May 15th, 2008
“One thing stood out,” Singh said. “There was no easy way to do file systems.” So Singh decided to create one, even though he worked for Google’s search team at the time and wasn’t part of the company’s Mac development efforts.
The reaction of his bosses to this use of company time? Go for it.
Singh’s project, [...]
May 14th, 2008
The North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development has launched a $500,000 marketing campaign to promote golf in the state.
The program features a Web site, Golf.VisitNC.com, that markets North Carolina golf destinations.
Lynne Minges, executive director of the tourism division, said in a statement that a Golf Digest study found that 73 percent of [...]
May 12th, 2008
Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler.
OK, so those days aren’t gone yet. But as big companies parcel Information Age work to people in widely dispersed locations, it’s getting harder for colleagues to develop the camaraderie that comes from being in the same [...]
May 12th, 2008
The average worker over 35 will job hunt every five to eight years Though most would agree that interviewing well is critical to securing a good job, a surprising number of job hunters are poorly prepared for the interviewing process with predictable results.
These general claims are no longer good enough to land a good job.
Job [...]
May 12th, 2008
Local web design company Webflo Studios has announced that its most recent project is a customized website for Verbraken and Sons Arizona Paint Company, which is based in Mesa.
The owners of the company wanted a professional website that would bring their specialty painting services to the forefront. As most of their clients are either involved [...]
May 12th, 2008
New Bamboo to build interactive website to encourage and support young people to read and to be creative…
Reading Agency, an independent charity which inspires young people to read more has appointed New Bamboo, the specialist in bespoke software development using Ruby on Rails, to create an online young people’s website to encourage reading and creativity. [...]
May 7th, 2008
The survey, conducted by US market research firm Evans Data Corp, ranked Microsoft’s MSN/Live developer package above other offerings from Google, Yahoo, Facebook and eBay according to user satisfaction.
However, Australian web developer and co-founder of the Web Directions conference John Allsopp told ZDNet.com.au on Wednesday that the survey “doesn’t say anything meaningful at all”.
Allsopp added [...]
May 7th, 2008
MindTouch is releasing today a new version of its Deki Wiki open-source Wiki tool software which makes it much easier to manage web content in multiple languages.
The MindTouch Deki Wiki v8.05 is a Web Development based Wiki platform that lets web development teams build web pages that are much easier to create and maintain. One [...]
May 7th, 2008
Upcoming versions of the Java platform will be fitted with capabilities such as flexibility, OSGi support, and modularity, Sun Microsystems officials said Tuesday afternoon at the Web Development JavaOne conference in San Francisco.
Road maps were detailed for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6 and Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 7. Java SE serves [...]
May 7th, 2008
Provider of the leading enterprise open source portal, today announced that Sun Microsystems will formally be joining the Liferay open source community and will continue to contribute to the development of Liferay Portal.
Sun’s participation in Liferay’s community will result in enhanced development of enterprise Web 2.0 features and optimized performance for Liferay Portal in combination [...]
