<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Yakov Fain @ yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com</title><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/</link><description>(Yakov Fain) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:28:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Yakov Fain @ yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/portlet/163/featured-blog-graphic-145.gif</url><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>I support Israel 2</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/i_support_israel_2.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/i_support_israel_2.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:35:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A blogger and a software developer from United Kingdom&nbsp; posted the following:&quot;Having just received some photos from a source I will not name, it is truly horrific to actually see what is going on there, I mean this is the sort of stuff that]]></description><category>israel</category></item><item><title>Our New Year dance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/our_new_year_dance.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/our_new_year_dance.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:12:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In this video, my business partners and I are dancing. This dance is our way to thank our past customers and attract the new ones.&nbsp; This is not to say that we&rsquo;ll dance to any of your tunes, but rather to ensure that we can choreograph any]]></description></item><item><title>New trick by US Airways to get a couple of extra bucks from you</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/new_trick_by_us_airways_to_get_a_couple_of_extra_bucks_from_.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/new_trick_by_us_airways_to_get_a_couple_of_extra_bucks_from_.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[America air carriers become more and more creative these days. The goal remains the same - sell you whatever they can. I know that blanket costs $7, the junk-food-quality meal starts from $5, the first checked in bag is $15, the next one is even more]]></description><category>airline</category><category>tricks</category></item><item><title>Top 10 thingies I got in 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/top_10_thingies_i_got_in_2008.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/top_10_thingies_i_got_in_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I&rsquo;ve been listening to the Tech 5 podcast of John C. Dvorak, where he said, &ldquo;This is the time of the year when all Top 10 are arriving in all these magazines because it&rsquo;s an easy way to do something and you&rsquo;re kind]]></description><category>top</category><category>10</category></item><item><title>Try/Catch idiom</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/indian_vs_russian_software_developers.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/indian_vs_russian_software_developers.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In one of the Russian online forums, I ran into a post called &quot;Indian try/catch Java idiom&quot;. Here&#39;s what it was about: &quot;Indian software developers learn from books and copy/paste code from book samples. The Java try/catch example i]]></description><category>it</category><category>career</category></item><item><title>Two most impressive iPhone applications</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/two_most_impressive_iphone_applications.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/two_most_impressive_iphone_applications.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last week, I was sitting at a noisy restaurant. Somewhere on the background, this annoying elevator music was mixed into this noise.&nbsp; I decided to see if Shazam , a cool application that I installed om my iPhone, will be able to find out for me]]></description><category>iphone</category></item><item><title>My honeymoon with MacBook Pro</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/my_honeymoon_with_macbook_pro.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/my_honeymoon_with_macbook_pro.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yes, I finally bought my first MacBook Pro a little more than a months ago. All my life I&#39;ve been working in MS Windows environment with a small injection of UNIX when needed. My teenage son go the MacBok last Spring, he was very enthusiastic abo]]></description><category>macbook</category><category>pro</category><category>apple</category></item><item><title>Looking back at 2008 or how we were surviving</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/looking_back_at_2008_or_how_we_were_surviving.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/looking_back_at_2008_or_how_we_were_surviving.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Have you heard about the crisis?&rdquo; &ldquo;What crisis?&rdquo; From a recent conversation with my colleague.  Well, of course we&rsquo;ve heard about the crisis. I&rsquo;m one of three partners who run a software boutique, and in early Sep]]></description><category>software</category><category>business</category></item><item><title>Clear Data Builder 3.1 - CRUD generation without SQL</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/clear_data_builder_31__crud_generation_without_sql.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/clear_data_builder_31__crud_generation_without_sql.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today, we have released a new version of our free Eclipse plugin Clear Data Builder 3.1. This version includes a new feature &ndash; CRUD generation based on Java DTO without the need to provide SQL. During the beta testing of Clear Data Builder (CDB]]></description><category>flex</category><category>blazeds</category></item><item><title>How to blog after being laid off</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/how_to_blog_after_being_laid_off.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/how_to_blog_after_being_laid_off.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Companies lay off people. It may happen to you, it may happen to me. Some laid off people are bloggers who immediately start posting online about how unfair it was to them badmouthing their former employers. These blogs is the worst thing people can]]></description><category>adobe</category><category>layoff</category></item><item><title>JavaFX : The birth is a little premature</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/javafx__the_birth_is_a_little_premature.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/javafx__the_birth_is_a_little_premature.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On December 4, JavaFX&nbsp; arrived to this world with lots of &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a Boy&rdquo; balloons. The family of RIA development tools gets bigger and as a Java programmer, I wish best of luck to this new kid on the block. But the party is a lit]]></description><category>javafx</category></item><item><title>Adobe MAX. Blog #6. Two conferences in one day.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_6_two_conferences_in_one_day.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_6_two_conferences_in_one_day.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On day number three I managed to attend only three technical sessions and now I need to make a confession.&nbsp; When I first saw the sessions approved for MAX, I was disappointed by the fact that there were too many presenters from Adobe. Yeah, yeah]]></description><category>adobe</category><category>max</category><category>2008</category></item><item><title>Adobe MAX. Blog #5. Day 2.Flash Catalyst</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_5_day_2.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_5_day_2.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MAX, as a big brother hosts a number of small unconferences, which are located in the well equipped half-open spaces in the hallway. They have AV, comfy coaches, and are less formal gatherings of the developers. At 8:30AM I was sitting at 360MAX unco]]></description></item><item><title>Adobe MAX. Blog #4. Day 1.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_4_monday.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_4_monday.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:04:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On the MAX eve, I went to speaker&rsquo;s reception.&nbsp; First of all had to meet with three other panelists participated in Monday&rsquo;s session Flex architecture face off - Chafiq Kazoun, Todd Anderson , Joshua Noble are very experienced softwa]]></description><category>adobe</category><category>max</category><category>2008</category></item><item><title>Adobe MAX. Blog #3. Freedom to AIR!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_3_freedom_to_air.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_3_freedom_to_air.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Sunday morning, I got my two conference badges &ndash; one for Press and the other one as a Speaker.&nbsp; Each of those gives an access to special receptions or meetings with Adobe big shots, and I don&rsquo;t want to miss any of those.While wait]]></description><category>adobe</category><category>max</category><category>2008</category></item><item><title>Adobe MAX 2008. Blog #2. Arrival.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_2008_blog_2_arrival.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_2008_blog_2_arrival.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:43:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Of all domestic air carriers, I like Continental the most.&nbsp; They showed Mamma Mia and the food was bearable.&nbsp; Last month, I was in the air for 14 hours flying to Japan, and now the trip across the USA is a piece of cake. I have only carry l]]></description><category>adobe</category><category>max</category><category>2008</category></item><item><title>Adobe MAX Blog #1. My personal schedule</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_1_my_personal_schedule.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/adobe_max_blog_1_my_personal_schedule.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I call my friend from SF to arrange for a dinner.&nbsp; During the conversation, I said that I have to be on a number of technical sessions there. He was surprised that I&rsquo;m not going to present there, but will be sitting at the desk]]></description><category>adobe</category><category>max</category><category>2008</category></item><item><title>Adobe MAX 2008. Blog #0.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/max_2008_blog_0.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/max_2008_blog_0.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Leaving for MAX 2008 in a day.&nbsp; Had to sign the Speaker&#39;s agreement. This is not unusual, but this time it was a 5(!) page agreement. Lawyers run America.    How do you like this clause:&quot;Speaker shall take all necessary precautions to p]]></description></item><item><title>Kid&apos;s slide - video of the week</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/kids_slide__video_of_the_week.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/kids_slide__video_of_the_week.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This video will give you an energy boost till the rest of the week. I don&#39;t know what educational background should have people who design kids attractions like slides for the park, but I know for sure that shouldn&#39;t be blind.&nbsp;I don&#39;]]></description></item><item><title>Last minute gig at Adobe MAX 2008 conference</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/last_minute_gig_at_adobe_max_2008_conference.htm</guid><link>http://yakovfain.javadevelopersjournal.com/last_minute_gig_at_adobe_max_2008_conference.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:36:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was invited to participate in the MAX panel called Flex Architecture Faceoff that will take place on Monday, Nov 17 at 2PM at Moscone center in SF. This session has been created by O&rsquo;Reilly, and the panelists are Flex architects th]]></description><category>flex</category></item></channel></rss>