http://www.dzone.com/links/users/links/207083.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:43:14 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-30T07:43:14Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/user/207083/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/whos_serious_about_search.html I was chatting with someone from Yahoo last night and I mentioned that while I use Yahoo as my home page and e-mail I almost always search on Google. I never gave it much thought but a reason must exist for this to be true... opinion reviews usability Fri, 09 May 2008 02:58:22 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80050.html sharrissf 2008-05-09T02:58:22Z I was chatting with someone from Yahoo last night and I mentioned that while I use Yahoo as my home page and e-mail I almost always search on Google. I never gave it much thought but a reason must exist for this to be true...]]> 80050 2008-05-09T02:58:22Z 2 0 15 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/80050.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/hacking_javalangstring.html Interesting blog on instrumenting java.lang.String for dynamic compression java open source research Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:10:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/71498.html sharrissf 2008-03-18T19:10:02Z Interesting blog on instrumenting java.lang.String for dynamic compression]]> 71498 2008-03-18T17:49:13Z 2008-03-18T19:10:02Z 28 0 937 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/71498.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/dzone_suggestion_more_comments.html I like DZone a lot. I read it regularly and post to it when practical. I like the rising links, I like the popular links, I even like the voting system. However, their is one thing that would make DZone just a touch better in my eyes. opinion usability Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:39:13 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/63693.html sharrissf 2008-01-28T21:39:13Z I like DZone a lot. I read it regularly and post to it when practical. I like the rising links, I like the popular links, I even like the voting system. However, their is one thing that would make DZone just a touch better in my eyes.]]> 63693 2008-01-28T21:22:51Z 2008-01-28T21:39:13Z 32 0 189 12 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/63693.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_i_love_and_hate_statics_in_java.html I was chatting with some fellow geeks earlier this evening and it occurred to me that I've said to people that they should almost ALWAYS use static and also told people they should almost NEVER use static. java methodology opinion Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:34:08 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/63346.html sharrissf 2008-01-25T22:34:08Z I was chatting with some fellow geeks earlier this evening and it occurred to me that I've said to people that they should almost ALWAYS use static and also told people they should almost NEVER use static.]]> 63346 2008-01-25T18:50:00Z 2008-01-25T22:34:08Z 19 0 582 9 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/63346.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/using_web_clipping_to_monitor_dzone.html Now that I've installed Leopard I figured I would try out a few of it's new features. At first I didn't really get this new Web clip button on Safari. Turns out, it's really kind of useful. It allows one to choose a piece of a web page and auto magically turn it into a widget. apple css-html how-to tools Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:21:18 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/50187.html sharrissf 2007-10-29T21:21:18Z Now that I've installed Leopard I figured I would try out a few of it's new features. At first I didn't really get this new Web clip button on Safari. Turns out, it's really kind of useful. It allows one to choose a piece of a web page and auto magically turn it into a widget.]]> 50187 2007-10-29T00:09:58Z 2007-10-29T21:21:18Z 8 0 137 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/50187.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/no_java_bye_bye_macbook_pros.html I have liked Mac's for as long as they have had OS X, didn't like them before that. Over 50 percent our Development/Field Eng team, have a mac. Hate too have to say good bye to them but... apple hardware java news Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:15:47 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/50109.html sharrissf 2007-10-29T13:15:47Z I have liked Mac's for as long as they have had OS X, didn't like them before that. Over 50 percent our Development/Field Eng team, have a mac. Hate too have to say good bye to them but...]]> 50109 2007-10-28T16:37:57Z 2007-10-29T13:15:47Z 29 0 1503 4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/50109.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/goodbye_randy_pausch.html Don't need to be a geek to learn from this one. One of the best CS professors I ever had is going too pass in the next month or so at the way to young age of 46. He has inoperable pancreatic cancer. games gui tools usability Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:16:25 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/43541.html sharrissf 2007-09-24T20:16:25Z Don't need to be a geek to learn from this one. One of the best CS professors I ever had is going too pass in the next month or so at the way to young age of 46. He has inoperable pancreatic cancer.]]> 43541 2007-09-22T03:09:07Z 2007-09-24T20:16:25Z 10 0 387 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/43541.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/35_rules_in_distributed_algorithm_design.html A few basic rules for designing scale-out algorithms java methodology open source trends Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:29:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/41878.html sharrissf 2007-09-15T13:29:44Z A few basic rules for designing scale-out algorithms]]> 41878 2007-09-15T05:57:48Z 2007-09-15T13:29:44Z 22 0 353 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/41878.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/automated_install_build_run_and_test_with_maven_a.html I've been working on Terracotta for a long time. What I've noticed is that every few months some improvement comes a long that makes a big difference. Maven integration, while external to the core of the product, is one of those game changing improvements. java open source server usability Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:17:58 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/37659.html sharrissf 2007-08-28T12:17:58Z I've been working on Terracotta for a long time. What I've noticed is that every few months some improvement comes a long that makes a big difference. Maven integration, while external to the core of the product, is one of those game changing improvements.]]> 37659 2007-08-27T21:15:56Z 2007-08-28T12:17:58Z 13 0 319 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/37659.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/distributed_web_continuations_with_rife_and_terra.html This article discusses how the RIFE Web framework, and its use of continuations to maintain conversational state, integrates with the open-source Terracotta clustering project to create highly scalable applications with minimal coding. frameworks java open source server Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:35:23 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/34113.html sharrissf 2007-08-08T19:35:23Z This article discusses how the RIFE Web framework, and its use of continuations to maintain conversational state, integrates with the open-source Terracotta clustering project to create highly scalable applications with minimal coding.]]> 34113 2007-08-08T17:40:55Z 2007-08-08T19:35:23Z 16 0 154 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/34113.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/email_sucks.html More lost information, mistakes, fights and miscommunication can be attributed to e-mail than almost any other cause I can think of. Here are a few of the problems with email communication that I’ve noticed over the years: methodology open source opinion research Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:46:39 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/32836.html sharrissf 2007-07-31T20:46:39Z More lost information, mistakes, fights and miscommunication can be attributed to e-mail than almost any other cause I can think of. Here are a few of the problems with email communication that I’ve noticed over the years:]]> 32836 2007-07-31T19:33:33Z 2007-07-31T20:46:39Z 16 0 317 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/32836.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/what_were_those_results_again.html This is a small follow up to my blogs about anti-patterns. When trying to debug a complex logic or performance problem one of the most important things one can do is take notes. how-to java methodology opinion Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:12:19 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/31227.html sharrissf 2007-07-20T08:12:19Z This is a small follow up to my blogs about anti-patterns. When trying to debug a complex logic or performance problem one of the most important things one can do is take notes.]]> 31227 2007-07-20T04:38:27Z 2007-07-20T08:12:19Z 19 0 215 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/31227.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/more_lies_distributed_performance_testing_antipat.html In part 3 out of 4 of this blog, much like parts 1 and 2 I will hit on anti-patterns that allow your performance testing of clustered and or distributed software to lie to you. I'll be following up part 3 of this blog, the last 4 anti-patterns, with a blog about a simple distributed testing framework I have begun. Hopefully enough of you will be interested, try it and maybe even contribute to it. frameworks how-to java methodology Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:01:47 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/30380.html sharrissf 2007-07-14T15:01:47Z In part 3 out of 4 of this blog, much like parts 1 and 2 I will hit on anti-patterns that allow your performance testing of clustered and or distributed software to lie to you. I'll be following up part 3 of this blog, the last 4 anti-patterns, with a blog about a simple distributed testing framework I have begun. Hopefully enough of you will be interested, try it and maybe even contribute to it.]]> 30380 2007-07-14T03:46:47Z 2007-07-14T15:01:47Z 20 0 305 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/30380.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/distributed_performance_testing_antipatterns_part.html In Part 1 of this 4 part blog I hit upon 3 Anti-Patterns that can make one's performance testing a poor representation of reality. Here I'm covering 3 more and will be following up with the last 4 in a few days. After that I'm going to talk about a simple distributed performance testing framework I'm going to give away to try and help people be more successful with this stuff. java methodology opinion server Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:20:30 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/28854.html sharrissf 2007-07-04T14:20:30Z In Part 1 of this 4 part blog I hit upon 3 Anti-Patterns that can make one's performance testing a poor representation of reality. Here I'm covering 3 more and will be following up with the last 4 in a few days. After that I'm going to talk about a simple distributed performance testing framework I'm going to give away to try and help people be more successful with this stuff.]]> 28854 2007-07-04T03:15:59Z 2007-07-04T14:20:30Z 13 0 151 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/28854.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_your_distributed_tests_are_lying_to_you_antip.html Clustering and distributing Java applications has never been easier than it is today (see Terracotta). As a result, writing good distributed performance tests and tuning those applications is increasingly important. Performance tuning and testing of distributed and/or clustered applications is an important skill and many who do it can use a little help. Over my next few blogs I'm going to cover a series of anti-patterns in this area. I'll be following it up with a simple open distributed testing framework that I hope can help people out (hint, hint, the testing framework itself is distributed to best test distributed apps). how-to java methodology open source Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:43:10 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/27988.html sharrissf 2007-06-27T23:43:10Z Clustering and distributing Java applications has never been easier than it is today (see Terracotta). As a result, writing good distributed performance tests and tuning those applications is increasingly important. Performance tuning and testing of distributed and/or clustered applications is an important skill and many who do it can use a little help. Over my next few blogs I'm going to cover a series of anti-patterns in this area. I'll be following it up with a simple open distributed testing framework that I hope can help people out (hint, hint, the testing framework itself is distributed to best test distributed apps).]]> 27988 2007-06-27T20:45:11Z 2007-06-27T23:43:10Z 14 0 213 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/27988.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_ning_is_the_thing.html Ning is a well done meta-site that puts Social network Site Building in the hands of virtual novices. frameworks reviews web 2.0 web services Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:33:53 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/26563.html sharrissf 2007-06-18T16:33:53Z Ning is a well done meta-site that puts Social network Site Building in the hands of virtual novices.]]> 26563 2007-06-18T16:33:53Z 2 0 31 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/26563.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/when_hiring_have_a_plan.html Short blog on making sure you know what you are looking for in hiring and some suggestions java methodology opinion trends Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:00:31 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/26294.html sharrissf 2007-06-15T21:00:31Z Short blog on making sure you know what you are looking for in hiring and some suggestions]]> 26294 2007-06-15T19:15:49Z 2007-06-15T21:00:31Z 10 0 336 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/26294.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/positive_thoughts_on_safari_3_mac.html Seems like a lot of negative stuff flying around about Safari 3 for the mac. I like it so I thought I would give a brief blog on why. apple how-to open source reviews Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:21:32 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/26287.html sharrissf 2007-06-17T16:21:32Z Seems like a lot of negative stuff flying around about Safari 3 for the mac. I like it so I thought I would give a brief blog on why.]]> 26287 2007-06-15T18:12:05Z 2007-06-17T16:21:32Z 12 0 255 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/26287.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/quick_blog_on_latency_v_throughput.html Talks about how people use one word, speed, to describe two concepts, latency and throughput java methodology opinion server Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:14:11 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/26285.html sharrissf 2007-06-15T21:14:11Z Talks about how people use one word, speed, to describe two concepts, latency and throughput]]> 26285 2007-06-15T17:52:29Z 2007-06-15T21:14:11Z 10 0 164 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/26285.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/programming_by_wishful_thinking.html short blog on writing the hight level flow of an app before actually filling in the methods that make the app up. java methodology ruby Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:27:57 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/12231.html sharrissf 2007-01-31T22:27:57Z short blog on writing the hight level flow of an app before actually filling in the methods that make the app up.]]> 12231 2007-01-28T23:40:08Z 2007-01-31T22:27:57Z 9 0 299 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/12231.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/more_fun_with_spring_scopes.html Quick write up on some fun clustering stuff for custom scoped beans in Spring frameworks java open source Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:59:50 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/10203.html sharrissf 2007-01-05T16:59:50Z Quick write up on some fun clustering stuff for custom scoped beans in Spring]]> 10203 2007-01-02T21:20:44Z 2007-01-05T16:59:50Z 9 0 198 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/10203.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_wisdom_of_open_source_crowds.html The Wisdom of Crowds was a very popular book this year. Slowly but slowly, firms are starting to realize that "crowd wisdom" is not just for internal brainstorming sessions, but can be used to push their ideas into the outside world and have the best and brightest minds who don't work their companies make them more effective. The latest company to see the wisdom potential in the IT Crowd is Terracotta which makes an amazing Java distributed computing platform. java open source server Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:25:08 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/9396.html sharrissf 2006-12-19T04:25:08Z The Wisdom of Crowds was a very popular book this year. Slowly but slowly, firms are starting to realize that "crowd wisdom" is not just for internal brainstorming sessions, but can be used to push their ideas into the outside world and have the best and brightest minds who don't work their companies make them more effective. The latest company to see the wisdom potential in the IT Crowd is Terracotta which makes an amazing Java distributed computing platform.]]> 9396 2006-12-19T04:25:08Z 2 0 14 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/9396.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/using_open_terracotta_dso_on_os_x.html Short list of instructions for using Terracotta DSO on OS X apple java open source server Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:14:43 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/8401.html sharrissf 2006-12-05T02:14:43Z Short list of instructions for using Terracotta DSO on OS X]]> 8401 2006-12-05T02:14:43Z 5 0 19 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/8401.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/performance_tuning_with_thread_dumps.html A blog on using thread dumps in Java for for finding and fixing performance issues. how-to java methodology opinion Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:48:15 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/4305.html sharrissf 2006-10-04T22:48:15Z A blog on using thread dumps in Java for for finding and fixing performance issues.]]> 4305 2006-10-04T22:48:15Z 2 0 22 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/4305.jpg sharrissf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207083.gif