There’s more than one way to skin a cat, or so they say. Similarly, perhaps, there are many ways to successfully lead a development team, small or large. Having done the former in various capacities I’ve learnt a lot about people, myself included, and there’s one conclusion I can’t ignore: it’s a fickle business. Books [...]
Quick update regarding Ant TODO: there’s now a JAR available for download, so you can get it running even quicker!
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December 31, 2009 – 15:58
I often felt the need to scratch an itch when it comes to source code and a little fragment called //TODO. It’s scattered everywhere; I’m sure you’ve seen it. Yet no matter what codebase you’re looking at, there’s never any real exposure to them.
I therefore decided to implement an Ant Task for parsing TODOs in [...]
Update: You might find my latest posts on Google Wave helpful.
So I managed to join the select elite bandwagon that is the Google Wave preview, which entitled me to early access to Google’s new masterpiece and 8 invites to bribe friends with (although I only have a few, so the whole eight might not stretch [...]
September 3, 2009 – 18:45
So every year I learn a new language. It’s fun, insightful and leaves me feelin’ a fresh for new challenges in my new found religion.
This time round I’ve been learning Common LISP and now Scala. Being a Java programmer professionally it makes sense to try the latter. I love the idea of it being its [...]
When it comes to music distribution, we’re in slightly controversial times. You’re deemed a criminal if you copy your CD to your PC or portable media device so you can listen on the train. You’re — rightly or wrongly — breaking the law when you download your favourite track from the various distribution methods such [...]
I reckon most of us have our little sayings. “I don’t believe it!” and the like. I have a few. Some ripped off from friends or family — such as “you are” in reply to anything, or “you’re an X” where X is the object of conversation — others I’ve created myself. My latest beauty, [...]
