Yesterday, I was in Wiesbaden at the JAX 2007 conference. I gave a keynote in front of about 1500 Java developers. The title of the talk was Java IDE(s) - Then, Now, and Eventually. The talk was general about where Java IDEs have been and where they are going. The keynote was mostly generic about […]
It’s been a while since I last blogged. I am back from vacation and now in Atlanta for another stop on the Delphi US Tour (I was in Houston on Wednesday).
Jim Douglas has joined CodeGear as our CEO. Jim will be responsible for driving CodeGear to the next level, building on the solid foundation and […]
The following are some recent articles, news, blog posts, and events that I enjoyed reading. Lots of good, interesting information, ideas, and warnings for developers:
"Valley leaders riff on top tech trends". A panel of VCs made their predictions for the Top 10 Trends. The panel included John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Roger McNamee […]
Grady Booch’s recent ACM SIGCSE 2007 (SIGCSE = Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) invited talk was titled, "Readn’, Writ’n, ‘Rithmetic…and Code’n". I love the title. It almost sounds like a country and western song title (if so, shouldn’t the "‘Rithmetic", in the title, actually be "‘Rithmetic’n"?).
The abstract can be found at http://www.cs.potsdam.edu/sigcse07/Speakers.shtml#booch. The PowerPoint […]
I was walking on the beach with my wife this past weekend. While gazing at Monterey Bay, watching the birds, dolphins, a whale, the people, and enjoying the conversation, I also had some time to think about the "uniqueness of programming", and what we do, as developers, in general, and here at CodeGear.
The Uniqueness of […]
Programmers rule the world. We have been improving what we do for more than 50 years. Software is at the center of the modern economy. What do we believe in (as it relates to what we do)? Here is my top twelve list of things that I believe in (as a programmer).
I can write programs faster and better than anyone […]