There are a few things which you really consider as achievement in your professional life. Some are complex projects, other are things you could not imagine and still cannot imagine…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Thursday
I can’t believe the conference is already over! It has been a dense week of learning, teaching and extending networks. That’s why I decided to skip a few sessions today….
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Wednesday
This is going to a long day. Starting at 9 AM, finishing at 6:30 PM. 6 sessions, and one extra in the middle of it! Guy Bowerman has a tutorial…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Tuesday
The first day of a conference is always fun: keynote announcing exciting new things, the joy of retrieving old friends, and discovering some new, finally putting a face on some…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Monday
Every conference starts with a keynote. Bob Picciano, IBM VP of Sales explained us where and what IBM is doing with its data servers. He spoke about the two most…
Writing XML
When I started playing with XML, I was an early adopter. It was interesting, intrigant. Now, everybody knows what XML is and other needs arise, such as “how the heck…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Sunday
For those of you that thought it was fun traveling around and attending conferences, here’s the first drawback: attend an 8+ hour business meeting on a Sunday. Both Board of…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Saturday
It’s not 10 AM and I am in my second plane, that’s the beauty of hubbing. To go to Vienna, I fly from Strasbourg through Paris… But I am not…
Tribute to IBM User Interface Designers
IBM has produced ugly-looking software for quite some years, including some round buttons in the toolbar of DB2’s Control Center. Time has changed. I recently discover IBM Lotus Sametime on…
Cheetah as a World Premiere
Cheetah is the code named for next version of IBM Informix Dynamic Server. For quite a while now, the latest version outperforms its predecessors. The cheetah (“guépard” in French) is…