Such a fancy title ha, probably the influence of our industry (bad influence)! Well you can just substitute it with something like “These are the stages of productivity between which the satisfaction jumps in exponential magnitudes”. Note: before we check these stages out, it goes without saying that all the “he” in this article are… Read More »
It was a wonderful week last week spent in the beautiful Gold Coast after a very interesting Microsoft Ignite conference. I got the opportunity to present on how ASP.NET 5 is designed to be suitable for being hosted on the cloud, the following is the recording of my session: If you missed the event you can… Read More »
I have blogged before about some of the skills that a consultant should be acquainted with like Story Telling, Knowledge Depth & Breadth, and Having an Opinion, all of which I see very important. But in this post I would not hesitate to say that self-confidence is the single most important amongst them all! Before… Read More »
I had the opportunity to visit Mount Buller to do skiing for the first time in my life (thanks to Joshua McKinny), and the experience was UNBELIEVABLE! In addition to the loads of fun I had, I learned some life lessons that can be applied in any field, even software! and I’d like to share… Read More »
And finally I have the time to post about my new job, yes I changed jobs and now it’s Readify. I have never seen anything like it! Readify’s consultants are the top professionals in the IT industry working on the Microsoft stack; when I step in the office every morning, I sit in a room… Read More »
Recently I had to go through some health checkup that included tests for my eye, one of these tests required from me to keep my eye open for a long period of time concentrating continuously into an extremely strong and annoying light. During the test I kept receiving encouraging words from the examining doctor every… Read More »
I will be speaking at this year’s Microsoft event Open Door; the session will be about HTML5 & IE, including highlights on the main new specifications for HTML5, and how Microsoft is approaching it through IE and some of the dev tools. It will be on Day 2, Track 3, at 3:00 PM. Check the… Read More »
Couple of days ago I received the wonderful email from Microsoft telling me that I was awarded the MVP; it really feels nice when you achieve results. But the best part of all this is my friends’ reactions, the congrats, and the big smiles on the faces (not mentioning a generous gift from my colleagues… Read More »
To be frank I hesitated a bit to review a “a Martin Fowlers signature book”, but I have to share this review with others; to set expectations. The book “Continuous Integration” is ok, but it’s too general, that’s it! I have read several articles about Continuous Integration and posts here and there until I thought… Read More »
Last Saturday 14th of May 2011 we had the first web camp in Jordan among Jordev’s activities, and it was great! check my presentation slides at the end of this post. The event was like the following: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Four 50 minutes sessions with 10 minutes… Read More »