Blog

Here is the list of blog articles. I apologize for some articles which are pretty incomplete. This is work in progress.

The articles are in chronological order. You can filter using the Blog menu above or use the search box to enter a term to search for.

Handheld Solutions Inproves State Police Services in Brandenburg - modified April 19

Here is a case study compiled by Microsoft about a mobile solution that replaced paper ticket using a mobile devices.

SharePoint Failed to Activate Feature - modified April 07

If you try to activate a sharepoint feature, and you see an obscure error message: "Failed to activate feature 'YourFeatureName' (ID: YourGUIDOfWhatever)", try resetting IIS:

Happy Holidays - modified December 22 2009

Abandon your Coding Guides - modified December 22 2009

Everybody has coding guides on their projects. But is this really the end of the story?

Java Who? - modified March 26 2009

Here is a set of more or less "in depth" articles about very specific aspects of Java.

Instance initializers - modified March 26 2009

Instance initializers support clear design and responsibilities. They are also crusual to anonymous inner classes.

Compiler Warnings - modified March 26 2009

Compiler errors and warnings can help you accomplish your work faster and with higher quality. javac is your friend so stop ignoring her.

Stupid Little Things - modified March 01 2009

If you find out that things like final or readonly are rare occurrences in your source code then you are lacking quality. The compiler can live without them but you can't.

Performance of VMWare Shared Folders - modified February 08 2009

Using shared folders in VMWare can be a crappy slow experience. Help might be a flick of the wrist away.

Steps for Problem Solution - modified May 20 2008

If you watch people working you can tell the level of quality they are likely to produce. This does not only apply when they are working on new code but also defect resolution.

How to Write Good Documentations - modified May 20 2008

A crucial aspect of a well written class is its documentation. A good documentation boosts reuse fo your class because you and others will find it more useful, maintenance and extensions are easier to do and you will have less bugs at the end.

PHP On Mac - modified May 19 2008

Hosting some PHP pages on your MAC is easy and straightforward. Go to System Preferences, then to Sharing and check Web Sharing.

The Quality of Logging - modified May 19 2008

Using a logging framework in your application is not enough. You need quality logging to ensure that the log files really help you out of a critical situation.

A Culture of Discussion - modified May 19 2008

Decisions need to be derived from discussions. Information in an agile team flows in discussions. They ensure nobody is cut off from the information flow and decisions will be understood and followed.

Debug vs. Log - modified May 17 2008

Amongst the pros and cons for debugging vs. logging you might consider that debugging should be avoided because it constantly breaks DRY. This article explains you why.

Deep Sleep - modified May 17 2008

On a Windows computer, you have 3 shutodown options:

The Economy of Bugs - modified May 15 2008

Defects can sometimes be hard to tackle. If you follow the guides of you will find out that you spend a reasonable amount of time fixing and preventing bugs.

Document First - modified May 15 2008

"Real developers" don't like to document. At least this is what they say. They say it is boring and lame, and "who is reading this anyway"? No one does, because it is not there and when it is, it is written by someone who thinks it is boring and lame.

Pattern Misuse - modified May 15 2008

Design patterns are good things because we can talk about design much easier. Some of us even see patterns in architecture, project management or team management. Patterns everywhere.

Time Machine Restore - modified May 15 2008

Making a full restore from a Time Machine is just a mouseclick away, . Well, I has the chance to verify this. Last week my MacBook crashed, and I was glad to have a recent Time Machine backup.

I, Convert - modified May 13 2008

I did it. Being a disciple of Windows for all my life this wasn't easy. I have a brand new MacBook on my table now and I am feeling good. I did not setup a decision matrix nor did I made a TCO evaluation.

The Good, the Bad and the Null - modified May 13 2008

Null is going to kill me. It is a singularity at its very best. It separates your code into the nulls and all the rest.