Apr
09
2009
I’ll be doing an introductory talk on FitNesse on 27th of April in central London.
I’ll introduce FitNesse, explain its basic features and present when you should use this tool, when you shouldn’t and how to use it efficiently.
The event is free but up-front registration is required. for more information and to register, see:
http://skillsmatter.com/event/open-source-dot-net/what-is-fitnesse-and-should-i-use-it
Apr
08
2009
Ian McCaig, the CEO of Lastminute.com, said today that a recession is an opportunity to get your house in order and come out sprinting, saying that people should: “shape yourself for the post-apocalyptic world”. During his talk titled Innovation in a Crisis at the SPA 2009 conference, McCaig said that the push to drive the costs down and be more efficient is a chance to prepare to accelerate out of a recession rather than come stumbling out of it. Continue Reading »
Apr
05
2009
I’ll be doing the keynote at OpenSpace coding day #3 on the 30th May in London. The topic will be space based architectures.
Space-based architectures are an alternative to the traditional n-tier model for enterprise applications. Instead of a vertical tier partitioning, space based applications are partitioned horizontally into self-sufficient units. This leads to almost linear scalability of stateful, high-performance applications.
The keynote will be organised as a 30 minute talk followed by a hands-on workshop. In the workshop, we’ll code together a multiplayer game and explore space-based application programming.
for more information, see openspacecode.com