Random musings in IT

As I detailed in the last article about my little side-project, for creating a web-based mindmap/task management application, I have gone through several architecture design stages. What that article doesn't mention, is the amount of refactoring it took in the modules themselves, to reach a working…

I've created an issue tracker to allow users to report issues, add feature requests about the Mindweb web based, freeplane compatible collaboration tool! The issue tracker is available here. Please share your ideas for development!

This is the eleventh article in the attempt to form a blogging habit   This is the initial announcement of the availability of the first working version of a HTML 5 based freeplane viewer/editor. I've been using Freeplane quite heavily, and it always caused a headache, that there is no way…

This is the tenth article in the attempt to form a blogging habit They say you cannot teach old dogs new tricks. It has been proven wrong many times, but the idea is, that once you have your own ways, it's hard to deviate from them. Last summer I had plenty of time for experimentation. I've also…

This is the ninth post in my attempt to form a blogging habit. As I promised in the article about recruiters I follow up with some of my favorite real life interview stories. tl;dr The (mis)conduct of an interview can give an insight of how the company works. If you see too many warning signs,…

This is the ninth article in the attempt to form a habit. One week after the start, and I feel it's time for some retrospective. In the past days, I have been posting eight articles on various topics. So far it was quite easy, as I was rolling a few ideas ahead of me, for a while. It is becoming…

This is the eight post in my attempt to start a blogging habit. Recruiters and headhunters have always had to find inventive ways to poach talent. As demand for experts in the IT sector increases, it is getting more and more difficult to get the open positions filled. Since the demand for…