/blog/archives/2009/04/clearing_the_ai.html
Bernard Golden’s article, "McKinsey Cloud Computing Report Conclusions Don’t Add Up" - http://www.cio.com/article/490770/McKinsey_Cloud_Computing_Report_Conclusions_Don_t_Add_Up
The McKinsey Cloud Report [...]

2009 04 30 David Intersimone Cloud Computing
Delphi Comments (0)

Software in the news….

While I was travelling, I tried to keep up on the news happening in our industry, in research, and at universities. Here are a few recent news items that I’m sure will be of interest to developers:
I.B.M. Computer Program to Take on ‘Jeopardy!’
New York Times (04/27/09) P. A11; Markoff, John
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/27jeopardy.html
NIST Suggests Areas for Further Security [...]

2009 04 28 David Intersimone Cloud Computing
Education
News
Programming Comments (0)

How do you get your software and database development product, news, and other bits?

In the Evans Data March 2008 Developer Marketing Patterns annual report one of the questions asked was “Which of the following methods of receiving product info do you like MOST?”, the results were:

Online newsletters – 26.5%
Email from the vendors – 21.0%
Evaluation copies sent to you unsolicited (CDs sent in the mail) – 15.2%
Ads in print publications – [...]

2009 01 26 David Intersimone Embarcadero
News
Products Comments (2)

From vnunet.com: Top 10 IT priorities for the Obama administration

In a recent article on vnunet.com, Iain Thomson and Shaun Nichols, create their top 10 IT priorities list for the Obama adminstration.
10. Use webcasting in government business
9. Update the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
8. Create a Federal Communications Commission with power
7. Immigration - the H1B visa system needs a big expansion
6. Invest in broadband infrastructure
5. Fund university [...]

2009 01 23 David Intersimone Education
Internet
People Comments (1)

Bjarne Stroustrup on educating software developers

I am a huge fan of Bjarne Stroustrup. He has made many important contributions to our world of programming programming languages, our programming world, and to Computer Science. As a researcher, teacher, and speaker, Bjarne continues to help improve the world of software development just as our Embarcadero Developer Network strives to help software developers improve their skills, [...]

2009 01 22 David Intersimone C++
Languages
People Comments (1)

City of Delphi, Indiana, USA

I was looking for additional Delphi resources on the Internet and came across a city, named Delphi, in the great state of Indiana. From the Delphi Indiana website, "Surrounded by lush river valleys, and flat, fertile corn and soybean fields, Delphi is a meld of past and present cultures. Home of the Wabash and Erie [...]

2009 01 21 David Intersimone Delphi Comments (5)

Happy Holidays from Embarcadero Technologies

Happy Holidays! Whether you enjoy Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, Festivus, Winter Solstice, Junkanoo, Muharram 1, New Year’s Day, and other holidays during these weeks. I hope you have a wonderful time with family and friends.

Even though these are tough times in our economy and our world, I know we will get through them all together. I send out the biggest and [...]

2008 12 24 David Intersimone Comments (5)

Time spent programming, reading, writing, etc in a "typical" day in 2009

On Tuesday March 7, 2002 Grady Booch invited everyone to tell him how much time they spent doing things, architecting, coding, testing, reading, stuff, of whatever else we do in a day. Grady reported the results of 50 people who reported what they spent time doing on that Tuesday:
Analyzing -16%
Designing - 14%
Coding - 16%
Testing - 10%
Phone - 3%
Reading [...]

2008 12 19 David Intersimone Delphi
Internet
Programming
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What programming and domain specific languages do you use every day?

In the course of a typical day I use a range of programming and domain specific languages in the programs I build, the demos I create, and the presentations I give. If we were just talking about the most used programming language for any one developer, each of us might mention C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, [...]

2008 12 17 David Intersimone Languages
Programming Comments (22)

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