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Fashion oriented architecture, design and programming
Fashion oriented architecture, fashion oriented design and fashion oriented programming (FOA, FOD, FOP or FOx in general terms) are terms related with using products, API’s and frameworks according to marketing and trending decisions instead of technically founded ones. FOx, although not a recognized standard is a de-facto policy used in technical management when technical know-how is inappropriate and limited usually due to lack of knowledge, lack of […]
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How linkedin is starting to suck through discussion tailoring
Linked-in groups has always been a personal promotion tool but lately it starts being full of trolls using the Discussions feature to promote commercial products and services without reliable data or common sense at all. It is an insult to intelligence to see how several commercial vendors are using linked in discussions to promote their […]
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Kudos to IBM for the good job
I must admit it, IBM is nailing it in Spain. Today there was an article about IBM in elpais.es, a mainstream media. Mainstream media is not very objective nowadays but this article they wrote about the IBM is true: they successfully transitioned from machines to services and consultancy and shows no sign of weakening. IBM […]
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15M explained from inside
Lately everyone is talking about the recent revolts related with the 15 of may 2011, a day that will surely me remembered as the sign that there is a difference between democracy as a political system and as a brand. Everyone out there knows the Italian government with Berlusconi on the top, talking rubbish about […]
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Facebook is worth 52 billions, my ass!
One friend told me yesterday he is willing to put his money on an Internet start-up founded by a friend of a friend of his. My advice can not be more clear: put your money elsewhere by the moment, there is absolutely a bubble in technology, in fact this bubble is even bigger when compared […]
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Don’t rush for the technical exchange
Telling everyone you are clueless: There was a time when computer programming was more an art than a science. I am talking about the times of Cobol, basic, gw-basic, q-basic and so many proprietary (now defunct) languages. Right now programming is elsewhere and new products appear everyday, so you need to have a tremendous base […]
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Against public programming and server issue solving (chapter two)
Some years ago the reference site for technical Q&A was expert-exchange.com it got to be a very good site until their owners decided they where not making enough money with ads and decided to establish a subscription service. That meant that all the answers that people gave by that time where used to make money […]
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Against public programming and server issue solving (chapter one)
There was a time when computer programming was more an art than a science. I am talking about the times of Cobol, basic, gw-basic, q-basic and so many languages. Right now programming is elsewhere and new products appear everyday, so you need to have a tremendous base knowledge in order to solve complex issues. Abstraction […]
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Twenty reasons Wall Street 2 sucks (spoilers ahead)
It is boring. It is too long. The scene at the beginning with the camera turning around for 30 seconds could make you dizzy. Douglas doesn’t seem to care about his own acting. LaBeouf cares too much about his own acting. The best male actor dies at the beginning. The best overall actor is in […]
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Bet on stable tech or passing fad: Facebook
Facebook is the new raising star: many people talk about it, many know someone who uses it but many are disappointed with it for some reason. Never in the time of the Internet we could see so many people so upset with a technology: if you look back many where the technologies who upset their […]