Happy birthday Commodore 64

by Marcin Dembowski in Books & Events,Software development

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“Holly Crap, how old am I? I just became 30 this year! I have no wife, no money, but still many fans and people who love me, even if there are other good-looking and rich guys around”. Commodore 64 could probably say this if he was a human being. How did a home PC look 30 years ago and how does the same computer look today? I would like to invite you to my time-machine, where I will present you some of my experience with the Commodore 64 – The first and last successful home computer in the universe!

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The 7 ground rules of communication to became a good Manager

by Maciej Greń 26.01.2012 Management
As a Manager you have to cope with people. This is your daily bread. The way you communicate with others can be a key to either your success or failure. People tend to block themselves, refuse to cooperate when their Manager talks to them in a wrong way. A good Manager has to understand a [...]
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Quick start with method caching using Spring 3.1 and Ehcache

by Rafał Borowiec 20.01.2012 Java
A while ago I wrote about method caching in Java using Ehcache Annotations for Spring. However, Spring 3.1 release, among many enhancements, brings native support for method caching with so-called cache abstraction. The main usage scenario of cache abstraction is to reduce the number of expensive executions and/or slow methods returning the same result for [...]
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How Personas can help you clear the fog

by Peter Horsten 19.01.2012 Best practices
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Just imagine yourself taking part in a lively discussion at some birthday party. Everybody is telling great stories about recent holidays. We ask some polite questions and at least pretend to share the same excitement. What’s wrong with it? Honestly, may not be much as long as everybody likes it. But this shouldn’t happen when [...]
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How to NOT store user credentials in a database

by Marcin Dembowski 10.01.2012 Architecture
Sometimes you need to create an application with your own role and user management module. In most cases you are creating it in a simple and understandable way. That way the user information with a password is stored in the database in the same table named User. In this post I will show you why [...]
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HTML5 empire is coming

by Kamil Stachowicz 05.01.2012 Software development
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The IT Market is amazing. Even when starting a college, you never know what to expect when you finish it. Which technology will be the most popular? What kind of knowledge will give you the opportunity to find a job quickly and easily? You have to stay up-to-date even if you were believing in something [...]
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Skype and Agile software development were really hot on our blog this year

by Peter Horsten 30.12.2011 Software
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This is the time of the year when we are looking back in the past and start thinking about the next year. Although, next Monday will be a normal Monday, it somehow feels as if someone is going to press the reset button this weekend. For us 2012 has been a great blogging year. The [...]
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Does Microsoft realize they just ported the iOS FaceDecorator App to Windows Phone?

by Peter Horsten 23.12.2011 iPhone
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In October we released the FaceDecorator App for iOS. This App is using the Fast Face Detection feature which is part of iOS5. The main aim of this App was to test this new feature which enables face detection in real-time. Based on that we are currently developing several other Apps. Even Microsoft seems to [...]
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Will you have a Merry Christmas with your web browser?

by Marcin Dembowski 23.12.2011 Web design
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Two days before Christmas Eve makes you forget about all programming languages, design and architectural patterns or some other programming features. Let’s do something else for a change and take a look at how fast our web browser can draw… snowflakes!
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How to find the right balance in between functionality and technology

by Rafał Borowiec 20.12.2011 Agile software development
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The fundamental goal of each software developer is to build and deliver the right software that satisfies their customers. A software developer that wants to succeed, must be a professional focusing on a positive outcome of the project. He needs to find the right balance between building the right software and building the software right. [...]
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