QCon SF 2008 – Day 1

November 19, 2008 | by Omar
Coming into this conference I have some very high expectations due to the calibre of the speakers at the conference. That being said, it started off with a bang, the opening keynote featured Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons of ThoughtWorks on the topic of how an architect and the agile process are complementary and not adversaries as many many think.
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Old habits die hard

November 6, 2008 | by Omar
I had the privilege of attending a "Certified ScrumMaster" course being taught by Ken Schwaber who is one of the co-founders of the Scrum process. I've been using the scrum process for a few years and felt fairly confident in my ability to "live" the principles of Scrum but all it took was one exercise to smack me back to reality.
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You know you’re about to make it big when…

June 19, 2008 | by Omar
the defense industry uses your technology. The funny thing about the semantic web conference was the vendor showcases. I went to a few, where a given semantic technology toolkit vendor would showcase how one can make use of their tool or tools. The thing that struck me was that each and every one that I [...]
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Semantic Web Conference 2008

June 19, 2008 | by Omar
I had the chance to attend the semantic web conference that what held in San Jose May 18th to 22nd. Before I go any further, there may be many of you who are scratching your head thinking “What is the semantic web?” Dictionary.com defines semantics as the following: Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development [...]
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