A Wicket Diary

I’ve eschewed downloading the Java 6 developer preview from Apple’s Developer Center since it was over a year old. And with Leopard around the corner, where is the much needed love for Java coming from Apple? Remember that OS X would be the number one Java development platform?

300 new features, but no mention of Java. I’d really hate to take James Gosling’s route and resort to using other operating systems to be able to continue to work for my company (we’re already deploying to Java 6).

The only quote I could find about Java on the Apple Leopard developer site was:

“You can even use 64-bit Java on capable Intel processors.”

Where’s the love?!?

The positivity blog lists seven tips from Stephen King for becoming a better writer:

1. Get to the point, goes hand in hand with:
2. Cut down your text (MD: “Goed schrijven is schrappen”, lit. Good writing means scrapping)
3. Write a draft. Then let it rest (MD: works wonders for code too!)
4. Be relatable and honest
5. Don’t care too much what others may think (MD: though listen to your editor!)
6. Read a lot
7. Write a lot (MD: writing more gives you a better style, and makes you more proficient)

   I can relate to these points a lot. Though I don’t have enough time to read, and writing a draft to leave it for a couple of months is not an option anymore.