Month: March 2008
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What can you learn from the guys at Google?
Anyone whose coding work tends to lean towards the more advanced or low-level should check out Google Code University. Topics covered in this series of presentations include language corner cases, web security, distributed systems and AJAX. Good stuff, worth taking a look at.
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Finding IT contracts in London
Over the last couple of years, I developed quite a strong professional network in Dublin, which was working quite well in getting contract IT work. With the recent move to London, I have found that I may now have to fall back onto more traditional forms of hunting for contracts, i.e. through agents and job […]
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How to start your career in programming
I have been meaning to jot down my thoughts on this one for a while, but when I saw this article on First Steps into IT, I figured that there was no better time. Programming is a tough career to get into. When I was getting into the industry for the first time I was […]
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Why my resume will no longer be in Word format
Another contract cycle approaches and the question of the CV/resume has once again reared it’s head. The job boards are full of agency ads with instructions that resumes be submitted in MS Word format only. Often when I have turned up to an interview, I have encountered printouts of my resume with my contact details […]
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Desktop Apps made easier, JavaFX and that ESB thing…
Isn’t it always the way, when you want to blog other stuff comes up? I had intended to write up a final post about the last day of Tech Days, but the weather has been great to get the kite out and the holiday is winding down so… Day 3 was pretty cool, as I […]
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My Java ME versus Android Question
Beautiful day in Sydney. I came out of this morning’s Tech Days session on Java ME applications with a whole bunch of questions – they’re much more fun than answers. The latest version of JME now contains heaps of APIs for everything from geolocation to bluetooth and is supported by millions of mobiles, and will […]
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Sun Tech Days Melbourne
After half an hour of walking around trying to determine where exactly the convention centre IS in the Olympic complex (signage would be really nice), I finally managed to make it to the Melbourne satellite event of the Australian leg of Sun Tech Days. I love events like this; the interchange of ideas and pointers […]
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Promiscuous Conference Attendence
I am in Australia at the moment, hanging out, enjoying the weather, kite surfing and the company of friends. Due to messing up my dates with travel and such, I’ll be at the Sun Tech Days in Melbourne tomorrow and in Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday. It’ll be interesting to see what the Sun folks […]