Blog Detail
The life and times of an Enterprise Java Programmer.
http://mikedesjardins.us/blog
Tips and tutorials on Java and Python development, with occasional navel-gazing.
- Added on: Jul 30th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Mike Desjardins
- Listed in: Programming Technology
- Tags: java Mobile wireless python hibernate jpa
Recent Posts
Hey aspiring Maine Governors, who did your site?
The 2010 Maine gubernatorial campaign has started in earnest. With over 20 people announcing their candidacy, there’s no shortage of people signing up for what is arguably the worst job in the state. For most of the candidates, bringing job...
Why Twitter’s New Re-Tweet Feature Won’t Catch On
Twitter recently began rolling out a new retweet feature. I’m one of the lucky few who is now in the private beta. Mashable had a particularly good writeup about how it will work. The feature has been greeted with a fair amount of controv...
Twitter’s Echo Chamber and Question 1
Firstly, I acknowledge my own complacency. I got lazy. Perhaps my horrible track record is partly to blame. I’ve done volunteer work for exactly two political campaigns: John Kerry’s election bid, and Tom Allen’s senatorial ru...
Maine Republican Gubernetorial Candidate Matt Jacobson, Twitter, and Question 1
I’ve been a Democrat since about the time I learned the difference between Democrat and Republican. You don’t spend your formative years in a family on the union side of one of the most notorious labor strikes in Maine’s history a...
Unmasking SMUG: Part Two
Catching Up In my previous post, I described a local twitter phenomenon, known only as “SMUG,” which stands for “Social Media Usability Gurus.” It’s a satirical account intended to mock the abundant so-called social me...
Unmasking SMUG: Part One
If you live in the Portland, Maine area, and you use Twitter, you have probably heard of SMUG. For the uninitiated, SMUG stands for “Social Media Usability Gurus.” It’s a parody blog, Twitter account, and Facebook profile page t...
