Month: November 2008

10 commandments of egoless programming

i was looking through some old stuff when i got a chance to see this, which i used when i once conducted a session on programming, thought this be kewl to be posted here. the ten commandments of egoless programming was originally established in Jerry Weinberg’s book The Psychology of Computer Programming: Understand and accept […]

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ruby on rails

IT PINOY‘s you might have heard of ruby on rails, if not then this is the perfect time to learn the newest and the kewlest development tool right now! there are 2 components here – ruby programming language and the rails framework. often called as ruby on rails (RoR), this is an open source web […]

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a java poem

let’s build on our last blog – the OOP song, this time let’s read doug hoff’s java poem…. Static – a Java poem public class Static { static Class Public; public Static Class; System out; static {} static Public string; public class Public { System out; public void main ( String print []) { System.out.print […]

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the OOP song

“Object-Oriented Programming got a song?” I bet you asked. oh yeah! all i can say is that finally someone had the balls to express how all IT PINOY‘s felt while learning how to program and how to digest OOP! see Design Minstrel‘s spin-off of britney spears’ oops i did it again (wtf!!! oh yeah, this […]

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IT PINOY's cut back!

this is quite a delicate topic and rumors are all ready circling the IT industry. it was said that a blog and an email started it all. that there is a quite noticeable number of employees from accenture being sacked as part of the cost-cutting initiative by the company. news also reached us that other […]

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anatomy of a programmer

the influx of computers and of the information technology (IT) has changed the way we live our lives. gone are the days when people hang out of their homes and converse with their neighbors or children spending the good summer outside. nowadays, instead of going out, people opt to stay tuned into television or surf […]

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code clean-up!

cory foy put this topic bluntly, “as developers, system admins, and a variety of other roles in IT, we have to deal with code on a daily basis. sometimes it’s just one-off scripts we never have to see again. sometimes we stare at something that, for the life of us, we can’t understand how it […]

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sun and microsoft

oh yeah finally they’re working together! i guess these guys are the new apple and microsoft of this generation. (wait, for the IT PINOY’s who didn’t know – apple and microsoft are the nora and vilma of the IT industry). also if you remember, when the pc became big in the 90’s, apple’s desktop plummetted […]

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video/voice chat in gmail!

Google has added video and voice chat to its free Gmail application. you will only need a webcam and install the browser plugin to get you started. google added that video chatting is becoming popular among both businesses and consumers. visit barry levine’s tech trends for more.

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