Evangelist wanted, apply within
Are modern day software evangelists grass roots rebels or just re-invented marketers? The truth is somewhere in between.
Dev Connection
Who said computers have to be all work and no play? Software developer and author Ed Burnette shares his unique view of industry trends, technologies, and personalities.
Ed Burnette
Ed Burnette is a software industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a programmer, author, and speaker. He has written numerous technical articles and books, most recently "Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform" from the Pragmatic Programmers.
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Patent terrorists ruin an industry
A few software patents may be struck down but many more are ready to attack our creativity and slow our innovation.
Is your IDE *too* helpful?
One side-effect of IDE competition is that each team tries to outdo each other at every revision. Usually this is good, but sometimes... I'm not so sure. Consider this example.
Browser wars 3: IE7 beta no match for Firefox
Despite a few unique innovations the IE7 public beta falls flat as a Firefox replacement. Here are some of the most annoying problems I've run into...
New Eclipse supports JSE 6.0 and Intel Mac
The latest Eclipse Milestone is not the same yadda-yadda. This one supports JSE6, improved code assist, and a number of other interesting improvements. Plus it runs on the new Intel Mac boxes.
New Java data binding API not ready for prime time
To give the API time to settle, the developers of the JFace Data Binding framework decided to downgrade it to "provisional" in Eclipse 3.2. Could this thaw allow a consolidation of binding frameworks in the Java space?
I want my job to go to India
Offshoring can be controversial, if not scary, but how can we make it work for us?
Sleepycat: Open source plays with strings
Sleepycat's acquisition this week is a poigniant reminder of how licenses that call themselves 'open' or 'free' often come with strings attached, and why Foundations like Eclipse and Apache are so important.