I’ve been twitterized!

In: K

16 Jan 2010

twitterized

Lately I’ve become attached to my twitter account, as I hit my 100 follower!
Even facebook has become second in this list, as all my news has been transfered dynamically to my facebook through friendfeed app.

I’ve went into debate once about how much twitter is better than RSS feeds, as I used to be once attached to my RSS feeds through google reader myself.

The reasons that twitter is better than RSS in my opinion are:

  1. twitter is more human!

    Yes you heard it right, you can actually feel it, RSS feeds are more like mails, it have subject, body and a sender, so solid and so boring, but twitter is more humanized, it shows you a title, maybe a link, a personal opinion and you can actually communicate with your twitter friend, while you cant with your RSS feed item!

  2. a stream that you love

    In twitter I actually see all my news in a one stream, it makes it easy to know the latest news in the last days, without having to go to BBC RSS feed to know the latest news, and if I need any categorization I put them into a list of related interest or topic, and ofcourse if I need to know a news about certain somebody I can just click on his twitter account.
    I know many people will argue with me, as google reader have this feature as well, but believe me its different, even placing an icon -avatar- is more human readable than just a name of the RSS feed source!

  3. it’s easier to follow, than adding new RSS feed to the list!

    Call me lazy, but with one click I get the streams I like from the person, and I don’t have to go to only the latest ten news, but I have access to all of his stories as well!

I can add some more reasons in the future, but right now I think you already realized the benefits.

And for those who don’t have a twitter account, go for it now you are wasting so much time already finding the news you like to read, while it can get right into your stream a few clicks ahead!

Back to Egypt, Watching carefully job opportunities!

In: K

13 Jan 2010
Thinking

Thinking

CAUTIOUS: NON TECHNICAL POST

I’ve been back to Egypt, after a really successful implementation of phase I of Royal Protocols -المراسم الملكية- Intranet and Internet portals using Oracle Webcenter framework.

I believe I’m the first to implement it in an Arabic context style in KSA and maybe in the middle east :D, its not hard though!

Thanks God, I’ve been offered multiple job opportunities, that are all great but I have to consider one, and actually the calculation, variables and maths done to calculate what best suits me aint enough.

True I use math to measure what best fits me, its actually probabilities but I think you already realized that.

The thing about probabilities is that you can know what best suits you, when you add an important factor, how much this thing weights in your mind, how much this thing is important to you, or with other words How you prioritize this thing?
The more this thing -thing is a general term for many stuff- is high ranked in your priorities list, the more it weights, and to tell you the truth I cant weight everything out yet.

So many variables and situation that has been rushing into my life lately that I cant really focus on which one is top priority and which to be last -or at least down in basement- .

I’ve done my share of researching, asking people, praying ofcourse and all that, but still I really need to decide it up myself.

ed3oli Rabena yakhod byaddi!

Dependent Combo Boxes Using Oracle ADF

In: ADF| Java| oracle

6 Jan 2010

For this tutorial I’ll be using the latest patch set or Oracle JDeveloper 11.1.1.2 and Oracle XE Database.

What I’ll be demonstrating how to create a simple JSF (.jspx) web page that has two combo boxes that depend on one another. In other words, two combo boxes (af:SelectOneChoice) depend on each other and are automatically refreshed when selected.

Here is an index of each section in my article:

  1. Create New Application
  2. Setup Database Connection
  3. Working with the Model
  4. Creating the View / JSF Page
  5. Creating the Navigation Form
  6. Adding The Combo Boxes
  7. Wiring the Combo Boxes

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At Riyadh in a webcenter Project

In: ADF| Webcenter

14 Dec 2009

It’s sure nice to be back to writing in kBlog.

I’ve been away for really really really long time, but I’m sure missing it, and I wont be letting that slip away again.

Unfortunately I’m still busy in a new project in KSA Riyadh, Webcenter and ADF dealing with “المراسم الملكية”, It’ll be the first real project for me using webcenter, and I’m talking about webcenter 11g in here.

But I’ll try to be Here more, and I’ll do keep update of this blog alive.

I’m scheduling to post 2 articles in itnewb in the next couple of days, and I’ll share it in here as well.

Hope you are all glad for me to be back :D

Bad at written quiz’s

In: K

25 Jul 2009

It’s just weird, When I go to an interview or something and I know I’m good for the job however I suck big time doing their written quiz!

Its not because I don’t know, but I believe Its because I’m not focusing in those written ones!

I used to be like this with oral quiz as well, but I improved this skill to be only lacking one thing which is written quiz’s

ربنا يتوب علينا

7 Tips for Better JDeveloper Experience

In: ADF| Java| K

9 Jul 2009
7 Tips For Better JDeveloper Experience

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Web has become a science!

In: K| Web

10 Jun 2009

2 days ago, I reaad a killing comment on this article titled ” We no longer fully understand the web?” as the commenter said “We have created a Monster!”, that sure cracked me up.

When I read the article, and that Berners Lee is creating a whole science, a Web Science that interesects with many sciences already, like social, psychology, technology and more…

It’s the new millennium science, and its what most of the people will talk about for the next decade.

The article also discuss the matter, that websites are effecting the peoples life, in business and many other fields in life, thats why we should treat it as a new whole science.
Hope to read more about it, and the new magazine it talks about, Web Science Magazine.

Five reasons why people mistrust SOA

In: SOA

3 Jun 2009

 SOA

I was passing by some article of Joe McKendrick , on his article Five reasons why people mistrust SOA

And I found it fairly all true, and I believe I fall even in one of them:

So I thgouh of writting them down again, to remember them every time I think of SOA :)

  1. Approaching SOA as merely “another messaging technology for connecting applications.”
  2. Thinking of SOA as the latest evolution of object orientation orcomponent based development.
  3. Aiming for too much — instead of the right level — of reuse.
  4. Focusing on building a “service library” — in which services may or may not be discovered and reused — versus a “service portfolio” attuned to business processes.
  5. Treating SOA as a solution, when really it is only an approach — the end-goal of any efforts should not be to simply “build an SOA.”

Random thought #01

In: K

2 Jun 2009

I almost forgot the meaning of reading anything but tech news!

After reading Mohammed FatHy’s novel “شيء من الحب” and Haitham Dabbour’s “أول مكرر” I realized that I’m missing a lot but not knowing what’s happening in that area, which I used to adore.

I’m not saying that i’m abandoning my passion of Technology and its news, but I’m gonna make some time for reading other stuff, and listening more to my other self needs!

Ketf - Thoughts #01

Arabic Reshaper goes open source, codename “BAR=Better Arabic Reshaper”

In: Android| Java| K

2 Jun 2009

bar1

Dear all,

Sorry for making you wait all this time, but I dont really have time, and some of my attempts to merge my work with some people failed.

So I thought of doing it the right way, and allow people to share the experience with me, and take advantage of the Arabic Reshaper, so I’m gonna put it on github and share the source code to whom it may concern!

And i’m gonna release my latest updated application, which still has some bugs, but I hope you can forgive me with that.

Update:The project has come to live, check out this link all http://bar.amr-gawish.com/

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