Developer’s Vista

Last year I had an interesting chance to closely watch, help and appear (obviously filling some empty corners here and there) in Lisa Virtue’s short film CUBEd. But for me, it was a unique experience. (more…)

With a great honor I received the news of my best friend Elias Track getting a special observance from his Grace Isaam Darwish; the Bishop of the Melkite Catholic Church for Australia and New Zealand, by awarding him a Medal for his volunteer work to the community. (more…)

I put it this way because I always thought about LCD monitors as one of those unjustifiable gadgets that you wouldn’t spend money on but you will be so happy to receive them as a Christmas present, and that’s what somehow happened to me at work this year.

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It doesn’t take a high level algebra to recognize that raising a company profit could be done by two ways; raising the company’s sales figures, or, when this is difficult, lowering its expenses is the only other way.

Unfortunately, in software development business, (more…)

Is there such a thing called Cubicle Etiquette? To answer this question we need to understand those two words.

The Cubicle System, As I heard it from many fellow developers, is “the most stupid design a workplace could ever have“. Despite the fact that it was designed for what is called “White Collar” professions, I could only distinguish it from the Production Line system we commonly find in factories by its cleanness. If you are surprised I’ll explain.

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