Technology predictions 2010

It is hard to talk about this without being too boring. But I will try to do it quickly.

2010 came at a very pivotal time in history in many ways:

• With the looming arrival of the Nexus One ("Google Phone") and the pre-existing Droid phone with the Android OS, the competition with the iPhone is sure to reveal some interesting smart phones in 2010.
• Apple also has been on a slight break from new releases, signaling the potential arrival of new products in the coming year, like the Apple iPad.
• Also, on the headlines, not so long ago, was an article about the arrival of a 3-D television. While it does cost more than any HD television currently out on the market, if stations put up enough 3-D cable channels, this TV might just be a success. Just put on special glasses and you'll be watching TV in 3-D! Be on the lookout for more 3-D technology in the months to come.

Information Technology predictions

Even with the predict 3.2% growth for the IT industry, it looks like the market won't be very generous in 2010. Mainly because it is consurned to reuse and adaptation of equipments and systems already in place.

• The mobile phone will receive more attention.
• Cloud computing will become a more viable option for online businesses.
• Green IT companies will be given more value then others.
• New programming languages will hit the main stream: Clojure and Go.

Emerging Trends in IT

With entertainment currently varying in miniscule ways, it is refreshing to see innovations in the 3-D coming to life in our everyday technology. Finally, it is a safe bet to say that the established social networks Facebook and Twitter will have very interesting innovations to come that will integrate more fully with our life, what with the omnipotence of smart phones.

References:

• Ben Gray's Compilation of Analysts' Predictions

Interesting Internet Facts

The internet is indeed an ever-expanding vast computer network which links small computer networks worldwide. The whole globe takes advantage of the internet and there are certain facts about it which cannot be hidden. Of course, if you wanted to find and acknowledge interesting internet facts without encountering any difficulties, you would have to analyze the following valid details as follows;

1. Basically, the internet allows social networking to operate on the internet and exist as online businesses. Socializing by virtual means is possible because of the internet. Without the internet social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace wouldn't have expanded. Businesses have taken advantage of the internet and increased their revenues every year. Banks, health and financial companies are all using the internet to grow their businesses. This makes the internet a benign thing as it supports communication. Through the internet, many technological businesses are able to email their clients everyday.
2. The internet allows many people to gain knowledge. In fact, many people have been able to increase their knowledge through search engines like Yahoo Search, Bing and Google Search. By the help of Wikipedia, search engine users can find articles and information about blogging platforms like WordPress, Blogger and TypePad. Without the internet, school children and professors will spend hours in libraries browsing through science books for information about photosynthesis and the Big Bang theory. There is no doubt that the internet is very interesting as it allows people to enrich their knowledge by absolute virtual ways.

Happy New 2010

Congratulations!

If you are reading this post is because you made it! You are still alive and making history with your own hands.. a bit like me.

Be Happy!

A few tips that everyone will agree (if you don't, comment on that :)

• Listen to your heart.
  If you are having problems following what others tell you to do (by others I mean either people or the little voices inside your head) try the silence. It will clear out your mind and thoughts.
• Give more value to the people around you.
  If you received a Christmas card this year, make a note of the sender and remember to send them one next year. Will do you good!
• Include the environment in your New Year's resolution.
  Yes, our future depends on you! No, I'm not uncle Sam, but as a Brazilian, me, uncle Thales, says: 'The forest needs you! What can you do to help it?'
• Learn, or improve, to play an instrument.
  It's very good to work and make money, but if you embed yourself in some practical culture you will be more pleasant to be with. Consequently more business you will be able to generate.
• Come back to this blog frequently.
  This is for my own good. Sorry, but if everyone came back here once in a while, I would be more happy. So click around and try to find something you like and come back for more, would ya..?

Thank you all for your support, visits, gifts, comments, etc. I'm so happy for being part of the Web community that I can't put into words. That is it.

Thanks again and be merry!

Object-Oriented Government (analogy)

Object-Orientation and the structure of a “normal” Government

Fabulous analogy created by Brandon Savage links the main OO concepts to the tasks, responsibilities and departments of a government. He believes programmers should learn with it and use these concepts. I think he is right in many things he said and that it makes a great blog post. Here is a short summary of what I think his article says and if you want more details, go see Five (Good) Lessons The Government Teaches Us About Object-Oriented Programming.

He lists 5 intersections between programming concepts (or principles) and Government's structure:

Abstraction
By creating many objects to do a task that once was the job of only one, is called abstraction. This makes each object more simple and able to do only one thing. Government abstraction? Bureaucracy.

Encapsulation
Protect and private functions, inside a class, 'encapsulates' its action. That means objects outside the current instantiated one won't have access to it. Government encapsulation? Among other possible examples, front-line and back-line workers. One deals with the public and the other doesn't. (Good try Brandon, this analogy kind of worked :.)

“Dumb Objects”
Objects that are 'too smart' (love that) demand more time and effort to understand and alter them. Instead of having this complex chain of variables and objects, why not make these objects less clever? The idea here is to test the parameters that are being injected into it and use it. This prevents errors and makes the later debugging much easier. Government 'Dumb' Objects? Itself! Well, have you ever had to present the same document to different departments when all you want is to see a doctor, register a business or something like that? Well, the departments could have an integrated database, but like this they are easier to manage.

Decoupling (or de-normalization)
A variation of the 'dumb' objects. It consists of the ability to move an object, or class, form one library to another, simplifying, once again, the management and debug. Governments like that and the less reliable a department is on a particular person the more flexible the system is. I personally think this happens because of lack of training budget. The same works for a developer..

Many classes working on one single job
Exactly like going to different departments and buildings to get one single task done, many systems have many objects, with different activities, working on the same action-flow. People complain about it when it concerns to governments, but what they don't realise is that what they are doing isn't one single task, it is many that looks like one.