For as long as I can remember Windows and Linux based PC’s have been the staple of the technology and business sectors, while Apple has been geared towards the creative and artistic. Times change, however, and with the popularity of the iPhone and iPad, Apple is becoming a more prevelent name in the office. As [...]

One of our customers sent in a support request regarding a memory leak which was assigned to me to investigate.  It actually turned out to be rather an interesting problem and provided a fix for a bug in Sun’s own code so read on for the full details and the patched jar. To hunt down [...]

Programmers, you should check this out. Cloud9 IDE has the biggest innovation in IDEs since Microsoft brought us Visual Basic: everything runs on the cloud.

It’s no secret that I abhor Object Oriented Programming especially if it’s used to solve every problem that needs a computer program to solve. I don’t know what the guys thinking about OOP were drinking or smoking when they sought to sell it like the Kool Aid that it is. Having said that, I admit [...]

I haven’t been writing much lately and that’s mostly because I’ve been ramping up work with a new client. That said, I’ve always wanted to write about how to do Agile Software Development with C++, but I didn’t have enough time or context to be able to do it. This current project has let me [...]

For all those Mac or iOS developers hard at work coding ceaselessly, lest Santa thinks you’ve been naughty here’s some good news! Santa’s coming early, bringing with him Apple’s latest offering of a bunch of iOS and Mac development books in the iBookstore for Free!

As one of the leaders of the most sought-after information technology certifications in the industry, Cisco caused a lot of confusion when they recently restructured their certification programs. In an effort to simplify the whirlwind of letters and acronyms that one encounters when certifying with Cisco, they created a mass of confusion for those people [...]

IT departments naturally normalize the technology infrastructure to exclusively utilize a vendor’s product line. The certification you chose will reflect that choice. In a Microsoft shop, an employee will seek Microsoft certification. If the shop focuses primarily on Cisco installations, then, a Cisco certification will be sought.