Changes at Google

Changes at Google

There have been some big changes at Google lately. Larry Page is the CEO of Google and he is changing things around. Andy Rubin is defending their decision to not publish the code to Honeycomb (Android 3.0). Larry Page is changing the way decisions are made at Google....

Hadoop Book Reviews

Update: Review of Hadoop the Definitive Guide 3nd Edition I spent some time reading 2 Hadoop books: Hadoop the Definitive Guide 2nd Edition by Tom White and Hadoop In Action by Chuck Lam.  Both books were well written but seemed to be aimed at a different audience....
Early Java Stories

Early Java Stories

Chuck McManis wrote a post about the very early days of Java. These are ones I haven’t heard and very interesting. Once something is successful or popular, all kinds of people come out of the woodwork to accept credit for...
Bold Predictions

Bold Predictions

I have 2 bold predictions for the near future. The first is that an Android powered Kindle will be making it debut. The second is James Gosling will be making Java v2.0 at Google. When Barnes and Noble created their version of the Android Marketplace, they did so...
Bold Predictions

Qt for Android

There is a video up on the Qt blog showing how to setup, develop and debug Qt application on Android. Qt for Android is in Alpha, but it looks like a great start....