Archive for June, 2007:

Exploring ?JRuby on Rails? as an Alternative to Django Within a Java Environment.

Published on June 8th, 2007 View Comments

"RoR and JRuby are still young, and I?m confident that performance and scalability will improve over time. With this choice, I am looking at Sun?s commitment to the development of JRuby and the widespread adoption of RoR, and I?m betting on the futu

Exploring “JRuby on Rails” as an Alternative to Django Within a Java Environment.

Published on June 8th, 2007 View Comments

"RoR and JRuby are still young, and I’m confident that performance and scalability will improve over time. With this choice, I am looking at Sun’s commitment to the development of JRuby and the widespread adoption of RoR, and I’m betting on the futu

Rendale : A Better Way to Manage PeopleSoft Projects

Published on June 6th, 2007 View Comments

Will is extracting PeopleCode out of PSFT projects to files then using subversion for version control. Sounds like something the Grey Sparling guys are doing.

Rails’ifying a PeopleSoft database

Published on June 6th, 2007 View Comments

Wil Bailey’s trying to Rails’ify a PeopleSoft database… should be interesting

Why Enterprise 2.0 Won’t Transform Organizations

Published on June 5th, 2007 View Comments

A contrarian view. I think he’s wrong. Of course, enterprises won’t change overnight, but it will eventually. A new generation of workers will transform how enterprises work, but it’ll take a few years for it to happen. Companies like Oracle will help.

Why Ruby on Rails is the perfect framework for building next generation Enterprise Apps

Published on June 4th, 2007 View Comments

Despite what Joel has to say on this topic, I think Rails is ready for the enterprise. And companies who create enterprise apps should definitely be looking at Rails. Here’s why…
Having worked with PeopleSoft for over ten years, I’ve had the pleasure to experience the joy in building enterprise applications with a rapid [...]

Salesforce Is Acquisition Bait

Published on June 4th, 2007 View Comments

more evidence for Jake’s theory

By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09

Published on June 4th, 2007 View Comments

The sad thing is that Truemors is worth a lot less than $12k. I hope that Guy is at least making money off ads.

Google Launches a Directions API

Published on June 3rd, 2007 View Comments

"This will allow third-party sites to offer directions directly on their site." Good feature to add to your enterprise app!

systematicHR – Human Resources Strategy and Technology

Published on June 3rd, 2007 View Comments

HR as a Web 2.0 system

systematicHR – Human Resources Strategy and Technology » Web 2.0 Networks and HR

Published on June 3rd, 2007 View Comments

HR as a Web 2.0 system

Googleforce.com Coming Soon?

Published on June 2nd, 2007 View Comments

I can’t keep quiet anymore, so I’m whispering into the blogosphere echo chamber. I think, wait for it . . .
Google’s acquisition frenzy isn’t over yet.
Nothing like going out on a limb, stunning prognostication. Which company you ask, assuming you’re still reading? How about salesforce.com? How does that strike you?
This isn’t a new idea. [...]

TED: Ideas worth spreading

Published on June 1st, 2007 View Comments

Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers

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