Don Box's predictions for 2005
Don Box, an architect on Microsoft's next-gen communications subsystem, has posted an interesting list of 10 predictions for 2005.
The one that really caught my eye was: Sun Microsystems will embrace EclipseI don't think this will happen for a long time, if ever, but it's a nice thought! I tried to use Java Studio Creator (built on NetBeans, Sun's open-source competitor to Eclipse) and couldn't really get into it, but to be fair I struggled mightily with WebSphere Studio v4 until I got the hang of the Eclipse look and feel.[Read More] |
Recommended book for January
You'll see on the right-nav that I've updated the "recommended book" link for January.
This month I'd like to recommend that you check out the recently published book, "Joel on Software", by Joel Spolsky. Joel runs a small software company and used to work for Microsoft. This book is a compendium of essays from his blog, also called "Joel on Software", from the previous couple of years. I enjoyed this book because of Joel's deep understanding of both the software engineering disciplines and the software industry. I also really enjoyed Joel's conversational tone and sense of humor. The topics are diverse and range from the very technical (e.g. the essay on Unicode) to very business-oriented (e.g. "How Microsoft Lost the API War"). "The Law of Leaky Abstractions" was also very interesting and I've heard people in IBM quote it. Anyhow, if you work in the software industry and want to understand it at a deeper level, you should definitely check out this book. Here is the table of contents, from Joel's site.[Read More] |
Happy new year
Hope everyone had a fun New Year. This year was more subdued than most due to the tragic situation in south Asia. FYI, if you have the financial means and the personal inclination, it is very simple to donate a few dollars to the relief effort via the Amazon.com American Red Cross Disaster Relief web page.[Read More]
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