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Amazing: April 2009
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Friday, April 24, 2009. Way back I wrote “ Delicious may be a great undertaking by people in building a shared ontology. Let’s see. I just have read an article on Computer Magazine. That explores this possibility. The article uses a meta-tagging strategy implemented by a tool called “Mr. Taggy”. It is worth checking it up. Postado por julio cesar sampaio do prado leite. Saturday, April 18, 2009. I just learned from the La Times. Should be in the upfro...
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Amazing: July 2011
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Sunday, July 31, 2011. Parnas on Requirements Engineering. A must read article from David Parnas on the CACM of Jun/11 tackles the problem of lack of discipline in performing proper Software Engineering. I am quoting below some of the important remarks, but go ahead and read the full article ( here. 8220;Software development suffers from an infirmity best called Premature. Termination; the symptoms are that developers begin to do something. Programmer...
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Amazing: November 2008
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Wednesday, November 05, 2008. Just heard Mr. Obama. Congratulations America! Let´s hope that change will come, for peace and for a better world all together. I just picked some parts of the speech. That seems to further strenght our belief in better times. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy. Postado por julio cesar sampaio do prado leite. Marcadores: mr. obama. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Car auto...
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Amazing: December 2010
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Saturday, December 18, 2010. Thoughts on the new shape of social networks - Delicious X Twitter. When I started this blog, back in 2006, I was very much certain that tagging. Was a powerful concept towards building a shared ontology. In 2010 I just stored 1 entry in delicious. From February of 2006 to 2010 I stored 284 bookmarks and had used 458 tags. From May 2009 to today I have tweeted 654 tweets. I have to say that I basically use Twitter as a dow...
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Amazing: February 2009
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Saturday, February 28, 2009. In discussing software transparency, we have differentiated. The concept of information transparency from process transparency. A recent article in Wired. The article mentions the use of XBRL. Postado por julio cesar sampaio do prado leite. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Well we all know how important requirements traceability. Is for software engineering. On foreclosures from ABC news. The written material is here. It is a...
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Amazing: July 2010
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Saturday, July 03, 2010. Cobol as an Obstacle for the Terminator. Well, it happens that the California State Payroll system is a legacy system written in Cobol, as I first guessed and found confirmation by googling. See it here. As Ira Baxter, chief scientist at Semantic Designs. Pointed out, this crisis started in 2008. See different sources on the same topic: 1. Now, 26 (twenty six) years after I watched the movie, I read on the LA Times.
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Amazing: December 2012
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Saturday, December 29, 2012. Here is what the LAT. 8220;Investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NASA and the National Academy of Sciences found no flaws in the automaker's electronics that could provoke the problem. Toyota to pay big to settle suits. By Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian,. Los Angeles Times December 26, 2012, 6:06 pm. On the other hand, the NYT. Toyota Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Tied to Accelerations.
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Amazing: March 2009
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Saturday, March 28, 2009. President Obama issued a memorandum. Directing the Chief Technology Officer, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Administrator of General Services to produce a Open Government Directive. The major goals of this initiative are:. Government should be transparent. Government should be participatory. Government should be collaborative. Monday, March 16, 2009. Just read this, in t...
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Amazing: May 2010
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Observations from a Software Engineering Perspective. Sunday, May 09, 2010. Software Transparency: the Case of AgorithmicTrading. On May, 6th, 2010 t he Dow Jones industrial average, which had been down about 400 points just before 2:45 pm, plunged nearly 1,000 points in a matter of minutes. As of now, no explanation has been provided. There are guesses; even conspiracy theory. Has been evocated. However, the real issue is briefly explained in this quotation from Robert Reich. Of gifted young Ph.D...