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Join Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O'Neil Hughes for a deep dive into the hidden gems of Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, including tips, tricks, and technologies that are sure to help boost your productivity. Discover how to go places creatively that were impossible in Photoshop before CS5. Hughes will reveal many new techniques and enhancements to help keep your skills sharp and current.
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Masking Basics & Masking Magic – Russell Brown
Mask Panel & Refine Edge – Lee Varis
Photoshop CS5 HDR Special Effects – Jan Kabili
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Repousse 3D – Colin Smith / Russell Brown
Puppet Warp – Colin Smith / Deke McClelland
Spot Healing and Fill Tool – Dan Goldman
Content Aware Scaling – Michael Ninness
Content Aware Fill – Russell Brown
Content-Aware Fill – Bryan O'Neil Hughts
Selective Content Aware Scale and Content Aware Fill – Terry White
?Content Aware Fill / Scale / Heal? – Julianne Kost
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New Camera Raw Feature – Julianne Kost
Photoretouching in Camera Raw – Russell Brown
Editing Smart Objects With Adobe Camera Raw – Russell Brown
Using Photoshop Stacks To Remove People – Deke McClelland
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Lee Varis details the Mask Panel and Refine Edge in Photoshop CS5. Find out more about Lee Varis here. Learn more in Lee's DVD Beyond Skin. Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing DVDs. Terry White demos ways to make Content Aware Scale and Content Aware Fill more selective. Both new miracle features usually succeed or fail epically. When either fails, try these two techniques. Find more great content from Terry White here. Learn more with my digital photography and digital printing ebooks. Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops. May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment "Any "object" that needs the ability to adjust size and rotation without the normal limitations of layered images is an excellent candidate for Smart Objects … When doing a traditional multilayer composite, the resizing and rotation of a layer can cause image degradation. Positioning and sizing an object has to be a precise operation because if you use Free Transform to make a layer smaller and then find out you actually need it back at the original size (or bigger), you basically have to start over. The way to deal with this situation when doing a complex composite is to make those layers into Smart Objects. Smart Objects are embedded image objects that allow resizing, rotation and other select editing without changing the pixels in the object. The image layers are actually treated as a separate file embedded within the master file. You can't do all editing on the Smart Object, but you can open the original layers as a temporary file and do pixel-level editing there and then save the changes back into the Smart Object; the changes will auto-update in the image in which the objects are embedded." – Jeff Schewe Read more about Smart Objects at Digital Photo Pro. April 12, 2011 | 1 Comment Russell Brown goes deep into Photoshop Stacks. Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops. April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment Russell Brown covers the basics of Smart Object. It's must know info. Learn more in my digital printing and digital photography workshops. February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment Adobe's lens profile corrections are simply amazing. Lens Corrections automate correction of standard lens distortions, including geometric distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignette. In addition to correcting lens distortions, this feature can also be used to adjust perspective and rotation. Adobe provides support for a growing list of camera manufacturers, camera models, and lenses: Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung, Schneider, Sigma, Sony, Tamron, and Zeiss. Adobe Lens Profile Creator If Adobe doesn't supply a lens profile for your particular lens you have three choices. First, you may be able to access a lens profile created by another user on the Adobe Lens Profile Creator forum. 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I'm writing this in the car as we head a couple hours away on a family outing. When I'm done, I'll connect to the internet through my phone, and post it. Technically, I could write and send the whole thing through my smartphone, but I prefer to write long form on a full keyboard.
Technology is supposed to make things easier. It's supposed to untether you and free you to work or play more to your liking. The things is, for most it has the opposite effect. Wherever you go, you see people looking down, staring at their phones. They do it walking down the street, at dinner, at the movie theatre, even driving. I'm as guilty as anyone (except for driving. I never do that and hope you don't either).
Using technology to make your life easier takes work. Facebook, Twitter, texting, iWhatever, can be quite addicting. In some cases that's no accident by the way. Sites, and games use "gamefication" and other techniques to try to get you to use them as often and as long and they can. To me, there is nothing wrong with that. It's just good business.
It's my responsibility to keep myself in check. But if you do the work, this is a great time to be alive and building a business. Most of us carry the collective knowledge of everything anyone has ever known in our pockets. What are we doing with that? So many of us can do our work in coffee shops or trains, or planes or in line at the grocery or while our children are playing at the park.
Some look at a mom that is concentrating on her smartphone while her kids play at the playground and judge her a bad mother, neglectful and missing lives joyful moments. Not me. The place I go to first is- what a smart woman. While others are slaving away in a cubicle, she's found a way to get work done while enjoying more of life's joyful moments. Of course either can be true.
This isn't everyone of course. I have a good friend that has a business remodeling kitchens. He has a manufacturing facility to cut the stone countertops and workers to manage. He needs to be at the shop early and stay late. He works long hours and he works hard. And he's happy. He loves his business. And he's great at it.
Most of you are in the planning or early stages of your business. While you do your business plans and lay the groundwork for your companies, think about the kind of life you want to live. Running a business is hard work. Really hard work. But with some forethought, that doesn't mean you can't have a full life and be connected to your friends and family.
In a recent podcast episode Mitch Joel talked about work / life balance. He talked about how life has become less a balance (how do you make time for work, and time for family) and more blend. I think this is the right perspective in today's world. How can can you use technology to leverage your time to get your work done AND live a life worth living.
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Registration is open for the fall term of Miami University's Institute for Learning in Retirement, offering an outlet for older adults wanting to explore new areas of learning.
Recognizing that learning is a lifelong process, the Institute for Learning in Retirement provides opportunities for individuals ages 50 and older to enrich their lives as they explore areas within science, arts, society, technology, literature, languages, business and economics, according to Judy Macke, senior program assistant.
The fall term runs from Oct. 8 to Nov. 16, and classes typically meet once a week for one to two hours, depending on the course. Offerings this fall include the 2012 Presidential Election, Water Tai Chi, Spanish for Beginners, Cincinnati History, History of Ragtime, two film series, the Best Apple iPad Apps, Islam and Monotheism, Edgar Allan Poe's Five Best Short Stories, and Foundations of Genealogy.
Hands-on courses include Water Color Painting, Beginning Pottery, and Understanding Digital Photography. More details on the courses are available online at www.MiamiOH.edu/ilr.
"We don't teach the same classes each term; we try to keep it fresh by looking at what's going on around the world and in our community," Macke said.
The Institute for Learning in Retirement offered its first classes in 1997. Enrollment each term usually reaches about 200 people.
A one-term membership fee of $95 allows members to take as many of the fall offerings as they wish, Macke said. A discounted introductory fee of $75 is offered to anyone who is registering for the first time. The Institute for Learning in Retirement also offers a spring term.
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Chelsea's first profit under Owner Roman Abramovich from its Champions League-winning year was "only achieved as a result of one-off exceptional items," including a £18.4M paper profit on cancelled shares in a digital media joint venture with BSkyB, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. When Chelsea unveiled its top-line figures in November, the Premier League club said the £1.4M profit was the result of its "European success, a sizeable profit on transfers and improved commercial deals." The full accounts, lodged at U.K.'s Companies House on Wednesday, show that the profit stemmed partly from the cancellation of £15M in "shares held by BSkyB in a digital media joint venture" of which the club took full control, and £3.4M of "dividends from those shares." While the figures "still support the club's case that they are controlling costs and moving towards a sustainable model that would comply with Uefa's rules," wages rose by just £8M to £176M. For example, critics will claim that it is "disingenuous to publish the top-line figures without accompanying accounts" (GUARDIAN, 1/9).
FAIR PLAY: BLOOMBERG's Tariq Panja reported Abramovich has spent more than $1B to help Chelsea win three Premier League titles. Last season, he became the first London team to win Europe's elite Champions League. However, his "largesse has come at a cost." Chelsea has suffered an average loss of £77.6M during the previous seven seasons under Abramovich. Chelsea is among top European clubs "trying to ensure" it meets new fiscal requirements set by UEFA. Teams that fail to keep losses below €45M ($59M) across three seasons "face sanctions that include a ban from the Champions League." (BLOOMBERG, 1/9). In London, Roger Blitz reported Chelsea Secretary Alan Shaw said UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations posed "a significant challenge." The club will have to endure "weaker Champions League revenues" after its failure to reach the knockout stages of the competition. Its playing staff and coaching numbers rose by 20 to 89 (FINANCIAL TIMES, 1/9). -
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Insolvent Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) club Gießen 46ers "have to come up with €150,000 ($196,000) by the end of January," according to FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG. Liquidator Tim Schneider said that if Gießen "fails to come up with the money, the club will have to open insolvency proceedings and withdraw from the BBL at the end of February." In order to finish the season, the last-place team "would need a total of €360,000 ($471,000)." Gießen Mayor Dietland Grabe-Bolz announced the acquittance of a €60,000 ($79,000) bond. Therefore, the banks "could reopen the credit lines of the club." Schneider said, "It is a signal that we have urgently needed" (FAZ, 1/8).


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Wrote to my Mother but did not finish my letter before breakfast. The weather was unpleasant and it snowed. Went to the Office where I received a letter from my Mother without any expression of a wish that I should go on although the invitation is mentioned, which confirms me in the correctness of my decision. Finished my letter and sent it.
Went over to inquire respecting Ward Brooks and found that Mr. Brooks was preparing to go on with Mrs. Frothingham in consequence of receiving information of a character still more unfavourable. It makes the family a little melancholy. I went to Mrs. Frothingham's and found her about to start. Mrs. Everett was in town and asked me to ride out in the Carriage with her, and Henry and also Julia Gorham who is going out to accompany Abby during the absence of her parents. The afternoon was passed in reading and in conversation, and in the evening had some conversation with Abby.
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In Verona, young Proteus (Kyle Whalen) follows his friend Valentine (Brad Brockman) to Milan to serve in the duke's court. In the process, Proteus becomes smitten with the duke's daughter, Sylvia (Victoria Hines), and forgets his girlfriend, Julia (Suzanne Stanley).
Proteus schemes against Valentine, who also loves Sylvia, as well as Thurio (Mason Pain), the duke's preferred suitor for his daughter. After various plot twists, Valentine eventually forgives Proteus for betraying him, and says if he loves Sylvia so much, she's his. Valentine's magnanimity is a bit much for modern theatergoers, but in the end, all relationships are sorted out to make everyone happy.
The best scenes are those with the Canis familiaris character, Launce's dog, Crab, played with impassive aloofness by the four-legged Molly, who has the advantage of performing opposite the fine comic actor Jon Haque. In what is for the most part a numbing production, Haque enlivens the proceedings when he's onstage. He even briefly plays the violin.
Robert Pittenridge's sharp-looking costumes and the recorded music suggest the play is set in the 1920s. This gives director Kathryn McGill a chance to have some fun with Shakespeare's song, "Who Is Sylvia?," worked into Verona. David Fletcher-Hall has turned the tune into a jazzy little ditty played and sung by a combo and Thurio. While the song is weakly performed and won't oust Franz Schubert's version, it is germane to the setting and a smart idea.
Directors of Shakespearean comedies today have to find a way to relate the humor to contemporary audiences. McGill gives it a go with inconsistent results. In the scene where Launce recalls saying farewell to his family before following his master Proteus to Milan, McGill has Haque bring four audience members onstage to hold props representing the kin.
The stunt is an easy crowd-pleaser, but instead of that drawn-out bit, it would be interesting to see what Haque could do on his own.
Much of the acting is generally solid. The young actors in the lead roles are credible. The reliable Hal Kohlman plays the Duke of Milan, looking like the Godfather of Milan as portrayed by Burl Ives. In Coke-bottle eyeglasses as Proteus' father, J. Shane McClure channels the astigmatic Mr. Magoo.


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75287, TEXAS -- The bottom line is they cheat and lie to lure you to the concierge service. Progressive's so called damage "experts" first made an estimate of $3,200 on the damage on my car after a tree fell over after a storm. Then you sign papers giving them the right to repair the vehicle. They did what they did and when Progressive delivered my Volvo V70 I discovered that not only the car was not repaired to its original state but more damage was inflicted on the vehicle. Also, I find out in the papers that the actual estimate is $5,200. So, they have experts to assess the damage. What kind of experts are these if they are wrong by $2,000. This is almost double the original estimate - CHEATERS and LIARS. On top of that there was additional damage added by Progressive contractors according to same experts for additional $1,000. Grand total about $6,200.
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Many times, the estimator makes their best guess as to the cost to repair a car based on the damage they can see at the time. But once the car is at the body shop and the hood is chiseled open or the door is forced open or the crumpled metal is cut away, they find additional damage.
They might still elect to total the car at that point, but they might already have enough money invested in the repairs to the car that they elect to go on with the repair.
Do you really think they wanted to spend $6200 on repairing your car when they could have totaled it for possibly as little as $4800?
Now as far as additional damage, they need to make that right - stay on them and make sure you get your car restored to before-accident condition. Good luck.
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You make me proud Hugh. ;) Can't add much else to that, save for any additional damage done by Progressive would be a SEPARATE claim.
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Foundations - Customizing Elements of Your Course
Customizing Elements of Your Course
The system allows for limited customization of your course view, including:
- The color palette of the default home page
- The menu font and background color
- Content view
- Course entry point
- Course banner
Customize the Default Home Page
You can customize the color palette of the default course home page (module page) as follows:
The remaining elements can be customized using the Customization menu on the Control Panel:
Menu Display
You can opt for either a list or folder view:
Default Content View
Select Course Entry Point and Select Banner
You can select any course menu link as the default entry point for your course. Once change, you and all of your students will see the selected page when you click on the course link from the MY Courses List on the My Institution tab. For example, you could link to your syllabus for the first week of class, then switch the course home page to announcements to ensure that students see any announcements you post during the term:
Basic communication with students
Foundations - Adding Content Elements to a Content Area
Adding Content Elements to a Content Area
This section contains details on adding the following elements to a content area:
Item | cc | Course Link | |
File | Content Folder | ||
Image, audio or video file | cc | Blank Page | |
Learning Module | |||
- In Edit Mode, access the Content Area from the Course Menu.
- Click on Build Content, then select Create > Item.
- On the Create Item page, enter the item's Name and description or content if desired.
- To attach a file, click Browse to locate the file. Add multiple files using the Text Editor's Attach File function.
- Under Options, Yes for Permit Users to View the Content Item is selected by default.
- Click Submit.
An item can contain text, a file, images, and other types of content. If text is entered, it can be formatted using the Text Editor.
The additional options in #3 above allow you to track the number of views and set release date and time restrictions (The basic building block of Adaptive Release). You should note that Track Number of Views enables recording and tracking of views of the content area, and not the individual item.
Edit an Item's Name or Availability
Select the Action menu immediately to the left of the item title:
You can add a file to the content frame by selecting File under the Build Content menu. This takes you to the following screen:
The title of the file and file icon now shows in teh content area. Students will see the pdf file when they click on the title.
Add an Image, Audio, or Video File
Images, audio, and video files are added to the content frame in much the same way. Here we will go through the steps for adding an image and then detail the different options that are available for each file type.
In the Build Content menu, select image:
You will upload audio and video files in much the same way: selecting the file, naming it, and using the same standard options. The individual file options will allow you to do the following:
You can also add these files to other content items using the text editor.
A learning module is a specific structure in which you can organize content related to a specific week, text chapter or chapter set, major course theme, etc. A content area functions in much the same way as a module, so this structure is unnecessary unless you prefer students to view content in a specific sequence. The module is created similarly to other content – when you click on Learning Module under the Build Content tab, you will be prompted to enter a name, then a description in the text editor. The primary difference is in the settings that you can apply to a learning module:
Add a Link to Another Element in your Course
To create a link to any other element in your course, select Course Link under the Build Content menu, then:
Create a Folder to House Content
You may want to create a folder within content area to store specific items such as articles, supplemental readings, or an assignment set. To create a folder, select Content Folder under the Build Content menu:
A blank page displays content similar to a web link. You can also attach files to a blank page. Select Blank Page under the Build Content menu, then:
Foundations - Adding Content to Your Course
Adding Content to Your Course
There are a number of ways that you can add content to your course, and how you structure that content can vary depending on your subject matter, assessment methods, and teaching style.
Some instructors primarily use course menu links to create content, while others use content areas, or both. Further you can build content using the control panel and link to this content when structuring your course.
Add Content using a Content Area
The Content Area is the most flexible component that Bb Learn provides for building content in your course. You can also create assessments and tool links in a content area, and you can also display text book information for your course.
The content area mimics a folder or a learning module in that you can add several items in a content area (including a learning module or a content folder) and arrange those items in a form that is digestible for students. If you want to force students to view content in a sequence, it is more convenient to use the learning module tool than a content area.
Build Content
The build content menu allows you to add any of the following content types:
• Items, which can contain text, files, and images |
• Assignments |
• Individual tool links |
• External Links |
• Multimedia (audio, video, slide presentations) |
• Course Links |
• Folders |
• Module Pages |
• Tests and surveys |
The Create Assignment and Add Interactive Tools Menus
Content Types
Add Files to the Course Content Collection Area
You can add files or folders to the content collection area in two ways:
- Via the Upload dropdown menu
- By dragging and dropping files from your desktop or documents folder.
You can add additional files or remove a file you have selected any time prior to hitting the Submit button. You can also select from a number of file options:
Foundations - The Content Collection Area
The Content Collection Area
Online course materials and activities can be organized in a number of different ways. The framework and structure will vary depending upon the educational goals and instructional preferences of the instructor. Some major organizational categories include:
- Chronologically by week.
- By chapters in the textbook being used.
- By units or modules based upon subject-specific concepts or theories
- By complexity of the content or ideas being introduced.
- By some combination of the preceding approaches
The identification of a framework will allow you to organize a course map. Once you've done this, the next step is to create a folder and sub-folder structure on your computer that mirrors the organizing framework you have identified in your course map. The prep work building the course map will help you save time when building your course.
This folder structure will make it easier for you to find and keep track of your content. You can mirror this folder structure in Blackboard Learn's Content Collection area, which will make it easy for you to find and links to your various content files in your course. For example, if you have decided that you will organize and group the content in your course based on lessons organized by week, you should begin by creating a folder on your PC labeled with your course title, then create sub-folders labeled with each weekly lesson title within this folder.
You can upload files and folders of files from your computer directly to Blackboard for later use. You can upload text files, PDFs, video files, audio files, and even web content files. This feature is useful if you want to add all of your course documents to the site and store them there, adding them to appropriate portions of the site when you need. You should organize the content collection area in a similar manner to your course structure on your hard drive. This will make it easier to find files for editing or removal.
You should note that there is a size limit on your course. To avoid exceeding this limit, and to ensure that students can access content from various connection types and speeds, you should use our streaming services to deliver video/audio files of any substantial size. To access the cotnent collection area, take the following steps:
You should create a folder structure that reflects the organization of your course; alternatively, you can create htis folder structure on your desktop and upload it to your course.
You can view the content collection area as a list (shown above), or you can view as thumbnails:
Add files to content collection
Foundations - The Control Panel
The Control Panel
Most tools can be created using one of two approaches:
- Create a content area and build the tool using the Add Interactive Tool menu
- Build the tool using the Tools link in the control panel, then link to it in a content area or on the course menu
The control panel is the blue menu structure immediately below the course menu on the left side of your screen. While you can always see this panel, even while viewing with edit mode off, the student never sees the control panel.
You have access to the following through the control panel:
Each of these links will be explained in more detail in later portions of this help guide. Here, we're primarily concerned with content collection.
The content collection area
Foundations - Create Course Menu Links
Create Course menu Links
You can add links of various types to the course menu:
Create a Content Area Link
The Create Blank Page box looks exactly the same as that for Add Content Area
Create a Tool Link
Add a Course Link
Add an External Link
Module Pages, Subheaders and dividers
The Control Panel
Foundations - The Course Menu
The Course Menu
The course menu can be used to structure your course. You can use the course menu as the fundamental navigation component of a course, you can set up your course to primarily use the content frame and use the menu for peripheral, or you can create any combination of menu and content area designs that suit your course subject, structure, and teaching approach.
You can manage the course menu using the menu's Create item function (A):
By right-clicking on the sign, you can access the drop-down menu of items (B) that you may add to your course menu. You can add the following menu items:
Content Area |
A frame that allows you to build various types of content, add assessments, or add tools to your course |
Blank Page |
Displays content similar to a web link, and also allows you to attach content files |
Tool Link |
A link to one of the available tools in the course (e.g. a wiki, blog, or discussion board) |
Course Link |
A link to another part of the course |
External Link |
A link to external content on the web |
Module Page |
A link to selected modules, this is structured in the same way as the default course home page |
Subheader |
A navigation aid for a subset of course components |
Divider |
A line that separates menu items |
You can also change the way you view the course menu and edit using the the following items:
cc | add a menu link | |
Display the course menu as a list | ||
Display the course menu as folders | ||
Display the menu as a free-floating window that can be repositioned | ||
refresh your view of the course menu to ensure it displays all changes | ||
Open a window that allows you to reorder items |
Foundations - The Blackboard Interface
The Blackboard Interface
When you log in to Bb Learn you will see the My Institution tab (Fig. 1 below). This page contains a set of Modules that display information of various types. The My Courses (A) module lists all the courses to which you have access.
The My Institution tab also contains the following modules:
B. Tools – view announcements, calendar dates, task reminders from instructors, and grades for courses in which you are enrolled. Also, send email to all members of courses in which you are enrolled.
C. My Announcements – displays announcements for courses in which you are enrolled. It may also contain announcements from your institution's system administrator.
There are a number of optional modules that you can add to your institution homepage. The screenshot below illustrates:
D. My Calendar lists all instructors' calendar entries for all courses in which a student is enrolled. Private entries are added using the Calendar link in the Tools Panel.
E. My Tasks list tasks for all courses in which a student is enrolled. Personal tasks are added using the Tasks link in the Tools Panel.
Personalize (F) allows customization of the page's color theme. Color theme visible to user only.
Add/Delete Modules
Modules can be added to or deleted from the My Institution home page.
A module that does not have an "X" in the top right-hand corner cannot be deleted from the home page, all others can. For example, the tools module shown in figure 1 above cannot be removed from the My Institution home page, but My Tasks can.
Drag-and-Drop Modules
Modules can be moved around on the My Institution home page. To move a module, mouse over it until the symbol appears (fig. 5), then click, hold, and drag the module its desired location (fig. 6).
Foundations - Session Description
Session Description
The Blackboard foundations session introduces you to the structure and organization of blackboard Learn and provides detailed instructions on how to navigate the system, add content, set up tools for use in your course, and also provides information on best practices for organizing content and optimizing your files and system to circumvent common technology problems.
Session Learning Objectives
Upon session completion, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Bb Learn interface
- Identify and utilize the main features of the Course Home Page
- Add files to your course through the content collection area
- Add course menu links for specific purposes
- Add content to your course
- Modify your course menu
- Set the student entry page to your course
- Post an announcement
- Send messages and email from Bb Learn
- Use best practices to mitigate common problems encountered when using Bb Learn
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With minimal introduction, just want to say, every Java developer in the world needs to hear Java Posse 160… if you want to, skip 18 minutes into it and start from there.
To borrow from John Hodgman…. that is all.
With minimal introduction, just want to say, every Java developer in the world needs to hear Java Posse 160… if you want to, skip 18 minutes into it and start from there.
To borrow from John Hodgman…. that is all.
Bruce Eckel says Java is at an "Evolutionary Dead End". His perspective is that retrofitting newer features into Java is making it absurdly complex. He states the choice is between no more evolution or breaking away from the past. In any other scenario he suspects things are only going to get worse. As a passing by remark, he proposes moving on to Scala as an exit strategy, if Java continues to evolve while honoring backward compatibility.
Technically his point is valid, realistically what are the millions of Java developers who build Java applications at thousands of enterprises going to do if they can't incrementally take advantage of some of the newer features? It may be possible for Ruby or even Python to radically break away from its earlier versions and start on a fresh slate because not only do they have lesser number of deployments but on an average they have programmers smarter than the average corporate journeyman.
Java has evolved from being a replacement for C++ to an all pervasive cross domain programming language. One of the primary reasons for this growth has been the abundance of features, availability of commercial and open source implementations of these features and wrapping up of these features in all sorts of APIs, with the assurance of stability.
If we drop everything and restart, won't Java be a completely new language? How would we guarantee we get everything right this time around? Which portions of Java will benefit from reinvention the most? What will we do while we are busy reinventing, knowing what we are doing is soon to be rendered obsolete — it won't get done in a jiffy in any case?
In a recent interview Dr. Gosling said -
"If you look at something like Flash, when you get to the much more advanced stuff — with richer interfaces, more complex network protocols, more complex APIs — it really falls short."
Source : Redmond Developer News
While, I would agree with Dr. Gosling, that the Flash VM, the ActionScript library and the Flex framework is not a be-all and end-all RIA solution (remember that its incarnation as a application developer's tool — as opposed to a designer's easel — is fairly recent and it is continuously and rapidly evolving as we speak!), I have a feeling Dr. Gosling is actually saying that the grapes are sour ! (For those who may not be familiar with the fable of the The Fox and the Grapes read on and you will quickly see the connection.).
At this time in its current form and shape Flex is a great option. Further, far from being competitive, at Saven Technologies, we have experienced that Java and Flex are complementary and can help build rich interfaces fairly effectively. Let me explain some more of this, but before that let me dissect Dr. Gosling's comments and set the context.
Dr. Gosling has specifically pointed out that the shortcomings are related to support for networking protocols and complex APIs. My reply — TCP and UDP are two popular transport level protocols. Flash supports TCP. It does not support UDP. At the application level Flash supports HTTP and HTTPS. It supports AMF, which is a SOAP like but more efficient message format, and RTMP, which helps stream audio, video and data across the Internet. It does not support many application level protocols including SMTP, POP3, RTCP and many more. With the protocols in Flash repertoire one can build most consumer applications that utilize HTTP, Web Services and RESTful constructs.
One of our financial services clients was not satisfied with this. Not only did they want remote procedure calls, they desired real time data push and secure connectivity. With the help of LifeCycle Data Services, a server side integration technology that runs without a fuss in any Java application server, and the protocols mentioned above (AMF and RTMP), we could easily achieve what our clients desired. LifeCycle Data Services has open source cousins — BlazeDS, GraniteDS and more.
So while Dr. Gosling is right that Flash does not support as many protocols as Java does and he is also right that it does not have direct support for complex APIs, let's say for messaging systems or database connectivity, the question is that does flash (with its Flex framework) really fall short because of the lack of these. Not really, on the contrary it piggyback on Java and PHP and others for such extensions. We are primarily Java experts who graduated to using Flex as the RIA and we see no trouble in leveraging the Java infrastructure that is so rich and robust. In the application that I was talking about earlier, that required real time updates, we used JMS for subscribing to the market data feed publications. Flex messaging and JMS worked well together and it was just fine.
Finally, Java Applets has support for many networking protocols and complex APIs, then why is it falling short of expectations? Weren't there other things, including the well known JRE version mismatches that brought it down? Why is Sun creating JavaFX if the most critical ingredients — at least the way its worded it makes me believe that these are so — are already brewed in?
I feel very disappointed when a person I deeply respect and revere needs to make such comments. Java as a language and platform is very comprehensive, user friendly and productive (despite all the noise from the Rubyists) and works in harmony with many other technologies, including Flex. If JavaFX and the Consumer JRE deliver the promise I am happy to adopt it, as I have adopted Applets, Swing and the Java web application technologies so far.
Just a quick note, and excusing my pun, I think we all would like to wish Knuth a (belated) 70th Birthday
Gosling dragged the crew into the Dirty Dirty for the second (annual?) Sun Tech Days Atlanta. Last years STD I was pretty down on. It is 100% recycled JavaOne content from 9 months earlier. This years had a better mix with a good bit of new content. One comment from the other Manheim people that were there is they had a general feeling that it was better organized and orchestrated this year. I think that is fair, but I didn't notice a huge difference. The event was also expanded to include tracks for Solaris development and administration, which was good too. There was some good stuff there even if that wasn't your field directly.
One thing, though. I want to say to Sun…again.
Jeez. JavaOne, STD, doesn't matter. There seems to be a critical shortage of places you can plug in your laptop at all of these events.
Anyway, the one big complaint I had was the feeling of Bait and Switch I got from the whole EE program. Last years was bad because it was all intro to stuff that was so old everyone in the room had already seen it. This years was the exact same thing, the difference is they titled the affairs like they were going to be legitimately interesting. One session about "Everyday webservices: Metro and Rest," where you expect to see the new JAX-RS stuff from metro was… wait for it… all SOAP and WS-* and the same demos I have seen 3 years running with a brief bit on RESTat the end. I didn't even see the REST bit because I didn't want to sit through 40 minutes of old content for 10 minutes of new. The "SOA Grid Computing" Oracle session (hey, doesn't that sound great?) Literally started with and intro to WSDL. "Are you frakking kidding me?" was the general response from my compatriots.
One the flip side, the Glassfish session was really good, and my group seemed to get a lot of good information out of it. The features list for GF3 is so long that just getting a handle on what is there is going to be an issue for a lot of people. I kind of wish there had been a little more tech content there, but it was generally good. The SE6uN session was good, and Rags was once again in good form as a speaker. All of the evangelists seems at least a little more comfortable with what they were doing over last year. There were also session on JRuby on Rails, which I wanted to go to but had to duck out for to get back into midtown for…
Sort of heels of Sun Tech Days, the GWT team had a meetup with the team and a few external developers to discuss the road map for GWT in the future. We are all waiting for GWT 1.5 to drop, promising another round of big compiler optimizations such as expansion/in lining of methods and the much anticipated support for SE5 language constructs. All in all it was a good chat.
The Google meeting was a good idea, especially since STD now seems to be becoming a regional event. I can't help but wonder if next year we will see more things orbiting around STD as a mini-JavaOne.
If you are interested in learning more about Adobe Flex or understanding how it could be integrated with other technologies, including Java, then please come to Flex Camp Chicago. Its a day long event at the Illinois Technology Association in downtown Chicago on January 18, 2008.
Hope to see you there!
If you haven't already, be sure to read Steve Yegge's post on his experience of dealing with large code bases (it's a bit long post but an excellent read).
He explains the maintenance nightmare of his 500.000 lines of code game written in Java and quite correctly concludes that code size is a crucial problem for big software projects.
Let me start by wishing everyone a happy new year ! I hope 2008 is prosperous and peaceful for all of you. For many of you who still take pride in being a Java developer, I also put down a list of top 5 expectations from the year that has just started. It may be presumptuous on my part to create a single list of top 5 expectations for the eclectic world of Java developers but none the less I will do it! Some of you will agree, some of you will vehemently disagree and the rest will remain silent. In all the cases though I hope to provoke you to think about what you want and desire from the language and platform that you are so intently connected with.
So let's get started -
1. JavaFx transforms from hype to reality
In 2007 starting with JavaOne, we all heard that the messiah has arrived in the form of JavaFX. Unfortunately, the entire promise is taking too long to manifest into a real option. Hope 2008 either converts it into a real, simple and viable option, so that Java developers don't necessarily need to take refuse in the alternative rich interface technologies, or just brings all the hype to an end.
2. Glassfish enters the application server choice bundle.
Glassfish is a fantastic open source Java application server and platform. It was the first one to be compliant with the Java EE 5 standards. It has implemented almost everything that the JCP is churning out. It works and it is powerful. However, it still remains an unknown application server in the enterprise. Most managers have never heard of it, many Java developers have never bothered to download it and many others think its not a serious option, even without checking it out. Hopefully developers start taking its advantage in 2008.
3. Lightweight/Heavyweight discussion is put to rest
With Java EE adopting many of the advantages of frameworks, tools and libraries that figured out how to do things in a simple and straightforward manner, the divide between the so called traditional heavyweight Java and its lightweight alternatives is blurring. However, many of the staunch believers and promoters of the lightweight frameworks are not letting the debate rest to peace. May these folks find something more useful and new to champion ! Also, those who switched sides altogether in favor of those dynamic options, beyond Java, that was supposed to cleanse them of all evil may return once they find that their simple framework fails to deliver simple database manipulations or relies on your same old ways to integrate with other things in the enterprise.
4. Google likes Java, somebody convince Apple too :)
The iPhone is popular and many iPhone applications are being built. So far Java is poison for Apple. Hopefully things change this year. Hopefully Java developers gain from this surge! Google has already helped the world of Java developers with its numerous open Java APIs and services. Its has also reinforced that when the winner adopts you, you flourish and proposer! So its not as much about being with Apple the company but its about being in the winner's camp.
5. Unify some and sunset a few others
Plurality in the world of Java provides ample choice to do even the most mundane of tasks but it often leaves Java developers confused in the middle of this abundance. Java developers for a few years now spend a considerable amount of time contrasting and comparing the numerous commercial and open source frameworks, tools and libraries to get their job done. Hopefully, 2008 sees some of these projects merging and some others just waning into obscurity. Hopefully the feudal lords realize that although dictatorship is detrimental, a unified nation state has its benefits.
Thats all for now!
Speak up! Say whatever you have to say, its all about what you want:)
Once again, a happy new year!


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A new law banning saggy pants on the Jersey Shore has pissed off a bunch of famous rappers -- including The Game, who tells TMZ, the anti-sag movement is racist ... and tantamount to SLAVERY.
In case you didn't know, the city of Wildwood, NJ just passed a law that prohibits anyone on its boardwalk from wearing pants that sag 3 inches below the hips, exposing skin or underwear. First time offenders are subject to fines ranging from $25-$100 ... and after that, the fines go up to $200.
40 hours of community service is also a possible punishment.
Now, several rappers are speaking out against the law -- Game tells us, "N***** should sag down to their socks out there. They trying to get people to not sag, please. Can't tell people how to wear their f***ing clothes. What time are we in? This ain't the f***ing slave days. F*** that."
He adds, "I am with the sagging movement. First five people to get fines, I will pay their tickets ... I will go there and sag cause I am a sagging Sagittarius."
Bizzy Bone from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony tells us, "Are they talking about black people? How can they do that? This is racist and ridiculous."
And for the white guy's perspective ... Mac Miller says, "I just think that's ridiculous because no one has time to do that much community service. I sag and will sag anywhere I go."
The law's scheduled to go into effect next month. You're welcome, Larry Platt.
Honestly, I want to see this idiotic crap go away! However it is also good that people do it cause than you can easily tell who is below the forrest gump line as far as I.Q. Any one who wears their pants like that is an absolute moron! 99% don't realize that it started in prisons to tell other inmates that they were sexually available, though maybe that is why the game and other rappers don't want it banned, so they can tell each other their asses are available without having to actually say it!
Here's an idea, you could maybe try awww I don't know.....not acting like a dumb ******. That may help it would help even more if they just turned n.j into a parking lot along with detroit . I bet this would bring this country's collective I.Q back to atleast manageable.
I believe that it is racist, I think it's retarted ! First of all what man wants his rear exposed. Second Wildwood is a prominently white beach, therefor this is not racist blacks are not the ONLY race that sags pants. So yes enforce the law. But your only going to get white boys who LOVE swagging pants and LOVE wildwood. So enjoy the summer. Please keep us updated on how many fines MANY white boys will get. Again this law IS NOT RACIST but will affect those who sag pants.
the punishment should be the same as if one was to flash people on the street. most wretched 'fashion' in human history!
What makes me laugh is that sagging pants originated in jails. Pulling your pants down signaled to other inmates that you were open to having sex without catching the attention of the guards. Congratulations on coming out of the closet, guys!
Really you are going to play the race card here!! Where does that end? Race is not a factor on who is wearing the sag. This is disgusting just pull up your damn pants or pay the freaking fine.
Maybe these rappers should take a minute out of their busy life and look up the meaning of racism -
Racism involves the belief in racial differences, which acts as a justification for non-equal treatment (which some regard as "discrimination") of members of that race.[11]
The city of Wildwood is not racist no where are they suggesting that only one race sags!
Maybe The GAME should learn how to play the Game before using such harsh words!
Last week it was Tiger Woods and fried chicken. This week its morons with their butts hanging out of their pants. Next week it's watermellons. If you will note by the pictures, whites can be just as stupid as blacks. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin, stupid is stupid.
Why are they upset.....the sagging of pants is a sign in prison and prisoners that you are someone's wife. Should we start asking the rappers where is your husband?
They look like complete morons wearing their pants a like that. The first time my son and his friends did it, I told them they wasn't allowed in my house looking like that. That sagging crap was started in prison for easy access and when was The Game a slave? Dumb fu*k!
Stupid comments like this keep racism alive... No, it's not racist. It's called propriety and consideration for others. I don't want to see your UNDERwear.
Best Law passed, since smoking was banned in bars and restaurants!! Now if only every town in NJ would follow suit!!! I might actually enjoy Wildwood this year now!! THANK YOU!!