This Thursday the Dutch Groovy and Grails enthusiasts will meet at the Lunatech office in Rotterdam (for details, check www.nlgug.org). We'll have two sessions: one about Grails + Flex, and one about Groovy DSL's, with time left to have a drink and discuss all things related to G&G.
After ignoring Twitter at first, my curiosity about a new communication channel led me to start using it this year. The easy thing about Twitter is working out how to use it. The hard thing about Twitter is to explain to other people what is going on and why. This article has a few suggestions.
In his excellent book The Invisible Computer, Donald Norman explains the computer changing from something you might have one of at home (a multi-purpose PC) to an unseen component in special-purpose devices from washing machines and refrigerators to portable telephones and music players. The same thing is happening with graphics software, and this article considers one specific example. Along the way, I also explain how to produce cat macros.
JBoss Seam is a Java EE application framework whose many roles can make it hard to introduce and explain. It turns out that the European Union (EU) is a good metaphor for Seam, and not just for the humour-value.
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