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phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:17:31 +0000

Google IO 2013 #io13 – Voice dictation and Chrome Android convergence.

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:40:17 +0000

Yesterday I was attending the Google IO event. Pretty interesting. Now I’ve been using some of the technologies that were presented. I am a pretty heavy user of Google applications and find them quite useful but they’re still in need of more integration. I’m pretty sure convergence between Android on Google Chrome is the key [...]

Logging MySQL queries with MySQLProxy

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:16:33 +0000

In need of viewing what went on the wire I have been struggling with figuring out why something was wrong in my SQL queries. I needed to see what was happening in real time and also keep a little log of things. My MySQL server has the logging enabled, slow queries and all. It even [...]

Kicking back into gear

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:47:10 +0000

Long time no see on this blog. Well, I’ve been cutting on the internet frenzy for a while in order to focus. Yesterday, I discussed just that with Markus Denker (Pharo Smalltalk engineer with a very impressive ability to deliver). His idea is to allow himself a trip to the usual internet timesinks (e.g. Facebook, [...]

L’intelligence Stratégique – Prolongation #aisbe

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:34:51 +0000

Voici une interview qu’à bien voulu m’accorder Marina Aubert d’Orchestraaa à la Rue du Web. Trente cinq minutes de réflexions, d’échanges sur le thème, ainsi que des prolongations sur la culture d’entreprise.

Stop it! Or you’ll end up buried in a box!

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:18:50 +0000

You wouldn’t believe the number of people who do not understand this the first time they hear them.

Microsoft Innovation Center Boostcamp: 15/10 – Mark the date

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:02:05 +0000

Next week, the MIC Boostcamp has another session. I have volunteered as one of the “experts” (well, listening to my advice usually helps in improving your strategic position, makes more money come your way, and reduces your labor intensity — what’s not to like in that?). See you there. As I’ll be there all day, [...]

Scientific collaborator for UMons Polytech for one more year

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:55:49 +0000

I’ve been recognized as an official scientific collaborator for the University of Mons for 2012-2013. That’s pretty nice of them. I’d like to do some GPGPU with Pharo Smalltalk projects with students then.

Websphere or Open Source (Free is not Free) at #IBM #ICTY by @sebsto

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:19:19 +0000

Interesting topic as far as I am concerned. “Libre et Gratuit” Sebastien Stormacq is our speaker. Pretty decent english anyway. Here is our plate: IBM and FOSS, AppServer Landscape, TCO, Differentiatiors, WebSphere family, Fast and Lightweight. Well, quite a heap to go through… IBM loves open source Of course. Linux Kernel, Apache, Eclipse, Open Office [...]

Intro to Datapower at #IBM #ICTY

phil@highoctane.be (Philippe Back) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:44:09 +0000

Datapower is the IBM Websphere Connectivity and Integration Appliance. Basically, this is full of custom ASICs and stuff and is fast, easy to configure and not prone to all crap that happens to standard boxes. Datapower was a company in its own right and was acquired by IBM. How special is Datapower On the feature [...]

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