November 2009
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How @aaronsw hires programmers - holistic approach. Would it work for you? http://j.mp/hiring-howto
Hilarious email exchange: @27bslash6 vs. @SimonEdhouse http://j.mp/541hz3 (via @ChristopherBlum)
translating German #Wikipedia article about #CCC into Serbian. Vocabulary 1 - Cognitive Surplus 0
Google Docs just moved 10+ of my documents into nothing when moving from 1 folder to another with the same name. #argh
#Devoxx 2009 talks available: http://j.mp/paryleys-d09 #Java
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Client from Hell: "My nephew has Photoshop"
Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Me: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Me: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.
#Clock made out of scrollbars! http://j.mp/Xcp9P #fun
The new Eclipse 4, scheduled for Q3 2010 will render #OpenSocial gadgets. Will it incl. social pair-programming? http://j.mp/5soATS
Cool new feature on #XING launched today: Company Pages. Follow your favorite ones. http://j.mp/xing-co
Google Maps Navigation on my #Android: My #GMaps as layers. Here’s how geeks get lured into giving away their data.
ADC 2 aka is over! Good luck to those I’ve been good to. #Android
Had an #Eclair in Belgium (not the #Android one) and Belgian truffels in Amsterdam. // ad sponsored by Belgian Choco © in $choco! ;-)
Amsterdam sucking money out of tourists like a spounge. Model hard to replicate w/o channels, tolerance and liberal laws.
#Devoxx was great! #Java community is strong! Now back to tourism: Anwerp sightseeing, then Amsterdam for yet more fun. :-)
Cool @foursquare comes to Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt and 10 other European cities. #Android app also available.
Fun meeting @chanezon, @glaforge, @romainguy… at #Devoxx. Very nice people! Hope to meet you again. #Java #Google #Groovy #Android
Next #Android release #Flan “sometimes in 2010” - @romainguy at #Devoxx. That was obvious, wasn’t it? :-)
Want to see if your contacts are running GTalk on #Android (again)? Use Green Robot! Labs ext in GMail. Android users can opt-out.
#Android talk on resolution independent development from @romiainguy at #Devoxx rehashes http://j.mp/4lvg0F Add diagrams pls. :-)
Front row at live #JavaPosse podcast recording at #Devoxx. Geeks having fun! http://twitpic.com/q3rse
When almost everyone is gone from #Devoxx, WiFi peaks at 1MB/s. OK, I’m off to hotel then dinner w/ Belgian beer. :-P
ScalaTest prez at #Devoxx by creator @bvenners makes me finally try out Scala. Nice project, even nicer presentation!
Distributed Programming the Google Way hit a nail for me: GFS, MapReduce… & Sawzall! Great overview & some gems by @ghohpe. #Devoxx
I could use some juice/coffee and so does my Mac. #Devoxx
My company on TechCrunch: Burda buys 25.1% stake of #XING: http://j.mp/xing-burda
Met @robilad at #Devoxx and realized he lives and works in Hamburg. CU there!
Cool #JavaFX authoring tool. Go @tornorbye & team! Legal dept keeps slowing things up. Sun needs some rockstar lawyers!. :-)
Learned a few things about #Clojure. Prefix notation reminds me too much of (earl y) CS subjects. http://j.mp/xkcd297 #Devoxx
Sitting next to @joeracer (#JavaPosse host) waiting for James Gosling & co to fix the audio problems. #Devoxx
#Adobe presented Flash Catalyst killer feature: turning mockups into forms, pixels into code, PSD into MXML+GIFs. #Devoxx
#Adobe guys doing somepseudo-spontaneous change of plan on stage and show Flash on Palm Pre. Developers lame at acting. ;-) #Devoxx
#Flash for #iPhone submitted to App Store and awaiting approval. Adobe guys just said at #Devoxx.
#Devoxx is a trending topic. No wonder: two big cinema halls overflowing with enthusiastic people with laptops & smartphones. ;-)
At #Devoxx watching 2012 the movie. Why did intelligent people choose the most retarded movies ever?
Arrived to Antwerp. Two D words: Diamonds and #Devoxx! Off to register myself and avoid the morning crowd.
Faking a French accent: Please turn off your electronic devices. 10-4! :-) En route to Brussels…
If this Tweet was animated, you would see this smiley’s eyebrows moving up and down. :-)
will use the tip from this whiteboard when ordering my first Belgian #beer. http://j.mp/beer-be Other suggestions? #Java #Devoxx
The coolest place on Earth right now: http://j.mp/lhc-cooldown #LHC
Obituaries are Facebook for retired people. #blackhumor
Dev version of Zii EGG, #Android powered media device, available for $399: http://j.mp/zii-sdk iPod clones expected.
is psyched about going to #Devoxx. Brain dump underway. Eager to feed it some hot #Java stuff.
Bits of #Eclair coming to my #ADP1. @cyanogen releases 4.2.5 #Android mod.
Good day for Serbian #tennis players, sweeping Paris Masters: Djokovic, Zimonjic & Nestor(ovic) - all 3 born n Belgrade.
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Jane Fonda’s formula for good looks: 30% genes, 30% (good) sex, 30% sport+healthy food, 10% plastic surgery http://j.mp/4AKMUi
Any wild ideas how will Smartphone Singularity look like?
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#Reuters Top 10 cities to #party the night away. Belgrade in 1st place. :-) http://j.mp/23xYO3
it’s Friday 13th and I’m messing with JSON. I hope #JavaScript developers are in good mood today.