I’ve been a better reader than writer.
After reading about personal essay writing, I still haven’t felt inspired to write. Perhaps I don’t have the inspiration – do I need more drama?
I wish I could write personal narratives about the tech stuff I do. I’m not working on personal products, as much as I want to [...]
One great frustration I have with myself is that I can’t think of an original product to build.
So while I urge people to build “the next hot product,” and put up “the next hot Pinoy startup” (a topic I’ve discussed in the past), I find myself unable to follow my own advice. To this end [...]
How to make fresh software developers productive has long been a concern of mine, through various jobs in my career. At my current job, the concern is how to make tool-oriented Computer Science graduates productive. These are people that by the choice of their school or their own decision, orient their education on certain tools [...]
MBA for Software Developers. Sounds like an oxymoron. Most software developers would probably consider a MBA only if they are in or moving to a management role, changing careers, or starting up their own business.
Why this topic? No, I’m not taking a MBA (yet?) It’s because I’m studying Software Quality as part of my job [...]
I was a Pinoy Open Source Developer, years ago. Now, I’m trying to get back, to contribute to the open source tools I use for work.
Where are the Pinoy Open Source Developers? A few years ago this was a topic at PLUG. The discussion back then was that Pinoys are too busy working. If they [...]
I went through the Philippine Blog Awards entries. The Technology category has a number of web design, photography, and even open source blogs.
But no developer blogs. Where are they? Or they don’t know about the contest?
I don’t know many Pinoy Developer Bloggers. Some are hosted on devpinoy.org. Others are aggregated at Pinoy Tech Scene. [...]
I went to a Book Sale branch in Cubao yesterday, and I bought Effective C#.
Why this, when I use Java for work? It’s confusing to work with both Java and C# at the same time since they are too similar.
There were Java books at that branch, mostly from APress. But they were about specific technologies, [...]
I’m reviewing for the Sun Certified Java Programmer exam, version 5.0.
In my IT career, I have never taken any certifications. I was never asked for them when applying for a job.
I’m now taking it because for my current job, our outsourcing customers might look for certified people to handle their projects. We have plans to [...]
I wanted to say a lot about this book but fortunately this guy said it already. This is a very little-understood topic, especially among Pinoy Java Developers. Reading it came at the right time, just when I’m starting to write some real concurrent apps.
This book helps even if you never plan to DIY concurrency, and [...]
Despite its flaws, Java is the most practical language to use in the enterprise, mobility and telecoms stuff I do. Now that the Java core will be open source, it’s more useful now.
I’ve been looking at Java ESB, JBI and SOA. I’m now reading on EJB 3.0 again, and going through Joshua Bloch’s Java Puzzlers. [...]
