Comments for Matthew Neale's Blog http://matthewneale.net Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Product-Naming Mistakes by Matt http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/27/product-naming-mistakes/#comment-28 Matt Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:34:23 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-28 Ha ha ha - excellent! Ha ha ha – excellent!

]]> Comment on Product-Naming Mistakes by John Rutter http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/27/product-naming-mistakes/#comment-27 John Rutter Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:22:48 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-27 How about the domain name originally used for the 'Experts Exchange' web site? Originally they just concatenated the two words; took some time for them to realise that also gets a match for 'Expert Sex Change'! They now include a hyphen between the two intended works :) How about the domain name originally used for the ‘Experts Exchange’ web site?
Originally they just concatenated the two words; took some time for them to realise that also gets a match for ‘Expert Sex Change’!
They now include a hyphen between the two intended works :)

]]> Comment on Positive Reinforcement by Matt http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/23/positive-reinforcement/#comment-24 Matt Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:38:20 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=199#comment-24 I was sorely tempted to record at 04:30 believe me, but I decided against risking waking my partner up. Would have been funny though! I was sorely tempted to record at 04:30 believe me, but I decided against risking waking my partner up. Would have been funny though!

]]> Comment on Did Java do us a favour, or no? by Matt http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/07/did-java-do-us-a-favour-or-no/#comment-23 Matt Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:35:28 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-23 That's pretty crummy! I don't know who to attribute this quote to, I've heard it said many times and I'm a big believer in the fact that you can't test-in quality, it has to be designed-in and built-in. That’s pretty crummy!

I don’t know who to attribute this quote to, I’ve heard it said many times and I’m a big believer in the fact that you can’t test-in quality, it has to be designed-in and built-in.

]]> Comment on Did Java do us a favour, or no? by John Rutter http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/07/did-java-do-us-a-favour-or-no/#comment-22 John Rutter Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:13:59 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-22 Agree on this - defensive programming should persist, even if the application development language includes default catches for such errors, that does not mean the developer can skip such checks. btw, I'm using Adobe Photoshop Elements V6 and it frequently crashes in Windows with a null pointer. Puts me off upgrading to V7, as I seriously doubt they've fixed that sort of problem in the codebase. Agree on this – defensive programming should persist, even if the application development language includes default catches for such errors, that does not mean the developer can skip such checks.

btw, I’m using Adobe Photoshop Elements V6 and it frequently crashes in Windows with a null pointer. Puts me off upgrading to V7, as I seriously doubt they’ve fixed that sort of problem in the codebase.

]]> Comment on Positive Reinforcement by John Rutter http://matthewneale.net/2009/02/23/positive-reinforcement/#comment-21 John Rutter Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:43:32 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=199#comment-21 Glad to see the video didn't look like you made it at 04:30 after stepping straight from your bed! Nice concept though, to show the value or importance of the software that one works on - both in a positive, feel-good way and also as a cautionary approach to risk-averse hacking that might lead to bugs. Glad to see the video didn’t look like you made it at 04:30 after stepping straight from your bed!

Nice concept though, to show the value or importance of the software that one works on – both in a positive, feel-good way and also as a cautionary approach to risk-averse hacking that might lead to bugs.

]]> Comment on An XA Filesystem by Matt http://matthewneale.net/2008/11/27/an-xa-filesystem/#comment-18 Matt Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:16:53 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-18 @Alessandro - I've posted up the EJB test code <a href="/2009/02/16/an-xa-filesystem-update/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. @Alessandro – I’ve posted up the EJB test code here.

]]> Comment on An XA Filesystem by Matt http://matthewneale.net/2008/11/27/an-xa-filesystem/#comment-15 Matt Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:53:06 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-15 I don't know much about Spring so I won't be able to help with any specifics, but I'll certainly dig out the EJB code I wrote. It's in a bit of a mess (I'm not actually using it, I have my own standalone Transaction Manager), and it probably has degraded to the point of not working by now! I'm up to my ears until at least Wednesday, but towards the end of the week I'll see what I can do. I don’t know much about Spring so I won’t be able to help with any specifics, but I’ll certainly dig out the EJB code I wrote. It’s in a bit of a mess (I’m not actually using it, I have my own standalone Transaction Manager), and it probably has degraded to the point of not working by now! I’m up to my ears until at least Wednesday, but towards the end of the week I’ll see what I can do.

]]> Comment on An XA Filesystem by Alessandro Apostoli http://matthewneale.net/2008/11/27/an-xa-filesystem/#comment-14 Alessandro Apostoli Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:44:30 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-14 Good stuff, really!! but looks like like I really miss something. I'd love an example on how to actually use it. I personally use spring, so I have transactional beans, what I'd like to do is embed a fileResourceManager into my transactions. I need a hint on how to pass the xid. Your "trivial" ejb based example should suffice, thanks a lot for your work! Good stuff, really!! but looks like like I really miss something. I’d love an example on how to actually use it. I personally use spring, so I have transactional beans, what I’d like to do is embed a fileResourceManager into my transactions. I need a hint on how to pass the xid. Your “trivial” ejb based example should suffice, thanks a lot for your work!

]]> Comment on An XA Filesystem by Matt http://matthewneale.net/2008/11/27/an-xa-filesystem/#comment-13 Matt Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:39:46 +0000 http://matthewneale.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-13 Thanks. I'm certainly interested to know how you get on. Thanks. I’m certainly interested to know how you get on.

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