One of the big challenges faced by distributed teams is how to get over the communication gap created by the physical distances that separates them. We all know that communication, either verbal or non-verbal, is fundamental for any project to be delivered successfully. When a team is good at communicating, they cultivate a more effective [...]

It’s been a while since I read some interesting posts showing creative uses of Hamcrest library out of test code. Since then I’ve been proscrastinating to implement my own version, trying strongly typed java delegates. Thankfully this week I came across a nice API called hamcrest-collections. It uses Hamcrest to implement features such as select, [...]

Last Wednesday, 5th of November, we run our first Coding Dojo session at Sydney office. We had a reasonable number of attendants, and the experience was fantastic, although we still have some points to improve. The Initiative The idea was originally from my friend and flat-mate Mark Needham. Since we moved in to our new [...]

Before start working as a software developer on 2002, I spent three years being a musician. I played drums in a handful of bands from pop to contemporary jazz, and of course, also a lot of rock and roll! I had great time doing this, I met most of my friends during this period, and [...]

If you think you know how to work out the age of a person, based on his date of birth, it’d be better to review your concepts about implementing this functionality. Enjoy the code!! public UserImpl( UserTO user, String status ) { _user = user; _status = status; _age = 0; Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance(); [...]