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Archive for January, 2008

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #53

31 Jan

The CodeGear RAD Studio Reviewers Guide is available both as an HTML article and as a PDF if you want to print it out.
Hadi Hariri notes that Ken Henderson, a member of the Delphi community from many years back, has passed away. If I recall correctly, I met Ken at a Borcon years ago. […]

The 2008 Delphi Survey is Out

31 Jan

The 2008 Delphi Survey is out — please take a few moments to fill it out and let us know what you think about Delphi, how you use it, what direction the product ought to go, etc.
We absolutely rely very heavily on your input on the survey to make decisions about where we are […]

Toronto Delphi User Group Meeting - January 23

22 Jan

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Time :     7:00 to 10:00 PM
Speaker :     Richard Dermont Topic :     A summary with examples of the the significant additions to Delphi since Delphi 7.0 Desc :   Rick will demonstrate many new features of Delphi using examples from Marco Cantu’s ‘Delphi 2007 Handbook’. […]

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #52

18 Jan

The Skype Team needs a Delphi developer. I think I’ve mentioned once or twice that the Windows Skype client is developed with Delphi.
One of the unsung heroes of the Delphi community is Zarko Gajic, the guy who runs the http://delphi.about.com website. He has an RSS feed that, if you aren’t already subscribed, you […]

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #51

17 Jan

More Unicode FAQ’s from Allen.
Nice blog post by the folks at Screaming Duck about why they like Pascal and Delphi.  Nice.  Even nicer is that you can "vote" for it on Reddit and on Digg.com.
Marco points out that Delphi is rising in the TIOBE Index. 
This is a few days late now, but […]

Cool Stuff with Delphi #16

17 Jan

Arcane Fractals — beautiful fractal generation
 
There is even Delphi source code available.
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Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #50

09 Jan

Allen puts out some good information on Unicode and Delphi. Chris Bensen does as well.
Marco Cantu has announced a new support system for Delphi called support @ marcocantu.com. It’s an interesting concept — private newsgroups specific to your company.
Not Delphi news, but JBuilder was named the year’s best Java IDE by InfoWorld. That’s […]

Delphi Job in North Carolina

09 Jan

Delphi Developer - Permanent Position
We are currently seeking an individual that has Delphi development experience and Oracle experience.  This is a permanent position and it is located in the Northeastern part of NC.  Our client offers a very good relocation package and benefits program (includes full health, dental, and vision, 401k, Profit Sharing, tuition reimbursement […]

Free Delphi Seminar in Helmond Brandevoort (NL) on Feb 21st

09 Jan

Grabbed this from Dr. Bob in the newsgroups:
Dutch speaking Delphi Developers please mark your agendas for a free Delphi / CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 (afternoon) Seminar on Thursday February 21st in Helmond Brandevoort (NL) where I will be doing a number of sessions on Delphi and RAD Studio 2007. Topics include Generics, migration from the […]

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #49

04 Jan

Be sure to check out the latest CodeGear Developer Network Newsletter.
If you speak French, this online conference called Codeway1 on 11 January might be of interest to you. It has a cool promotional video, too.
DavidI has an interview in eWeek — CodeGear Exec Shares Vision for Programming in 2027
I think a while back […]

Some Notes on the December Update

03 Jan

Hopefully by now all of you have gotten the December Update for Delphi 2007 and RAD Studio 2007. Here are a couple of things about it that you might want to know:
The About Box should now tell you what updates are installed in the product:

This item in the About Box will always reflect any […]

Cool Stuff with Delphi #15

03 Jan

Jeyo Mobile Companion 2.0

"Jeyo Mobile Companion 2.0 is an extensive update to the popular Windows Mobile device manager. Version 2.0 builds on the powerful capabilities of the original: operation of your Window Mobile device from a Windows PC through a familiar ease-to-use Outlook-style user interface, SMS-ing directly from your PC through your phone including chat […]

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #48

02 Jan

Well, back from the Christmas break — sorry if we’ve been a bit quiet around here.
Can you read Turkish? If so, there’s a Delphi book out there for you!
Julian Bucknall is getting his great EZDSL library ready for Unicode.
Cool stuff from Uwe Raabe — Delphi Magic that lets you iterate over all records in […]

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