Category Archives: reading

Book Review: Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer’s Notebook

Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer’s Notebook (publisher site)
Brett McLaughlin
David Flanagan
Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer’s Notebook (J5T) was one of two books I requested from O’Reilly’s User Group support program during my last semester of school. I requested J5T because I was going to be working on an independent study that used Java 5 features [...]

Book Review: Hibernate: A Developer’s Notebook

Hibernate: A Developer’s Notebook
James Elliot
I picked up Hibernate: A Developer’s Notebook (H:ADN) as someone who was famliar with Java, but doesn’t use it for day to day development. I had heard good things about Hibernate, but didn’t really have an immediate application for it. However, after reading the H:ADN, I am convinced that [...]

Reading about Writing

I think it was as shocking to me as it was to Garrett when I confessed “I really want to be a writer,” on our second date. It was one of those thoughts that you’re not really aware of until it leaves your mouth. The really suprising part is that after it was [...]

What Should I Do With My Life?

What Should I Do With My Life?, by Po Bronson, is not really about what to do with your life. It’s really about how people make that decision; how they find their “passion” and what they do once they figure it out (if they do). An amazing read that I can’t put down [...]

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