How should Mobile projects be to survive?
Apr 16, 2008 Uncategorized
Tweet Yesterday we discover that Mowser, the project founded by famous blogger Russell Beattie (and former colleague) was in the deadpool. Russ claimed that he ran out of money and had serious trouble with his finances.Everyday startups are created and abandoned, but the point in this story is that he could not raise funds to [...]
Flux benefits for java developers rocks: All Expense Paid Vacation for Two, Anywhere in the World
Jan 11, 2008 Uncategorized
Tweet When there is shortage of talent and your offices are in Montana (USA) you need to squeeze your brains to find benefits to attract the very few talented developers to your company. Flux, the company that developed the best Java Scheduler is hiring two developers and one of the benefits is an All Expense [...]
Tags: business, enterprise, java, jobs
Leaving AMPLIA and starting as a Freelance IT Consultant
Oct 29, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Last years have been a wonderful time in Amplía Soluciones S.L., but nothing is forever and I think it’s time for a change. I will continue as a partner of the company but I will look for new challenges and adventures out there. You can read my public linkedin profile if you want to [...]
Tags: architecture, business, designs, enterprise, java, jee, jobs, management
Five basic tips on preparing for a job interview
Oct 15, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Last week I was talking with a friend of mine about my post Sometimes to interview developers can be funny. We commented how most of the developers do not prepare the interview, and how they come without even visiting the website of the company. So, here goes some basic stuff you should do before [...]
Tags: enterprise, jobs
Rise and fall of DBAs: The tyranny of the ORM
Sep 14, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet There was a time when DBAs dictate how developers should use Their databases. It was early and mid-nineties and Their Word was The Truth. Those poor guys building client-server applications had to bow down before Him/Her and implement the Business Logic inside The Database Manager. Database hardware was expensive, but His/Her Highness could size [...]
Tags: architecture, databases, enterprise, fun, java
Why developers hate bug-fixing
Sep 10, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Probably the only common thing among all developers I have worked with is the hate to bug-fixing. No matter if bugs belong to them or not. As a developer and as a manager I have quite contradictory feelings. As a developer there was nothing more irritating than the hateful Bugzilla emails. When I was [...]
Tags: agile, architecture, enterprise, management, qa
Spain will need 30000 Telecommunications Engineers in next 5 years
Sep 6, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet The shortage of Telecommunications Engineers and Computer Engineers is becoming a serious problem for the Spanish economy. Today we can read in the news we will need to import 30000 foreign graduates for our market in the next five years. The option is obvious: bring people from India and China.I don’t know if these [...]
Tags: business, enterprise
GPay: Google Patent for Mobile micropayments
Sep 3, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Today in several RSS feeds I have found the same news: Google has a new patent for mobile micropayments. Micropayments using a cell phone is not new at all. I have seen some projects in Europe, specially the Spanish Mobipay. It’s a mature technology, but it’s not very successful. There are several reasons but [...]
Tags: business, enterprise, google, micropayment, mobile
Java Cell phones to drive demand for Sun servers? Who can explain this to me?
Aug 30, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Jonathan Schwartz says in SD-Asia: “…consumer cell phones on the Java software platform will drive demand for Sun servers…”. “The marketplace is going to be defined by the consuming public as much as by the traditional IT decision-maker”. Can anybody explain to me how does Sun think this is happening? How end-consumers can drive [...]
Tags: enterprise, java
Java SOA increases and .NET declines, survey says
Aug 27, 2007 Uncategorized
Tweet Evans data on his semi-annual Web Services Development Survey conducted in June says that companies planning the deployment of SOA with a Java platform has increased slightly, but the companies deploying on .NET have declined by almost 20%. .NET is still ahead with a 31% and Java in second place with 28%. 25% will [...]
Tags: .net, enterprise, java, soa
