Java Posse #310 - Roundup '10 - Design vs Engineering

Roundup '10 - Design vs Engineering Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in Crested Butte, CO. A discussion about the schism between design and engineering, and how it can be bridged. RIA - Rich Internet Applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_application Gnome (Sun involvment - options) http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/gnome.html GConf http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ Focus follows mouse on the mac http://macdevelopertips.com/tools-utilities/terminal-focus-follows-mouse.html User centered design http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-centered_design http://www.upassoc.org/usability_resources/about_usability/what_is_ucd.html User centered design books (check with Cooper) http://www.amazon.com/User-Centered-Design-Integrated-Karel-Vredenburg/dp/0130912956/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275756274&sr=8-3 SME (Subject Matter Expert) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_matter_expert http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/sme.html A/B (or multivariate) testing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariate_testing http://www.vkistudios.com/ab-multivariate-testing.html Google web site optimizer http://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer Basalmiq http://www.balsamiq.com/ Normalization of Tables (Database) http://www.databasejournal.com/sqletc/article.php/1428511/Database-Normalization.htm Personas http://www.uie.com/articles/personas/ API - Application Programming Interface http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface Test driven development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development iPhone OS http://www.google.com/images?q=iphone+os&um=1&ie=UTF-8 Paradox for Windows http://www.techtricks.com/paradox/resources/websites.php GMail http://mail.google.com Continuous integration http://martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall