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Just came across a well written post on Stevey's Blog Rants. The title of that post: (Not) Managing Software Developers
And of course it didn't take long until other blogs posted their (more extreme?) comments, like Geeking with Greg : First, kill all the managers.
.. open for discussion ..
Another on of those "It"s .. but this one seems to be worth checking out .. go to the sphere website and drag the "sphere it" button to your browser toolbar .. now every time you read something interesting on a web page, just click on "sphere it" and see what bloggers write about that in their blogs .. pretty cool .. a nicely integrated blog search engine! .. wake up technorati ..
Wow: 3D operating system, Open Croquet: "Were getting a demo of Croquet from Julian Lombardi and David Smith of Open Croquet, which is a 3D world. Something like Second Life, but runs P2P.
We have just seen a new world. You have just witnessed' one of the first public demos of a 3D hyperlink in the system. You can walk from world-to-world. You can collaborate with people in new ways.....
This is funded by Alan Kay, by the way. Should tell you something about the vision behind this. The company is Qwaq."
(Via Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger.)
.. just to keep the whole 3D world thing going .. and it's P2P ..
BBC starts to rock online world: "The BBC has staked a claim to a virtual tropical island where it can stage online music festivals and throw exclusive celebrity parties.
The rented island exists in online game Second Life and will hold its first event this weekend with bands including Muse, Razorlight and Gnarls Barkley.
The virtual party will mirror BBC Radio 1's real-world, One Big Weekend event, being held in Dundee from 12 May.
Radio 1 plans to use the island to debut new bands over the next year."
(Via BBC News.)
Another article about that event (Via Wonderland).
.. the whole virtual world business is getting serious .. those Second Life developers put some fascinating, extendable technology in place .. I still haven't tried out Second Life yet .. I probably should ..
Different recent talks given at Google are available as videos on Google Video. I previously mentioned the video from LindenLab, but there are many many more great other ones. There is also an RSS feed available.
Swing Application Framework JSR: "A new JSR aims to define a standard application framework for rich-client and desktop Java applications. JSR 296 'will define infrastructure common to most desktop applications. In so doing, Swing applications will be easier to create.'"
(Via Artima Developer Spotlight.)
LDAP or a Database? Where to Store User Data: "Bilal Siddiqui's recent Apache Directory Server (ApacheDS) tutorial on IBM DeveloperWorks shows how to store and share Java objects via this new Apache product. ApacheDS uses MINA as a pluggable protocol layer, and has out-of-the-box LDAP support. But is LDAP always the right choice for storing shared application data, such as user accounts?"
(Via Artima Developer Spotlight.)
.. a very valid question ..
Amazon web search switches to Microsoft: "Amazon's A9 and Alexa appear to have switched from using Google to power their web search to using Microsoft's Windows Live Search (aka MSN Search). I wonder if this is a sign of increasing collaboration between the two Seattle area companies."
(Via Geeking with Greg.)
.. I wonder too .. could it be that Microsoft prepares to buy Amazon? .. now that is an interesting idea ..