Monthly Archives: July 2009

Anything Anyone Wants to Hear from Me?

Brian’s working on two awesome posts, including a very cool follow-up to Scala is Not a Functional Programming Language. Awesome takes time, though, so they’re not ready to go yet. I’m working on my book for Manning (which I talked about here) and the second part of my logging article for GroovyMag (which I talked [...]

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NFJS Austin, or, Why I’ve Been Gunning for NFJS for Years

I’m going to be speaking at the No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) tour this weekend in Austin, Texas. Here are my sessions: two on concurrency, two on GORM/Grails. This is my first “full load” conference—I’m basically talking all day Sunday! Should be a blast. I’ve been positioning myself and my career to join the NFJS [...]

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Integrate WebDevGeekly into the podcast feed?

So, I’m a regular on WebDevGeekly, a “discussion about web development issues, news, and views”—really, it’s a kibitz session between Michael Kimsal (publisher of WebDevPublishing), me, Matthew Eernisse, and the Windmill guys (Mikeal Rogers and Adam Christian). Topics range wildly, but it’s always exploring the dynamic and changing culture of web development. I’ve been making [...]

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My Article on Grails Logging in This Month’s GroovyMag

I’ve got an article in this month’s GroovyMag entitled “Goldilocks and Grails Logging — Part 1″. As the title implies, it’s about getting logging just right, and this month’s installment talks about how to think about logging, the underlying Log4J library design, and the basics of the Grails Log4J DSL. Next month will be on [...]

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