Introduction Author’s note: this is an article that I co-authoredwith a colleague, Robert van der Steen. It has also been published in our company newsletter. Many of the applications we write for our clients nowadays use the service paradigm: a
A small apology
Over the course of a number of different posts on Gridshore, I have mentioned a number of different ideas (mine as well as others’) that I was planning to introduce into my project and of which I promised to report
“Consultancy” != “Cover your ass”
As you might have deduced from some of my previous blog entries, I work as a software engineer for a large consulting firm. That firm works on a project basis, in which personnel works at the client site rather than
Yes We Can….the day after
On November 4, 2008 a great wish came true for most of the United States and the rest of the world: a great alliance of liberals, progressives, new voters, young voters, men, women, blacks, hispanics and people who wanted change
Colossus retiring
Even on a technology blog it is sometimes time to look back instead of forwards. Because sometimes it is important to remember where you’ve come from and not just to look at where you’re going. In this entry I’d like
Rethinking session management
As I mentioned in a previous blog, I’ve been playing around a little with the Click framework in the hopes of having stumbled on a front end framework that is suitable for people like me (who really don’t like the
Redesigning libraries completely
I just got done reading Jettro’s post on refactoring your library. And still being in the vacation mood, it reminded me of an idea that surfaces in my so-called brain every now and then: the public library for the twenty-first
Time for a new editor (and other vacation musings)….
Sometimes you just get to a point that it’s time for something new. In this case, I’ve found that it’s time for a new blog editor. For most of my posts so far on GridShore, I’ve been using Zoundry Raven.