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Android Core
Android: Level Two Image Cache
In the mobile world, it’s very common to have scrollable lists of items that contain information and an image or…
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Enterprise Java
Running RichFaces on WebLogic 12c
I initially thought I could write this post months back already. But I ended up being overwhelmed by different things.…
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Career
How To Disrupt Technical Recruiting – Hire an Agent
A recent anti-recruiter rant posted to a news group and a subsequent commentary on HackerNews got me thinking about the…
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Enterprise Java
Advanced ZK: Asynchronous UI updates and background processing – part 1
Asynchronous UI updates are very useful, because they typically improve the responsiveness, usability and the general feel of user interfaces.…
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Software Development
Provocateurs Gather the Best Requirements
Ask someone what they want, and they’ll tell you they want a faster horse. Provoke them, and they’ll tell you…
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Career
TALK! It’s An Interview, Not An Interrogation
Several times a year I will get a call or email from a hiring manager telling me that an interview…
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Android Core
Android AlarmManager tutorial
While writing an application, need arises to schedule execution of code in future. You may require AlarmManager to schedule your…
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Software Development
Technical Debt – when do you have to pay it off?
There are 2 times to think about technical debt: When you are building a system and making trade-off decisions between…
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Enterprise Java
Review: “Java EE 6 Pocket Guide” by Arun Gupta
This is a review I am very pleased to write. My friend Arun published the Java EE 6 pocket guide…
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