Archive for August, 2006
Harvard Business Review on the Business Value of IT
Ever once in a while, I’ll read a book related to Information Technology to refresh my business knowledge. I didn’t expect much from this book though, since it was randomly picked from the library and was published in 1999.
Though there are some great quotes from the book : “Business procedures without accountability often lead to [...]
Typical steps of thesis research
Contrary to common belief, I feel that doing a research thesis is actually much faster compare to taking some graduate courses for obtaining a Master’s Degree. This is also more meaningful from a knowledge point of view because I’m force to take those useless software engineering courses, which others and myself look down upon.
Below are [...]
Simple Memory Optimizations trick for Java
Dr. Dobb’s | Optimized Java | June 1, 2006
I just learnt that Java 5.0 introduced a new StringBuilder class, which is a non-thread safe version of StringBuffer, i.e an internal array of characters acting as buffer for fast string allocation. (Remember that Java’s String is an immutable object allocated from a memory pool. It ’s [...]
Web2.0 & BumbleBee
Dr. Dobb’s | Web 2.0: Stuck on a Name or Hooked on Value? | June 1, 2006
Web 2.0 is probably the most hyped terms right now. So what is it? As defined in this article by Tim O’Reilly, Web 2.0 can be described as the collaborative power of many web sites to provide customized web [...]
