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• Apparently I'm #25 on the Top 100 Blogs for Development Managers

  The full list is here . It's a pretty prestigious group--and I'm totally floored that I'm there next to some pretty big names. In homage to Ms. Sally Fields, of so many years ago... "You like me, you really like me". Having somebody come up to me at a Read More... Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 11:29 AM from Interoperability Happens | (Comments Off) Filed under: Conferences, Java/J2EE, Development Processes, .NET, Ruby, XML Services, C++, Reading, Windows, Mac OS, VMWare, Solaris, Languages, Security, Parrot, Flash, LLVM, Review, F#, Visual Basic

• From the "Gosh, You Wanted Me to Quote You?" Department...

  This comment deserves response: First of all, if you're quoting my post, blocking out my name, and attacking me behind my back by calling me "our intrepid troll", you could have shown the decency of linking back to my original post. Here it is, for those Read More... Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:03 AM from Interoperability Happens | (Comments Off) Filed under: Conferences, Java/J2EE, Development Processes, .NET, Ruby, XML Services, C++, Windows, Mac OS, Languages, Parrot, LLVM, F#, Visual Basic

• From the "You Must Be Trolling for Hits" Department...

  Recently this little gem crossed my Inbox.... Professionalism = Knowledge First, Experience Last By J----- A----- Do you trust a doctor with diagnosing your mental problems if the doctor tells you he's got 20 years of experience? Do you still trust that Read More... Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:53 AM from Interoperability Happens | (Comments Off) Filed under: Java/J2EE, Development Processes, .NET, Ruby, XML Services, C++, Windows, Mac OS, Languages, Parrot, LLVM, F#, Visual Basic

• Guide you, the Force should

  Steve Yegge posted the transcript from a talk on dynamic languages that he gave at Stanford. Cedric Beust posted a response to Steve's talk, espousing statically-typed languages. Numerous comments and flamewars erupted, not to mention a Star Wars analogy Read More... Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 4:34 AM from Interoperability Happens | (Comments Off) Filed under: Java/J2EE, .NET, Ruby, XML Services, C++, Windows, Mac OS, Languages, Parrot, LLVM, F#, Visual Basic

• I'm Pro-Choice... Pro Programmer Choice, that is

  Not too long ago, Don wrote : The three most “personal” choices a developer makes are language, tool, and OS. No. That may be true for somebody who works for a large commercial or open source vendor, whose team is building something that fits into one Read More... Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:20 AM from Interoperability Happens | (Comments Off) Filed under: Java/J2EE, .NET, Ruby, XML Services, C++, Windows, Mac OS, VMWare, Solaris, Languages, Parrot, Flash, LLVM, F#, Visual Basic

• Rules for Review

  Apparently, I'm drawing enough of an audience through this blog that various folks have started to send me press releases and notifications and requests for... well, I dunno exactly, but I'm assuming some blogging love of some kind. I'm always a little Read More... Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 11:18 AM from Interoperability Happens | (Comments Off) Filed under: Java/J2EE, .NET, Ruby, XML Services, C++, Reading, Windows, Mac OS, VMWare, Solaris, Languages, Security, Parrot, Flash, LLVM, Review

• Reminder

  A couple of people have asked me over the last few weeks, so it's probably worth saying out loud: No, I don't work for a large company, so yes, I'm available for consulting and research projects. If you've got one of those burning questions like, "How Read More... Posted Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:43 AM from Interoperability Happens | (Comments Off) Filed under: Conferences, Java/J2EE, Development Processes, .NET, Ruby, XML Services, C++, Reading, Windows, Mac OS, VMWare, Solaris, Languages, Security, Parrot, Flash, LLVM