Arjan’s World

Dutch ALT.NET User Group – Jan van Ryswyk
Found this new Dutch alt.net group, Belgium based. I’d like to know if there are any Dutch people who feel like settings something like this up in the Netherlands. Let me know if you’re interested!

• Keep a Record Of All Things You Do On the Computer & the Web – Amit Agarwal
  ‘ There are so many things you do on the computer at the same time ‘ Wish you could store everything? You can!
• Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter – Friday Reflections
  quote ‘ A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ~John Barrymore ‘
• Six Ways To Update Your Status – Sarah Perez
  Moving beyond Twitter
• Who Owns Your Online Documents? – Mike Gunderloy
  It’s free, it’s easy, and handy if in mulit-machine scenario’s. But where are the guarantees, and aren’t we maybe a little too naive in putting all kinds of business / confidential / whatever docs online
• Challenge: Find the deadlock – Oren Eini
  Another one of Oren’s code challenges
• b# – Prototype Protips #2 – Preventing Memory Leaks & Creating Objects – Ben Scheirman
  ‘ If you aren’t taking advantage of an advanced javascript library, then you are not only missing out on cleaner code, but (…) ‘ read on
• Get Your Func On – Karl Seguin
• Agile Project Management: Lessons Learned at Google – Abel Avram
  Innovation at Google ‘ Google removed all low level engineering management back in 2001. They formed lots of small teams of 2-3 developers which constantly took the leadership of their team ‘
• How to kill processes running on a computer in your home – Xiangyang Liu
  ‘ A small ASP.NET program to help control your child’s game playing ‘ neat trick
• Version Control Challenges in Agile Environments – Kenji Sulzberger
  ‘ the iterative nature of agile projects also raises some particular challenges to version control, which are just as important for small shops ‘
• Beauty vs. Usability – a Tale of Two Masters – Sarah Chipps