Netflix freezing in Windows running on a VM?
I've been a very long time Netflix user, especially streaming since I rarely get the luxury of watching movies on TV. Hollywood and other players make it a little difficult to watch netflix on Linux...
View ArticleNew Linux laptop
Used to be back in the day you cut your linux teeth by buying a desktop, dual booting ( or VM'ing later on) windows and working out all the kinks to get a lean mean linux machine setup. If you really...
View ArticleLinuxFest Northwest in April
heads up - http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ is happening in April up in Bellingham in case you're interested. I've given some talks at previous ones on things like python, java and android. It's actually...
View ArticleTED Conference in Vancouver
It appears that this year's TED conference is happening in my wife's hometown -Vancouver, BC. I'd highly recommend going to it if you...
View ArticleBoys and their toys
If you are ever interested in dabbling in small form factor embedded linux devices you may want to check these bad boys out (some I own, the rest I plan to get eventually :) ouya cubieboard...
View ArticleCan't recommend System76 enough
I had blogged about my awesome made for linux system76.com laptop a while back. But the support they have exhibited in providing detailed painless upgrade instructions to the latest version of ubuntu...
View ArticleIntro to Continuous Delivery
Check out a video of me and Gabe talking about Continuous Delivery.http://vimeo.com/65793565and if your organization needs some help in software development: product planning, development, qa, release...
View ArticleGreat SeaJUG meeting on 5/21 - Spring!
We've got a great presentation lined up for the Seattle Java User's group on 5/21 at Expedia on Spring tech in case you are interested. Check out http://www.seajug.org for more details.
View Article5 Things that will make your Agile project fail
A good read and something I've experienced in some projects which sometimes need addressing:http://agile.dzone.com/articles/5-things-will-make-your-agile
View ArticleA really good presentation on how to design APIs
You may enjoy reading this presentation if you're into API design:http://lcsd05.cs.tamu.edu/slides/keynote.pdf
View ArticleAndroid & iOS Automation
Been trying to get a handle on the iOS and Android versions of the OptionsHouse app. The first thing I always like to do is to look into automation for any kind of a project. It's useful for testing...
View ArticleSoftware Deployment Process
I found an old writeup I had done for the deployment process I helped setup at a large health organization a few years ago. It worked really well for deploying an architecture consisting of...
View ArticleNFJS 2013
Went to NFJS recently. Awesome conference that I'd highly recommend you attend if you can, especially if you're into server side stuff though it was kind of nice to see the mobile additions here and...
View ArticleKunagi
If you're looking for a lightweight solution to help manage the Agile/Scrum process because you can't use Rally, Jira, etc you may want to take a look at:http://kunagi.org/It worked rather well for us...
View ArticlePerformance Tuning pointers for Java/Linux
A couple of tips you may find handy if you're doing some performance tuning/troubleshooting on Java/Linux:invest in decent APM for collecting trend data and mining it (A customer used New Relic for...
View ArticleDocker
I'd highly recommend checking out docker as the next cool tech to get your geek on. Vagrant and Boot2Docker are two options if you're not on Linux.During a talk I gave recently, the topic of whether...
View ArticleGreat Docker meet-up for Dec
Hosted the local Docker meet-up in Dec: http://www.meetup.com/Docker-Seattle/We heard from folks from Microsoft talking about their plans and a developer on http://panamax.io/ from CenturyLink about...
View ArticleDocker! Docker! Docker!
Cold, rainy weather in Seattle - check!Hot software ecosystem and cloud computing - check!150+ attendees for a packed house, grub and a professional videographer - check!Bryan Cantrill speaking about...
View ArticleSeaJUG 2015
The Seattle Java User's Group kicks off 2015 with a talk on Java and Performance. I've got a bunch of great talks lined up for the next few months - possibly Olivier Gaudin of SonarQube, Will Iverson,...
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