Before we had nifty mp3 players inside Blackberries or Nexus Ones, you had to make your own music with your phones—like this site, which shows you how to pound out a few popular tunes using old school touch tone phones. For instance, here’s how you play “Happy Birthday.” Happy Birthday 112163 112196 11#9632 969363 Read the full article at jlc.net. How about some useful information on the iPhone? Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Holy Kaw!
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They were called "touch tone" phones and they could play "songs"
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I love the 90s - or at least its cartoons
9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 pmNostalgia time! Brainz has put together its list of the 20 best cartoons of the 90s. Just scrolling through the selection will make you pine for afternoon snacks all over again. Which shows top the list? 1. The Simpsons 2. South Park3. Beavis and Butt-head4. Futurama5. Family Guy Great list, although the only striking omission is "Batman: The Animated Series," which was on right before "Tiny Toons" (number 14 on the list)! What would you add or take away? Read the full story at Brainz. Keep up with your favorite TV shows today. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a… -
World’s longest-married couple handing out love advice on Twitter
9 Feb 2010 | 11:03 pmLovebirds Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher tied the knot in 1924 when Calvin Coolidge sat in the White House and the Great Depression was still five years off. Nearly 86 years later, the North Carolina couple plans to share their insights on love and marital happiness via Twitter. The live Q&A, organized by movie streaming site BlinkBox, will happen on Valentine’s Day through the couple’s account (@longestmarried). What a tweet story! Full story at The Sun. Relationship resources to keep your marriage going strong for 86 years. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
15-year old in Japan makes $611,000 with a cellphone novel
9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pmYou know what they say about tiny cellphone screens… they can apparently produce long novels that make a lot of money? The Los Angeles Times tells the story of how 15-year-old “Bunny” made more than $611,000 selling more than 110,000 paperback copies of a novel she wrote by mostly texting on her cellphone. Bunny's three-volume book Wolf Boy x Natural Girl is what they call in Japan a keitai (cellphone) novel, a genre of stories that people upload from their phone to a Web site where the most popular authors get their work published as a real book. After Bunny’s novel… -
Rare color photos from the Farm Security Administration
9 Feb 2010 | 10:20 pmDuring the 1930s and 1940s, the U.S. Farm Security Administration sent out photographers to document the struggles of rural farmers and the progress of New Deal programs. The striking images capture a time in our country’s history that was filled with uncertainty and new beginnings. Full photo gallery at Photo District News. Say cheese for tons of photography tidbits. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Agile Blog
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Some Silly Advice
26 Jan 2010 | 3:53 amI’ve noticed a piece of advice repeated in many Agile blogs, articles, and books. Seeing it makes me roll my eyes until it hurts. (Why I would hurt myself on purpose will be the subject of another post, on a blog reserved for psychotherapists.) Even my very most favorite Agile book, “Scaling Lean & Agile Development” by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, has a section in there with this advice. I saw it in Jim Highsmith’s new book, too, although by the time he’s done discussing it he does make a couple of good points. It’s an old piece of advice that pre-dates Agile. What is this old… -
Moving Beyond Pull Systems Requires a Culture of Innovation
21 Jan 2010 | 3:33 amHow to Foster A Culture of Innovation “It took me more than 53 years to understand that culture isn’t just important, it is everything.” -Lou Gerstner In the coming decade, software and product teams must provide the critically needed innovative approaches to organizations throughout the world. The visual metaphors and practical, hands-on ideas in these posts will give executives, managers, and engineers ways to speed up this evolution. Starting on Monday. To make and maintain a culture of innovation requires a team to consider that task as a part of their work, complementary… -
Define Kanban in 130 Characters or Less — Can You Do It?
20 Jan 2010 | 3:24 amRecently, I was working on an introductory presentation about Kanban. A “thorough” Google search revealed how drawn out and convoluted many Kanban explanations can be. Was there one true answer I was missing? Something nice and succinct like, say, a tweet on twitter? Acting on this and laziness, I decided to pose the following question to twitter: I was so surprised by the number of great responses that I’ve decided to compile and share them with you here: giff24: #kanban 130 chrctrs? PLS!!! I dnt hve time or patience 2 rd that much erwilleke: #kanban combines systems… -
“Why Lean and Agile Go Together” on Forbes.com
13 Jan 2010 | 4:18 pmLooking for the perfect trend article to pass on to your executives about Agile development? Check out Dan Woods‘ well-researched, executive-level article “Why Lean and Agile Go Together” on Forbes.com Jargon Spy. Dan describes how the Agile impact in software is similar to the Lean impact in manufacturing of the 90’s. I initially struggled with the analogy until I realized he is not saying that software development is like manufacturing. He is saying that the concepts and techniques applied in Lean manufacturing are coming to large-scale software development. I… -
“Telling” and Agile Enterprise Adoptions Do Not Go Together
11 Jan 2010 | 8:24 amI have been back in the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook this week thinking about strategies for creating a shared vision to 2020 at Rally. With our newest round of funding, we will be growing rapidly in multiple locations and beyond the max tribe size of 150-170 people. (Dunbar’s Number) Over that last year, we grew the business well but without advancing our total headcount numbers. Now with headcount growth slated in the field and in two development centers, we need a stronger foundation to steer our growth. Doing this work, hit me with a BFO (Brilliant Flash of the Obvious) that is…
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Managed Chaos
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Agile India 2010 Conference Slides are available
29 Jan 2010 | 9:03 amMumbai Conference & Bengaluru Conference. Stay tuned for the Videos. We are working on them. If you are not following us on Twitter (@agileIndia) please do so. Its easy to make all important announcements there. -
Craftsmanship in designing Error Messages
28 Jan 2010 | 8:44 pmAlso if you see their URL: http://www.mailchimp.com/maintenance_in_progress/we_are_down.phtml Very intent revealing. Great thinking has gone behind this. Now this is what I call craftsmanship. -
Conferences could be lot more Greener
28 Jan 2010 | 1:38 amRecently at the Agile Mumbai 2010 and Agile Bengaluru 2010 conference, we tried to make the conference as green (environment friendly) as possible. Following are the things we tried: We did not hand over any conference program, printed hand-outs & slides or any other printed material (except for what the conference sponsor handed over). All this info is already available on our website. To make it convenient for the conference attendees, we took 3 large (A2 size) printout and stuck it outside each hall (track). We also skipped handing over notepads & pens. I my experience very few… -
Post-Modern Agile
27 Jan 2010 | 12:27 pmBeyond dogma, beyond ceremony, beyond logical & rational bull-shit, detaching self from cutting edge agile practices to embrace, scale & sustain essential agility. From Fail Safe experimentation to lots of Safe Fail experimentation. From Objectivity to Subjectivity to Relativity to Uncertainty. From Structure to Chaos. From Illusions to Idealism to Realism. Beginner’s Mind, here I come…. -
What did you learn at Agile Mumbai and Agile Bengaluru 2010 Conference
24 Jan 2010 | 8:37 pmLoading…
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Agile Software Development
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5 Reasons Why Agile Development Must Be Driven from the Top
8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 amAgile development is often initiated by the development team itself. Whilst they may find some good advantages, the most profound benefits of agile software development will not be realised unless it is driven from the top.Here's why:1. Multi-disciplined teamsOne of the key concepts of agile development is the idea of multi-disciplined teams - "one team". An agile development team needs all the skills necessary to complete its task from cradle to grave. From initial request to delivery to market, the team should be able to deliver without reference to another team.Having multi-disciplined… -
Special Offer! Get My Agile eBook And Presentations For Just $10 For 1 Month Only
2 Feb 2010 | 1:31 amHi everyone! I've been really pleased with how well my eBook has beeen selling. I normally sell it for $25, but I've decided to do a special offer for 1 month only. It's a kind of belated new-year sale I suppose you could say!Throughout February, you can now get my 55-page eBook - Agile Software Development Made Easy! - for just $10.I've updated all my posts in the series '10 Key Principles of Agile Software Development' and 'How To Implement Scrum in 10 Easy Steps'. I've brought the text up-to-date with my current thinking, and in a few cases I've expanded on the points on my blog. I've also… -
Pair Programming - An Extremely Agile Practice
31 Jan 2010 | 4:17 amPair Programming. It's probably one of the most extreme practices of eXtreme Programming (XP). It's an area of agile software development that polarises opinion.The concept is simple enough. Two developers work side by side on the same piece of work, sharing a keyboard and screen and working together to produce the code.The main advantage of pair programming is usually cited as improving quality, which also improves productivity further down the line.Another advantage is spreading knowledge, as at least two people will know each area of the system. And it can also help with skills development… -
Agile Visitors in 2009
30 Jan 2010 | 1:44 amHi everyone! This blog just seems to keep on growing! It's a bit belated, but I just had a look back at last year's stats...2009 brought over 750,000 page views from 200,000 people! That's astonishing to me - it's so good to think that this blog might have helped so many people.Thank you all for visiting!Kelly.Photo by Sreejith K -
'All About Agile' is no more!
26 Jan 2010 | 4:34 amBack in September, I renamed this blog from 'All About Agile' to Agile Software Development Made Easy!If you are one of the many people kind enough to link to my blog on your home page, but you're still listing me under the old name, please would you update the link text to Agile Software Development Made Easy!That would help me with Google and obviously it's better to use the new name. Much appreciated!Kelly.
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The Agilebuddy Blog
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Technical stories - are they included on the backlog?
20 Jan 2010 | 8:20 pmIf you're not already a member of the Scrum development group on Yahoo, you really should join. There's a fortune of information changing hands and you can learn so much from the interactions. Just recently there was a huge debate on the topic of technical stories. The underlying question the team debated was should technical stories appear on the backlog. If they are on the backlog, it means the technical stories are to be prioritized by the PO. This may not be such a good idea considering that PO's are generally going to be biased towards prioritizing features and functionality... -
What's the ideal sprint length
8 Jan 2010 | 8:08 pmIntroduction I may have blogged about this previously. I have written so many blogs, I can't recall any more. However questions regarding Sprint length surface on the forums regularly. As per usual, the answers one must give always depends on the context and every context is different than the next. So let me start with the context - this is an excerpt of a post on the scrum development group on Yahoo. Incidentally, Yahoo groups is a good place to hang out. You learn a lot from all the questions and the different contexts facing teams around the world. The... -
Sprint start and stop days - what's best
6 Jan 2010 | 6:34 pmFirstly, let me state that it is imperative that sprint lengths remain consistent. By all means experiment with 1 week, 2 week or 3 week sprints but once you have figured out your sweet spot, stick to it. This is important to setup a rhythm in the company. However, the question is what days are the best days during the week to start and stop sprints. Until now, I have been a big fan of Monday starts and ending Fridays. It seems to be a natural cadence and the days are logical transition points. However, this week, there was discussion... -
What is a Spike in Scrum
16 Nov 2009 | 12:07 pmThis question comes up time and time again and the Spike is often confused with the Tracer bullet. Adam Sroka posted a great explanation of the difference between the two on the Yahoo Scrumdevelopment group . So I am quoting Adam verbatim here - thanks Adam."The Pragmatic Programmers described something called a "Tracer Bullet" which: 1) Is an experimental solution that cuts through all the "layers" of the architecture. 2) Is not necessarily time-boxed. 3) Is not intended to be thrown away. Eric Evans talks about "Thin, vertical slices," which are the same… -
Do you even need a product backlog?
9 Nov 2009 | 10:09 amA great question was posted on scrumdevelopment group, worthy of discussion. The question posed ... Summary Their business moves very quickly and, more often than not, any stories that enter a sprint will have been thought up and written up maybe only two or three days before a meeting of the stakeholders and the product owner to decide what the priorities are. Anything that doesn't make it into the list for them to estimate and add to the sprint will go on the product backlog, but will generally not be looked at again for a while, if ever. Question To...
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Agile Bob on Making Agile a Reality
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The ScrumMaster Diaries: #3 – Becoming a CSM
25 Jan 2010 | 3:30 pmDear Diary, I completed day 1 of my 2-day Certified ScrumMaster course today and I’m feeling a little bit overwhelmed. I didn’t have any idea there was a prerequisite of reading a particular book. Luckily not a lot of other people knew about that either so I didn’t look too stupid. Nothing we covered today was particularly difficult, it was just new to me. A whole lot of it seemed like common sense, but as was pointed out, common sense isn’t so common, especially in software development! I thought it was interesting to cover the history of agile and scrum and… -
The ScrumMaster Diaries: #2 – Making the Case to Become a CSM
18 Jan 2010 | 12:00 pmDear Diary, Tomorrow I am going in to speak to Henry about becoming a Certified Scrum Master. I’ve done more reading about it and it appears there are more than 60,000 people in the world who have done it before me. Those kinds of numbers have to help me with my argument. I also know the popular abbreviation is CSM. Apparently I just have to attend a specific course for 2 days then pass a test and I get certified. Who knows, maybe I’ll be certifiable instead! Ha, ha! The good news is we can’t get a whole lot worse than we are right now, so I hope Henry is open… -
Agile Book Review: Succeeding with Agile by Mike Cohn
14 Jan 2010 | 9:45 amI’m going to give you the punch line first: this is definitely the best agile book on the market today! If that is all you wanted to know, then you can leave now. If you want to know why I believe this, then feel free to read on. In the next few paragraphs I’ll explain why I give this book the highest possible marks. It took Mike Cohn over 2 years to write this book. It was definitely worth the wait. The book is written in a very easy going, conversational style. Unlike most technical books it is extremely easy to read. It is also different in one other major way: it… -
New to agile? Lean principles can help!
13 Jan 2010 | 10:45 amEver see a trash can look like that? I know I have – plenty of times. I have 3 kids so I sometimes even see it in my own house! It is amazing how kids can walk right past a full trash can and decide it is not in their best interest to empty it out! But I still love them Anyway, back to the point of this blog post… Too often our process, even our agile process, of software development looks like that trash can, and like my kids we all walk right past it without emptying it. We tend to forget some of the basics about agile because we are focused on the process and doing… -
The ScrumMaster Diaries: Chapter 1 – We stink
11 Jan 2010 | 12:00 pmDear Diary, This is Nick. I’ve never been much of a writer before, but I made myself a New Year resolution to try to keep an ongoing diary so I could look back in a few years and see how things have gone. Right now I’m hoping it will be a happy thing to see. I’m just not so sure it will be. Today was a pretty rough day at work and it is making me wonder if I made the right choice by going to work for WidCo 6 months ago. The good news is we all have a week off and we aren’t even supposed to think about work. The bad news is thinking about work will be…
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Dzone
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How Do You Refactor Untested Code?
9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 pmI am currently reading the excellent “Debug It!” book written by Paul Butcher and I wanted to share with you some of the little gems that I have found in it. -
Why all programmers should blog.
9 Feb 2010 | 9:13 pmThere are some obvious reasons why you should start blogging when you are a programmer. Here is a list. -
20 Cool jQuery Tricks for Web Developers
9 Feb 2010 | 8:51 pmFor those of you that don’t know, jQuery is a rich JavaScript library that makes it possible for web developers to produce quite remarkable effects with just a few lines of code. It makes writing lengthy JavaScript code bearable, by turning long, repetitive tasks into shorter, more understandable ones. It’s simple to use, saving you time and effort. jQuery is massively popular, for obvious reasons, and everybody’s using it. To make sure you stand out, it’s vital you incorporate some of the more quirky capabilities of jQuery into your web sites. That’s where this list comes in! -
Why Digg.com is heading for a Major Pitfall
9 Feb 2010 | 7:56 pmDigg used to be a very popular website – I would frequent the site constantly to check out the greatest news, what was popular today, everything. Granted this was back in 2006 when the site was still relatively new, and I’ve been a Digger all way the way through... -
Programming is the last thing you should do
9 Feb 2010 | 7:55 pmWhen you are developing a system, programming might be one of the last tasks in the project plan. I have just finished working on a project to develop the data integration and storage for a data warehousing initiative. We had a challenging deadline, and needed to organise the work very carefully to meet it. We did meet our deadline and delivered on time. But two weeks before the end of the project, we were only just starting the bulk of the programming. I felt a bit unprofessional, as if we had left most of the important functionality until the last minute.
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A List Apart
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Words that Zing
9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 amWhen someone consults a website, there is a precious opportunity not only to provide useful information but also to influence their decision. To make the most of this opportune moment, we must ensure that the site says or does precisely the right thing at precisely the right time. Understanding the rhetorical concept of kairos can help us craft a context for the opportune moment and hit the mark with appropriately zingy text. -
The Problem with Passwords
9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 amAbandoning password masking as Jakob Nielsen suggests could present serious problems, including undermining a user’s trust by failing to meet a basic expectation. But with design patterns gleaned from offline applications, plus a dash of JavaScript, we can provide feedback and reduce password errors without compromising the basic user experience or losing our visitors’ trust. -
Using SVG for Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part II
26 Jan 2010 | 1:00 amIn Part II, dig deeper into the technology behind using SVG for your site design. Explore how to incorporate SVG in a cross-browser friendly manner, including using SVGWeb to ensure that the SVG shows in Internet Explorer. And discover the unique characteristic that makes SVG ideal for page backgrounds: scalability. -
Using SVG For Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part I
26 Jan 2010 | 1:00 amMany of us think of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as an also-ran: fine for charts and tables, but not much else. Yet SVG can actually enhance a site’s overall design, and can be made to work in even the most stubborn browser. In Part I of a two-part series, Shelley Powers covers important basics of working with SVG, including browser support and accessibility. -
The Survey, 2009
15 Dec 2009 | 2:00 amFor the third year in a row, good citizens of the web, we ask that you take a few minutes to tell us about your professional skills, educational background, career prospects, job benefits, and more.
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Life Beyond Code
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The Distinguish Cycle – Where do you want to begin?
9 Feb 2010 | 12:01 amFor those of you who have reading this blog for a while, you know that one of the themes on the blog is how to escape the prison of commodotization – being one of the many. Why? Simply because commodotization erodes value. If you are valuable and can distinguish yourself, you can claim a premium in the marketplace. Of course, nobody is smart to be able to permanently distinguish themselves because for anything that is getting a premium, there are others who will follow suit and compete for attention until that “anything” is commodotized and loses the early premium that… -
The problem is never the problem…
8 Feb 2010 | 12:01 amIn this short (around 2-minutes) video, one of my heroes, Tom Peters explains (with examples) why the problem is never the problem, the response to the problem is. Totally loved the video and is embedded below for you: Why did the 2-minute video touch my heart? The way I look at it, the statement can be extended to many other things – such as an “opportunity.” An opportunity is not an opportunity unless you do something about it. The trick is in “taking action” and doing something about what we are faced with. And, that is in our control. ---Related Articles at… -
A killer app – “Free” + “Social Proof” + Now!
7 Feb 2010 | 12:01 amThe other day, I was at the Campbell post office standing in the line waiting for my turn. It was a long line so (as usual) I was busy browsing a book. The person in front of me brought me out of my dream when he stepped out asking me to hold his place. I nodded and continued reading. I couldn’t help notice what the person did. There was a box to drop off a business card to win a prize at the end of the month. The person dropped off his business card and walked back. I looked at the box again. There were probably 200 other business cards in the box. Not fully believing what I just saw,… -
Grace and Elegance
6 Feb 2010 | 12:01 amPhoto Courtesy: Amitabh Bacchan’s blog Criticism is part of life. If you are doing anything significant, there will always be some criticism from someone Why? Simply because you can’t please everyone. A simple thing to do is to handle criticism with grace. Here is an example of how Amitabh Bacchan (who needs no introduction for anyone who has heard of Bollywood) handled criticism from another superb Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah. Here it is, in his own words (on his blog) [ Note: I made VERY minor edits for the sake of readability. Emphasis is mine ] A question came my way… -
A gentle push…
5 Feb 2010 | 12:01 amWhen you are on the fence, sometimes all it requires is a gentle push and you will move to one side. But someone or something has to give that gentle push. It does not take a lot of effort (remember: it’s gentle) but someone still has to do it. With that in the background, let’s put the “proverbial” fence aside and take a real situation. You are contemplating whether to attend a networking event or not. You want to do it but you also have other competing priorities to take care of. You know that in the long run it will help you but there are some short-term fires to…
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JavaBoutique
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The Dos and Don'ts of a Java Position Interview
If you've looked for a Java position or if you are on the other side and are looking to fill a Java position in your company, then here are a few tips that will come in handy. (from Developer.com) -
Stereotype Annotations Cut Down XML Configuration in Spring
Spring stereotype annotations can greatly reduce the amount of XML configuration required to build and maintain a Spring application. (from DevX Java Zone) -
Putting a YUI Face on a Java Web Application
Learn how to use Yahoo User Interface (YUI) Web components to develop a real world application with just the right mix of JavaScript/AJAX. (from DevX Java Zone) -
Will Oracle Continue Funding Sun's Pet Java Projects?
Oracle expects Sun to contribute to its operating profit right away. To make that happen, Oracle may pull funding and staff from projects such as JavaFX, Project Looking Glass, and Project GlassFish. (from DevXtra Editors' Blog) -
Iteration or Recursion?
Did you ever get stuck having to choose between a recursive or iterative implementation? Get the answers to whether one is better than the other or whether it really matter? (from Developer.com)
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Java EE Headlines
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Understanding the Java Portlet Specification 2.0 (JSR 286)
21 Jan 2010 | 9:00 amIn this three-part series, the articles describe new features available in the Java Portlet Specification 2.0 (JSR 286) and extensions supported by OpenPortal Portlet Container 2.x. -
Java EE 5 SDKs Refreshed
20 Jan 2010 | 9:00 amThe Java EE 5 SDK bundles with Java SE (JDK) 6 have been enhanced with JDK 6 Update 18. Download the latest versions. -
GlassFish Loadbalancer Configurator
20 Jan 2010 | 9:00 amLearn how to use the Loadbalancer Configurator to install and configure the Loadbalancer plugin, which provides loadbalancing functionality to GlassFish. (Login or registration required.) -
GlassFish ESB High Availability and Clustering
15 Jan 2010 | 9:00 amGlassFish Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is a lightweight and agile integration product suite for services-based and composite application development. This white paper details a reference architecture for a very typical deployment solution based on a real-world scenario. (Login or registration required.) -
Implementing SOA Using Java EE
15 Jan 2010 | 9:00 amThis new book provides step-by-step guidance on how to architect enterprise solutions and implement them using SOA and Java EE technologies.
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MacOSXHints.com
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10.6: Open generic files in a preferred app via Services
9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 amOften I need to edit text files that don't have any associated application. This usually occurs when I'm changing system configuration files. My original process was to Control-click on a file and then select Open with and then Other, and then search through the application folder for my text editor program. From another site, I learned that it is very easy to create Services with Automator in 10.6. So now I have a one-click process to open any file in my text favorite text editor. Run Automator and choose the Service template. At the top right, change the drop-downs to read Service receives… -
Edit Google Chrome's 'Other' bookmarks
9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 amGoogle Chrome for Mac (in beta) doesn't yet give you a way to mass edit bookmarks in your Other Bookmarks folder. (You can click the yellow star next to a bookmarked page once it's loaded to edit each bookmark one at a time, but that's tedious.) As a workaround, you can do mass edits in TextEdit (or most any other text editor). Turn off Bookmark Syncing If you have the developer build of Chrome (which allows you to sync your bookmarks to Google Docs), turn off Bookmark Sync by going to Chrome » Preferences » Personal Stuff, and click Stop Syncing This Account. You can turn sync… -
10.6: Use a Service to toggle trash can off and on
9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 amThis hint enables you to turn off (and back on) moving files to Trash when deleting files, thus deleting them immediately when the trash is off. This hint takes advantage of the fact that if the .Trashes folder in a user's home folder is not accessible, Mac OS X ignores it and displays an immediate file deletion warning like the one seen at right. Create a service in Automator that (via the top two drop-down menus) takes no input and is available in any application. Add a single Run AppleScript action that has following contents: on run {input, parameters} do shell script "chown root… -
Use some Mail rules on an as-needed basis via the keyboard
8 Feb 2010 | 7:30 amIf you've ever explored the possible actions offered by Mail's rules, you've probably wished that you could apply some of them to any message on command. For example, you might want to move the selected messages to one mailbox or another at the press of a hotkey, or to replicate Eudora's labels by changing the text color of messages in their mailboxes (Mail's GUI only allows changing their background color, which I dislike as much as OS X's Finder labels). The problem is that Mail's rules are intended to run automatically on incoming or outgoing emails, so such "manual" rules cannot easily… -
Use normal and private browsing at the same time in Firefox
8 Feb 2010 | 7:30 amI had always thought that Chrome's method of private browsing, which allows you to intermingle private and normal browsing in separate windows/tabs, was better than Safari or Firefox, which are an all-or-nothing proposition. Now Firefox, at least, can emulate Chrome's behavior. With the Firefox add-on Private Browsing Window, the user can have private and normal browsing windows simultaneously. This can be used for things other than simply secure browsing, too. You could, for instance, log into two Gmail accounts simultaneously, or test a web app using two different accounts in one browser.
