After about three weeks I finally have the results for the Learn-Only-3-Languages survey. The sample size was really great. I got about 2,300 responses to the survey!
16 replies - 24630 views - 12/08/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles
Rich Hickey's second, "philosophical" talk at the first Clojure Conj, in
Durham, North Carolina on October 23rd, 2010. Many thanks to Matt...
0 replies - 4786 views - 12/02/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Videos
Once I heard Alberto Brandolini giving a keynote at an Italian conference, saying, between other insights, that Lego bricks where one of the most abused metaphors in software engineering.One of the most abused sayings, instead, is this one:
34 replies - 14168 views - 09/30/10 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles
The days of enterprises fearing what they don't have to pay for are coming to an end. Two recent surveys on open source adoption show that open source solutions are trusted and utilized by a large number of enterprises. One survey found that a majority of...
0 replies - 13077 views - 08/16/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles
Over half of the developers polled in a recent survey by Embarcadero Technologies say "no," they don't have enough time to learn that new language, or understand that new technology. On the other hand, developers are getting more money, but are...
5 replies - 20029 views - 08/11/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles
How do I motivate my developers? - is a question you hear all the time from managers who haven't been paying attention to the patterns found in many software development shops. Dan Pink has looked at much of the scientific research behind human...
6 replies - 11930 views - 06/15/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles
Although most developers in a recent study said they wouldn't prefer a trip to the dentist or a fender bender over testing software, a majority said they would rather do their taxes (which is becoming increasingly complicated in the US) instead of dealing...
6 replies - 11604 views - 06/06/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles
Mono Project lead Miguel de Icaza recently suggested that web developers could write much better applications if the Common Language Infrastructure (CLR), upon which the .NET framework sits, were integrated into today's browsers. de Icaza says it would give...
1 replies - 13113 views - 05/04/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
At the Tech Heaven event this week, Intel and Carnegie Mellon University unveiled rudimentary mind-reading software that uses an MRI to scan your brainwaves in controlled conditions and recognize their patterns. The person using the technology was shown...
0 replies - 10522 views - 04/09/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
The 451 Group released its data today regarding venture capital funding for open source software in 2009. As a result of the struggling world economy, open source VC funding took a hit last year with a drop in the number of deals and in the average size of...
0 replies - 7195 views - 04/07/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles
When I discussed VersionControlTools
I said that it
was an unscientific agglomeration of opinion. As I was doing it I
realized that I could add some spurious but mesmerizing numbers to
my analysis by doing a survey. Google's spreadsheet makes the
...
2 replies - 6078 views - 03/09/10 by Martin Fowler in News
Facebook Going Public, But Not For a While The WSJ has been talking with Facebook and gaining some early access to their plans for the future. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, confirmed that the company will eventually go public, but not...
2 replies - 20447 views - 03/05/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose
The final version of Ubuntu 9.10 is here at last. The new system has improved graphics drivers along with DeviceKit and udev for the hardware interface instead of HAL. For a full walkthrough of the features, check out this guided tour of Ubutnu 9.10...
0 replies - 11728 views - 10/29/09 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News
During the JavaOne 2009 general session, Scott McNealy commemorated Jonathan Schwartz on his stewardship of Java. After accusing James Gosling of being 'the...
2 replies - 11207 views - 06/03/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE)
is built on a strong academic foundation and actively pursues
investigations in the natural and social sciences, which form the basis
for ongoing projects that are dedicated to outreach and...
7 replies - 5828 views - 01/21/09 by Jay Mahadeokar in Articles
