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I have recently had the great displeasure of using a time and expense application that works only in Internet Explorer 6. The company is Infinite Computer Solutions, and I don’t mind using their name because of the frustrations this application has given me and the time its taken from me. The application is so bad … Read more
I’m currently reading Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design. In it I’m finding lots of good design tips, and learning many new HTML elements I’ve never heard of. The guy is really an excellent writer. This book is right up there with my other favorite The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for … Read more
As mentioned on Slashdot this morning, a new vulnerability has been released which shreds all the security built into Vista. Yes, Windows Vista is considered to be much more secure than XP. I was actually starting to use and like Vista on a new hard drive I recently purchased. This newly discovered type of attack … Read more
Yes, Strongback Consulting is a full fledged company, but I started as basically a freelancer. In getting my business started I’ve learned a few things about the tools that are really necessary for the business. I’ve learned some hard lessons in the process. Some like to say that experience is the best teacher. That’s not … Read more
Saw this yesterday. IBM is getting smart about putting out information like this. Creating HATS Macros part I Creating HATS Macros part II ©2016 Strongback Consulting
You know the guy. Mid 50’s, slightly balding. Never wears his reading glasses when he needs them. Always has his signature stained coffee cup with him that reads “Home is where my tools are”. There are pictures on his desk of him fishing with his grandkids. He’s a malcontent, and loves to complain about office … Read more
I’m participating in Portal 6.1 training today. Good stuff. Here’s a screen cap from one of the presentations which shows what’s going to be new in Rational Application Developer 7.5 and WebSphere Portlet Factory 6.1. The biggie is support for JSR 286, the new Portlet API. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
Gotta love YouTube. Someone managed to get a bootleg video of his monologue. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
AppScan is one of IBM’s new acquisitions from WatchFire software. Since the bluewash (IBM’s term for converting the marketing, logos and colors within an application to that of IBM’s), they have now released a developer edition with does static code analysis, dynamic analysis, and runtime analysis of an application to detect security vulnerabilities such as … Read more
So its already in Beta, and can be downloaded with Rational Application Developer 7.5 public beta. I’m previewing it now to check out the features and to see how it compares to my previous list of ‘must haves’. When I was talking with the devs at RSDC, they said that it should go gold in … Read more