
Today's Windows 8 release got us wondering, "When did we actually start using Windows 7?" I, personally, got my Windows 7 key pre-release from being a member...
12 replies - 9564 views - 10/25/12 by Bill Armstrong in Articles

I recommend using Python for data analysis, and I recommend Wes McKinney’s book Python for Data Analysis.
I prefer Python to R for mathematical computing...
0 replies - 15791 views - 10/24/12 by John Cook in Articles

The Conference
This year’s conference, in my opinion, was the best that Oracle have
produced in the three years that it has taken over the stewardship of...
0 replies - 1525 views - 10/24/12 by Peter Pilgrim in Articles

Wikipedia defines a Heisenbug as:
A software bug that seems to disappear when one attempts to study it.
Sometimes one has...
2 replies - 2088 views - 10/24/12 by Jens Schauder in Articles

I walked the few steps necessary from Continental Ballroom 4 and one NetBeans topic (Project Easel) to Continental Ballroom 5 to see another...
0 replies - 1400 views - 10/24/12 by Dustin Marx in Articles

Apparently the modern day purse/wallet snatching has been some what replaced by something much more attractive to thieves across the country, Cell phones....
1 replies - 3327 views - 10/24/12 by Shawn Deena in Articles

So, I've finished my first full week in the new job and I've learnt lots
of new stuff. Which is great, because that's usually why you change...
9 replies - 7384 views - 10/24/12 by Trisha Gee in Articles

Amazon
tells me that I purchased this book in Sep 2004, and have since then
misplaced it, for some reason. I remember how important this book...
0 replies - 4203 views - 10/23/12 by Ayende Rahien in Articles

The benefits of continuous builds are so obvious, widely
documented and experienced nowadays that anyone with even a passing
interest in agile...
0 replies - 5237 views - 10/23/12 by Ben Wootton in Articles

Yesterday part of Amazon Web Services failed, taking with it a slew of startups that use its Cloud infrastructure. AirBNB was one of the biggest, but Heroku,...
0 replies - 5093 views - 10/23/12 by Sean Hull in Articles

Curator's note: This post was written by David Baker. During the past few weeks, I’ve written about what it takes to build a
cloud service that’s ready...
0 replies - 2384 views - 10/23/12 by Eric Berg in Articles

(By kristobalite)
Clojure:
Clean
Structured
Focused
(By agiamba)
Scala:
Adorned
Overflowing
Magnificent
Clojure...
11 replies - 9362 views - 10/23/12 by Jakub Holý in Articles

The theme of this year’s JavaOne was Make The Future Java.
Was this tagline a clever choice of words? Maybe an implied call to
action? It would appear...
0 replies - 1226 views - 10/23/12 by Peter Pilgrim in Articles

The third and final keynote,
the Java Community Keynote, started the final day of JavaOne 2012.
Although the first two keynotes were held in the...
0 replies - 1740 views - 10/23/12 by Dustin Marx in Articles

Curator's note: Andy is the CEO of OSI (Open Software Integrators). He's a forward-thinker and exceptional blogger. Undoubtedly I’ll be trolled by people...
6 replies - 8714 views - 10/23/12 by Andrew C. Oliver in Articles