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A little adventure with Haskell and Go
I recently decided to brush up on my functional programming skills. My day job increasingly involves building and operating large-scale distributed systems and I became interested in the intersection between this and...
Software sucks - put simply
Be very worried. Software is eating the world, and it sucks. This is a quote from a great article called Why the Great Glitch of July 8th Should Scare You by Zeynep Tufekci . You should go and read it (but finish this...
Endocode proud to sponsor Free Software Foundation Europe
Endocode proud to sponsor Free Software Foundation Europe 4 March 2015 News Endocode , Free Software Foundation Europe karl Endocode has recently become a sponsor of the Free Software Foundation Europe . We proudly do...
Distributed Java Programming - A new training topic
Distributed Java Programming – A new training topic 23 February 2015 Training , Uncategorized concurrency , CORBA , distributed systems , Hadoop , Java , Java Persistence API, memcached , networking , RMI ,...
Brown Dogs and Barbers - Could not have come at a better time, nor be better pitched
Brown Dogs and Barbers – “Could not have come at a better time, nor be better pitched” 21 January 2015 Brown Dogs and Barbers Amazon , British Computer Society , Smashwords karl The British Computer Society (BCS), the...
Why choose Python for teaching?
I recently read a tweet by a computer science educator claiming the superiority of a particular programming language for teaching purposes (Pascal, if you must know). Now, I don’t really go for religious wars — each to...
Partnering with Agile Workers
More exciting news. Mirko Böhm, co-founder of Agile Workers Software , has invited me to become a partner in the company. I’ve gladly accepted. Agile Workers is a cool, new Berlin-based start-up that offers a diverse...
More trainings available via Mixin
I was recently added to the staff of trainers at Mixin , a German-based training company run by Dr. Björn Kesper. My entry into the company means they now offer Java and Eclipse trainings in addition to a whole host of...
And, WordPress hackers, just in case you're interested...
… here’s how I made the earlier slightly tricky change. Using this tutorial page I changed the front page of the site into a static page, which sat at “computerfloss.com/blog”. But I wanted the front page to be at the...
Computer Floss - Slight URL change. Update your feed!
I’ve added a new static front page to the computerfloss.com site. (I have some plans to expand here, you see.) The “/blog” part of the URL is no longer needed, so the old RSS address won’t work. Either click the RSS...
Eclipse trainings available
I delivered my first Eclipse training just before Christmas last year. I’m happy to say that the clients, just under a dozen programmers working for a large German corporation, have reported being “very satisfied” with...
Saros: Needs-based synchronisation and a greatly upgraded Whiteboard
I’ve been so extremely busy the last six weeks that I’ve had no time to blog. During that time a new release of Saros went out and I almost let it pass without telling you about it. Version 11.12.9 of our distributed...
Linux likes the Netgear N150... and so do I
In my new occupation, I continue to treat myself to new kit purchase essential new equipment for my business. I’ve already blogged on my experiences with printers on Linux and now I’ve started using a new wireless...
Distributed Party Programming
Excerpt: "Writing software in a team is hard enough when everyone is within easy reach. Working with people based far away presents a whole new challenge. If you've ever tried distributed collaboration you'll already be...
Kolab: David and Goliath
Excerpt: “Groupware is an overused and ill-defined term, so you have to make clear what it is you’re talking about. It’s often taken to mean any software that allows users to work together on common projects over a...