AJAX DWR Singleton Creator - In one of my messages in the DWR mailing list, I asked about how to use a singleton class in DWR, they kindly refered to http://getahead.org/dwr/server/dwrxml/creators/scripted the solution is to use BSF (Bean Scripting Framework) to initialize the class in dwr.xml, you should download & use the jar of BSF. I didn’t like both [...] [Ahmed Hashim]

Very cool video by Juggy

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/thejavafinch/archive/2006/11/the_finch_wire_1.html

How to make a Successful Java User Group - Mmm, you can ask this question if you have an inactive user group, or when you are going to establish a new user group. How to make a successful Java User Group?
After talking with JUG-Leaders allover the world, and with the support & idea of Aaron Houston, the Sun JUG program coordinator we reached the [...] [Ahmed Hashim]

IntelliJ IDEA Plug-in Contest - JetBrains, the creators of IntelliJ IDEA, are holding a plug-in contest. The contest, which began on September 1, will judge submissions on usefulness, creativity, completeness and quality. Those plug-ins that meet the requirements for submission will be contributed to the IntelliJ IDEA Plug-in Repository.

[The Server Side]

I will be out of office & out of home too :) because I have to travel for 1 week start 17 August and ends 24 August. I wont be able to access mail, JUG or any other way.

For any administration issue, contact Amr

Regards,

Ahmed Hashim 

By Mohamed El Zahaby 

http://blog.elzahaby.com/2006/08/04/outsourcing-definitions.aspx

Outsourcing definitions

“outsourcing,” “offshore outsourcing,” and “offshoring” are used interchangeably in public discourse despite important technical differences. To be consistent, “outsourcing,”
in corporate context, represents an organizational practice that
involves the transfer of an organizational function to a third
party.When this third party is located in another country the term “offshore outsourcing” makes more sense. “Offshoring,”
in contrast, represents the transfer of an organizational function to
another country, regardless of whether the work stays in the
corporation or not. In short, “outsourcing” means sharing
organizational control with another organization, or a process of
establishing network relations within an organizational field. "Offshoring,”
on the other hand, represents a relocation of an organizational
function to a foreign country, not necessarily a transformation of
internal organizational control

I think this is an excellent step from Google! I always hate SF 

Google Project Hosting -

Google seems to know how to make a splash at the trade shows, don’t they?