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iTeam - Gaining Momentum

April 29, 2009 9:04 PM

After work commitments prevented us from meeting last week, the iTeam was back in action today. Today we designed the front-end navigation of our iPhone application. We have three screens: Home screen - where most of the navigation will happen.

posted by Jeff Schwartz

Staged Life Cycle Methodology

April 25, 2009 8:17 PM

It is important and necessary to follow a strategy and frame work during the implementation of a project in order to fulfill the client needs, to adhere the timelines, and to get a quality product. There are different types of methodologies that can be followed during the implementation of a project according to the project type, needs, size and timelines of the project we need to select the appropriate methodology.

posted by Rohit Srinath

Configuration Management

April 20, 2009 9:10 PM

Last week I was discussing with Matt over the lunch and he told me that in one of the client’s place, he visited, had a team of 50 developers and they were not following any Configuration Management Process and were using network drives to maintain code base. He then started telling me about how they were all ignorant about the Configuration Management Processes and Collabaration Tools available and how he proposed them various options and how it was implemented and how they benefited from it.

posted by Rohit Srinath

Upcoming Day/Alfresco Events with CITYTECH

April 17, 2009 12:08 AM

It is turning out to be quite a busy month. I am going to be speaking at 3 events over the next couple weeks. Day CQ5 Product Tour CITYTECH will be supporting the midwest leg. 4/21 - Minneapolis 4/22 - Chicago

posted by Shane Johnson

What makes a great developer?

April 16, 2009 11:00 AM

Simplicity This is what it all comes down to. A lot of developers tend to write complex code. I think it is a result of the ad-hoc nature of programming. The truth is that it is much more difficult to write simple code. I think there are two facets to writing simple code. One is experience, and the other is patience. Experienced developers are better prepared to write simple code from the start. However, simplicity is ultimately achieved by continuously refactoring the code.

posted by Shane Johnson

iPhone - A New Beginning

April 15, 2009 7:49 PM

Today marks the official first day of my iPhone development journey. A small group of CityTech developers, and I have commited to publishing an iPhone/iPod Touch application in the AppStore. We have creatively named this group, the iTeam. At least once a week, the iTeam will meet to forge ahead with our grande plans.

posted by Jeff Schwartz

Part 2 – Alfresco Integration with JBoss Portal

April 14, 2009 5:30 PM

This blog is an addendum to last week’s blog found here. I had not planned to do a follow-up or second part to that blog, but after working to display the CMIS objects in a tree structure, I wanted to share what I had learned.

posted by Jeff Brown

I purchased a cloud. Did you? Wait. What is a cloud?

April 14, 2009 10:39 AM

Reality Television Shows Buzzwords are a lot like reality television shows. Every time one is canceled, two more take its place. You know what else they have in common? They lack originality. They are just putting on a new face.

posted by Shane Johnson

Alfresco Integration with JBoss Portal

April 8, 2009 2:26 PM

A common use case we see is clients wishing to integrate Alfresco ECM with or within their existing portal products. In the past, the most common way to do this was to place the entire Alfresco WAR within a portal container and deploy the product as a portlet. Although this approach works, it is not useful in many cases as you are limited in the customization of the look and feel with the rest of the portal. Plus, the repository itself is now tied directly to the portal container in terms of scalability.

posted by Jeff Brown

JFXStudio Contest Champion

April 4, 2009 4:33 PM

I was notified today that my submission to the JFXStudio “Orange” contest was one of three winners (…and one of three submissions). My submission, the Orangalyzer, is a helpful application for writers and poets trying to find words that rhyme with “orange”. Simply enter a word and after some analyzing, the application will report whether or not the word rhymes with “orange”.

posted by Sten Anderson

Wireless Mighty Mouse in Windows

April 1, 2009 10:06 PM

I’ve seen quite a few posts about not being able to use Apple’s Bluetooth wireless Mighty Mouse with Windows. I just got mine working nicely with the Thinkpad T60 (running Vista Business 32-bit) I’m using while my MacBook Pro is in the shop. The trick was to using the passkey 0000 when prompted by the Windows Bluetooth utility. Wireless mouse goodness to keep away the trackpad blues. The only problem I am having is that after I restart the machine, I can’t get the mouse to reconnect without removing it and then re-adding it.

posted by Matt Campbell

Echo Nest Goodness

April 1, 2009 2:24 PM

It looks like the guys over at the Echo Nest have added a new metric, called Goodness, to their developer API. On a zero to one point scale, it’s nice to see that Hungry Fathers rates a whopping 0.75 (compared to Joe Satriani’s paltry 0.05).

posted by Sten Anderson

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