Mark Driver

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Entries from September 2008

ZendCon 2008

September 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Bring unto ZendCon your PHP geeks — or is the proper term nerd?  I forget.  I suppose geek has a strong carnival sideshow connotation but nerd has always sounded too wimpy for my taste.  My personal preference is geek (geek emeritus in my case) In any event, I digress.
I spent this last Tuesday in San [...]

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Web conference session questions?

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Do you have questions related to the sessions I’m hosting at the Web Innovation Conference this week?  Put them in the comments here and I will try to address them during the Q&A portion of the session or as a followup blog post after the session.

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Look for me at the Gartner Web Innovation Conference 2008

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

From Sept. 15-17 I’ll be at the Gartner Web Innovation Conference in sunny LA

I’m doing two presentation sessions.

The first focuses on application development trends and best practices for web and cloud computing. The second is a customized version of the Open Source Scenario — a broad view of thedynamics between open source and the mainstream software industry.  This one will [...]

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Welcome To My Blog On Applicaton Development & Open Source

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Welcome to my blog! I’ll share thoughts on trends around applications developments tools and best practices focusing particulary on Java, MS .NET, Web, & RIA tools.  I will also cover big picture issues related to the open source software model — things like industry impact, adoption challenges, ROI & TCO, etc.

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