I think I Spider

I'm writing for the Synyx GmbH & Co. KG mobile solutions blog. From time to time, I'll cross post articles here, if I think they are of interest for you. If you'd like to read all of my other posts, subscribe to the Synyx Mobile Solutions Blog.

I'm proud to present, that our first own App has made it to the App Store last week. It's a beautiful mobile interface to the web site http://ithinkispider.com. You can find out more over at the Synyx Mobile Solutions Blog, or just hit the App icon and download it for free from the App Store!

My lovely mister singing club!

Paradise Lost (Again)

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Java == Coffee

Choosing a Web Framework == Choosing a Spouse

Another greate analogy, which I think is rather funny than true:

When buying jam, yes, I want to make a 5 second decision and not have "too many choices." When choosing a spouse, buying a house, or making any kind of long term or expensive commitment like selecting a framework I will be using for the next few years, I don't want less choice, I WANT MORE.

Java for Project Managers

Jack Bauer

GOTO

I love GOTO, it makes code so easy to understand and debug. It's a pleasure to scan code for labels, in order figure out where to jump next. I miss GOTO a lot!

Lemurs

Feeling Blue

Hacking 0.1 (german)

Indoor Enthusiast

Real Life YouTube Comments

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Life Hack

According to 43Folders a life hack is

... any kind of trick that forces the Smartypants part of your brain and the Dumbass part of your brain to stay in proper communication.

I guess I'm in deep need of life hacks otherwise the Smartypants part of my brain is going to die!

Just too funny

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AIDA

via Coding Horror

Google News Fun III

NASA has problems with a really bad saboteur as you can see in the picture.

SysAdminDay

In praise of all sysadmins out there, today is the 8th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day.

promotion anyone

Dramatic Lost

via Tasty Blog Snack

Software development related acronyms

Have you ever heard of ADD or DBD? No? Me neither until I listened to the Java Posse. The guys talked about Scott Berkun's blog, which has all sorts of nice acronyms in a posting.

Asshole Driven development (ADD) - Any team where the biggest jerk makes all the big decisions is asshole driven development. All wisdom, logic or process goes out the window when Mr. Asshole is in the room, doing whatever idiotic, selfish thing he thinks is best. There may rules and processes, but Mr. A breaks them and people follow anyway.

Development By Denial (DBD) - Everybody pretends there is a method for what’s being done, and that things are going ok, when in reality, things are a mess and the process is on the floor. The worse things get, the more people depend on their denial of what’s really happening, or their isolation in their own small part of the project, to survive.