Java Programming Friends

Here I got some useful information when you develop Java + OpenSource from Google Reader:

• Remote Working
• VPN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
• Distributed Version Control Systems
• Git SCM http://git-scm.com/
• Github https://github.com/
• Mercurial http://git-scm.com/
• Bazaar http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/
• Gerrit Code Review using Git http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/
• Telecommuting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_working
• Teleconferences
• WebEx http://www.webex.com/
• Skype http://www.skype.com/
• Goto Meeting http://www.gotomeeting.com
• Taking Notes
• Evernote http://www.evernote.com/
• Org-Mode Emacs http://orgmode.org/
• Microsoft One Note http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/
• JIRA tasks and action http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
• Eclipse Mylyn http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/
• Remember The Milk http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
• SCRUM Practices
• Pair Programming http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/pair.html
• Product Backlog http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/product-backlog
• Egoless Programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoless_programming
• SCRUM story cards http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/task-boards
• Rally Application Lifecyle Management http://www.rallydev.com/agile_products/lifecycle_management/
• Martin Fowler's article on Code Ownership http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeOwnership.html
• Self-Help Individual Organisation Skills
• Getting Things Done (David Allen) http://www.davidco.com/
• Eat That Frog (Brian Tracy) http://www.eatthatfrogmovie.com/
• Pomodoro Technique http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
• Unit Testing and Mocking Frameworks
• EasyMock http://easymock.org/
• JMock http://www.jmock.org/
• Mockito http://mockito.org/
• Using Groovy for Unit Testing http://groovy.codehaus.org/Unit+Testing
• Coding Conventions
• Old Sun Microsystem's Coding Convention documentation http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconv-138413.html
• Android Coding Convention http://source.android.com/source/code-style.html
• Tracking Bugs
• Bug Tracking Systems Conceptually http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_tracking_system
• Redmine http://www.redmine.org/
• JIRA http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/tour/bug-tracking.jsp
• Bugzilla http://www.bugzilla.org/
• Trac Open Source System http://trac.edgewall.org/
• Miscellany
• Keyboard short cuts for Eclipse http://eclipse-tools.sourceforge.net/EclipseEmacsKeybindings_3_1.pdf
• Keyboard short cuts for IntelliJ IDEA http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/keyboard-shortcuts-reference.html
• Keyboard short cuts for NetBeans http://usersguide.netbeans.org/shortcuts.pdf
• Emacs Shortcuts http://www.schacherer.de/frank/technology/tools/emacs.html
• Vi Shortcuts http://www.keyxl.com/aaab462/105/VIM-Text-Editor-keyboard-shortcuts.htm

By The Java Posse

Logic of Temperature: MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Google+

What is the hottest buzz today? Maybe, Google+? On the first day Google announced the beta testing of so-called, "Facebook killer", Google+, 7 million people signed up for it. Everyone wanted to be invited to be the first of a new trend. Probably, they are sick and tired of Facebook. They might have been burned through spamming and hacking on Facebook. Or, they might be expecting something really big from Google which failed to do so, so far. Last week, when Google announced their earning, the new CEO boasted about 10 million signed users for Google+. And suddenly people started whispering about the future of Facebook. Is it too late for Facebook to go public now? Did they loose at least 10 billion dollars in valuation of the stock? Is Facebook still worth $100B?

Wow! People are really jumping around to find what's hot or what's cool... It's not only the people who are going crazy about this. It's the investors, individuals and professionals, who go crazier about this. They are ready to pour in hundreds of millions of dollars and leap 10 times profit within a year or two by selling the company or push the company go public. Who's then the really victims? And who are the real winners?

I think whoever keeps the "coolness" from the start to the end will be the winner. If you are a risk taker and willing to loose, please hop on this cool trendy stock or business. if you are a true and wise investor, forget about these businesses. If you already invested in Facebook, get out and run. If you are investing in Google because you saw a huge potential from Google+, change your mind.

Find something that's lasting. The rule of temperature. What gets hot fast cools down fast. What gets cool fast will loose coolness fast. Look at the ocean and learn from it. Life is like the ocean. Investment should be like water temperature.

I'm still dreaming about how I can find the true water like business and pour my heart to it...