Matthew Wells

Desert Island Downloads

Monday, December 17th, 2007

OK, so you're washed up on a desert island and not a broadband connection in sight. Assuming you have the know-how to craft a half decent Java platform out of the flotsam and jetsam on the beach, what are the downloads that you always carry on your flash drive ...

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Standing on the shoulders of giants is something that it is impossible not to do in the Software industry. There are many giants on whose shoulders I am very much aware of standing. Rumbaugh, Booch & Jacobson; the Gang-of-Four, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Kent Beck and Martin Fowler are ...