I was recently interviewed for the IndicThreads website around my thought of using Groovy and Grails as the language and platform to develop a product on. I am a strong believer in this, and although there may have been some initial resistance, I encouraged the team to use it to develop Aegeon’s...

After the BeachMeet earlier this week, there seems to be a whole lot of contreversy that followed. Secret agendas, PR overkill and blame games all round. So I have to say; GET OVER IT PEOPLE, ITS ONLY TWITTER FOR GOD’S SAKE!!! If you missed it, the other day I blogged about my experience at BeachMeet....

In a previous post I categorised twitter users into 3 groups; community, broadcaster & marketer. The relevance of this is when you are picking user to follow. Most users, when they sign up to twitter, are aspiring to be part of a community. This includes broadcasters and marketers, but it doesn’t...

Today I attended BeachMeet at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. Don’t let the name throw you, it was initially scheduled to occur on Bondi Beach but relocated due to weather. I must say, I didn’t mind the fact that I didn’t get sand in my shoes, and I am sure all the Suits there today agreed! This...

OK, so I realise that sounds like the start of some bad joke, but whilst walking the dog tonight, I started thinking about how there are different types of users out on twitter, and wanted to try and nail it down to the lowest common denominator. First, let me say that I believe that this is a subjective...

Recently, I have been having various conversations with people about Offshore Development Centres (ODCs). Offshoring was quite popular some years ago, and it has become a standard practice by many development shops these days to be able to leverage a (diminishing) development budget. I have worked with...