2013-07-01 19:16
After a long hiatus (I have been battling cancer, and am now a proud leukemia survivor), I started coding seriously again recently. Well I never really stopped, but I started a bigger projec… Read More
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2012-06-03 03:12
I have just finished reading the book “Emergent Design” by Scott Bain and thought I would do a little review here.If you read my previous reviews, you might know that I don&rsquo&hell…Read More
2009-10-14 18:20
I told you a few weeks ago that I decided to get my feets wet using Ruby on Rails to work on a little project.However, I soon realized that it was going to take more time than expected.Even… Read More
2009-10-01 23:49
You know, it is something that my grandfather repeated over and over: "A good worker needs good tools in order to work well".In the particular field of development, we have two kind of tools… Read More
2009-09-22 18:25
Ok, let’s start with a little piece of advertisement: I am now allowed to work in the U.S and am therefore looking for a job in the Seattle area. My perfect kind of company would be a… Read More
2009-09-19 07:42
I wanted to write a review of Leadership Jazz by Max de Pree for a long time but somehow never managed to do so. It is one of these posts where you exactly know what you want to say, but som… Read More
2009-07-24 18:34
Some links that have a little info on them about what Google Wave is aboutAbout Page from GoogleA guide to Google WaveThe Google Wave APIThere are already Wave widgetsWikipedia's page on Goo… Read More
2009-07-23 20:33
You can have a look on a nice video over Google's new project here:WaveI don't know what to think of it yet, seems nice but I have to lay my hands on it to have an opinion about if it has a… Read More
2009-07-10 20:34
As Amaury points out in a comment of my previous post, using the same environment in dev and prod makes sense from a technical standpoint.You use the same libraries, you don't have to go to… Read More
2009-07-09 23:05
One nice thing about Java is that it is portable. You can compile an application on Windows and run it under Linux, or whatever OS Java has been ported on.While it is pretty nice, it is some… Read More
2009-07-08 20:00
From Slashdot: Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable". Thank god, finally.There are so many manners by which somebody could use your IP address without you even knowing about… Read More
2009-07-07 19:02
I stumbled a week ago on a surprisingly awesome book (way better than I thought it would be!), "Designing Virtual Worlds" by Richard A. Bartle.Since there will sadly not be enough time to re… Read More
2009-07-07 18:45
I stumbled on a collection of humorous motivational posters making fun of RPGs.Some are really brilliant, but my favourite is this one:The source is here Read More
2009-07-01 18:17
I had recently a pretty heated argument with somebody on a forum.It originated in a post in which somebody posted a link to this guy's site, because he found very inspiring how much the guy… Read More
2009-07-01 18:16
Just a quick note.I was watching the Simpsons this morning, and at one point, Homer, ever right to the point says:"I am a great motivator. When I am around, everybody seems to work harder."I… Read More
2009-06-30 19:03
Hey, I know what you might be thinking. Another book review? Is he out of gas already?Well no, but books have always been very important and some books are just so good that I have to talk a… Read More
2009-06-18 21:49
I wrote a post a few days ago about how seemingly difficult projects are actually easier to achieve than projects labeled as easy.In this post, I was more talking about a global approach to… Read More
2009-06-16 21:10
You may have noticed a drift from tech posts, to management posts, to "personal development" posts in this blog.It is not intentional and I have been thinking about this, trying to figure wh… Read More
2009-06-16 21:05
Today, I bought "Managing Humans", written by Michael Lopp, AKA Rands, the writer of the blog "Rands In Repose", after looking for it for a while. More on that later.Rands is the not-so-fict… Read More
2009-06-16 21:05
I was reading Bas de Baar's post on Deviant Behavior this morning, and even though this is not a day I should be posting (what is a good day to post? Well not one with so much sun :) ) I had… Read More
2009-06-08 21:30
Have you ever heard somebody saying "Easier said than done", or something similar?I recall hearing this quite a lot in the past few years and it always got on my nerves, not only because I f… Read More
2009-06-08 19:10
Hi there, it's been a long time :). So we finally arrived in Seattle. I have a new place, the internet, a brand new 23" screen, my wife is working and I enjoy the Seattleite sun waiting for… Read More
2009-05-09 12:14
I finally have my plane tickets: I'll be leaving to Seattle on May the 18th. This blog is on standby until I arrive there :) Read More
2009-04-24 13:44
I will always remember my first work experience.I worked in a factory that built industrial power transformers. On my first day, my team leader presented me the staff, and our unit leader.I… Read More
2009-04-24 10:30
A major thing to deal with if you want to build an elite team of developers is the absolute necessity to provide them with the best office you can.You might be surprised of what is the perfe… Read More
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