(260,1,'2013-12-12 19:30:34','2013-12-12 11:30:34','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. If you appreciate the value of money, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for a wannabe business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>What would be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success toward building our dream.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:30:34','2013-12-12 11:30:34','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(261,1,'2013-12-12 19:31:29','2013-12-12 11:31:29','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. If you appreciate the value of money, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>What would be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success toward building our dream.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:31:29','2013-12-12 11:31:29','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(262,1,'2013-12-12 19:32:32','2013-12-12 11:32:32','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. If you appreciate the value of money, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:32:32','2013-12-12 11:32:32','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(263,1,'2013-12-12 19:36:06','2013-12-12 11:36:06','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. If you appreciate the value of money, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption width=\"2936\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" class /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Don\'t bet the house</blockquote>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:36:06','2013-12-12 11:36:06','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(264,1,'2013-12-12 19:37:44','2013-12-12 11:37:44','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. If you appreciate the value of money, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n<blockquote>Don\'t bet the house</blockquote>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:37:44','2013-12-12 11:37:44','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(265,1,'2013-12-12 19:40:01','2013-12-12 11:40:01','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n<blockquote>Don\'t bet the house</blockquote>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:40:01','2013-12-12 11:40:01','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(266,1,'2013-12-12 19:42:36','2013-12-12 11:42:36','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk borrowing money from your (insert family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve burnt their money instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n<blockquote>Don\'t bet the house</blockquote>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:42:36','2013-12-12 11:42:36','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(267,1,'2013-12-12 19:43:55','2013-12-12 11:43:55','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\nBootstrapping is a critically important idea for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. But the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong>&lt;</em>, it won\'t need that amount of commitment. Great ideas create their own momentum. Once your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to this podcast, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n<blockquote>Don\'t bet the house</blockquote>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nGood luck.<a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">Smallbizpod: Greg Gianforte Interview</a>','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:43:55','2013-12-12 11:43:55','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(268,1,'2013-12-12 19:51:07','2013-12-12 11:51:07','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house. ','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:51:07','2013-12-12 11:51:07','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(269,1,'2013-12-12 19:56:22','2013-12-12 11:56:22','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10m:15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice Blog[/caption]','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:56:22','2013-12-12 11:56:22','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(270,1,'2013-12-15 15:31:50','2013-12-15 07:31:50','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\n\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\n\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\n\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\n\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\n\n<blockquote>The idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your business idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\n\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned and saved, why would you risk burning it?\n\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\n\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your [<em>insert loving family member here</em>]?\n\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\n\nAnyone who has worked an honest day\'s work in their life knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\n\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\n\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\n\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\n\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\n\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\n<blockquote>Investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\n\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\n\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.welcometosuccessonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gambling-addiction.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-autosave-v1','','','2013-12-15 15:31:50','2013-12-15 07:31:50','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(271,1,'2013-12-12 19:59:53','2013-12-12 11:59:53','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10m:15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 19:59:53','2013-12-12 11:59:53','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(272,1,'2013-12-12 20:01:34','2013-12-12 12:01:34','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this takes maturity and restraint, when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 20:01:34','2013-12-12 12:01:34','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(273,1,'2013-12-12 20:04:50','2013-12-12 12:04:50','I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-12 20:04:50','2013-12-12 12:04:50','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(274,1,'2013-12-13 07:21:39','2013-12-12 23:21:39','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />I\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:21:39','2013-12-12 23:21:39','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(275,1,'2013-12-13 07:22:17','2013-12-12 23:22:17','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\r\n\r\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you will feel when you\'ve wasted their money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:22:17','2013-12-12 23:22:17','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(276,1,'2013-12-13 07:24:56','2013-12-12 23:24:56','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\r\n\r\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your (insert loving family member here)?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:24:56','2013-12-12 23:24:56','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(277,1,'2013-12-13 07:25:40','2013-12-12 23:25:40','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\r\n\r\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your [<em>insert loving family member here</em>]?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an \'honest days work\' knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:25:40','2013-12-12 23:25:40','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(280,1,'2013-12-13 07:33:19','2013-12-12 23:33:19','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\r\n\r\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>The idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your business idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your [<em>insert loving family member here</em>]?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an honest day\'s work in their life knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>Investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:33:19','2013-12-12 23:33:19','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(278,1,'2013-12-13 07:27:00','2013-12-12 23:27:00','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\r\n\r\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your [<em>insert loving family member here</em>]?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an honest day\'s work in their life knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:27:00','2013-12-12 23:27:00','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(279,1,'2013-12-13 07:28:01','2013-12-12 23:28:01','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\r\n\r\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned, why would you burn it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your [<em>insert loving family member here</em>]?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an honest day\'s work in their life knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n<blockquote>In a nutshell, the idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>The point is that, investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:28:01','2013-12-12 23:28:01','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(281,1,'2013-12-13 07:34:50','2013-12-12 23:34:50','<img class=\"alignnone aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Dr_Martens,_black,_old.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"382\" />\r\n\r\nI\'ve talked previously about the importance of bootstrapping.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>But what is bootstrapping?</strong></em>\r\n\r\nThe idea of bootstrapping a business comes from the proverb of <a href=\"http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/290800.html\">pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps</a>, which basically means moving yourself forward without external assistance.\r\n\r\nApplied to a business idea, it means that you should outlay as little of your own savings as possible when starting a business. The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>The idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your business idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned and saved, why would you risk burning it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your [<em>insert loving family member here</em>]?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an honest day\'s work in their life knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>Investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/loser1.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','open','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 07:34:50','2013-12-12 23:34:50','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(282,1,'2013-12-15 15:24:05','2013-12-15 07:24:05','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed Version Control)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseGit (Windows UI)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sonarqube.org\">Sonar (Code Quality)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://thinkaurelius.github.io/titan/\" target=\"_blank\">Titan</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Visualisation</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.playframework.com\" target=\"_blank\">Play Framework</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch (JavaScript)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gwtproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\">GWT (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://vaadin.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Vaadin (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n<a href=\"https://wappalyzer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wappalyzer</a> (Website Technology Scanner)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n<strong>Business Tools</strong>\r\nIntranet - <a href=\"http://www.simpleintranet.org/\">Wordpress Simple Intranet Directory </a>\r\nAccounting - <a href=\"https://www.xero.com/au/\">Xero</a>\r\nProject Management - <a href=\"https://basecamp.com\">Basecamp</a>','Development Tools','','publish','open','open','','development-tools','','','2015-01-11 14:44:38','2015-01-11 06:44:38','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=282',0,'page','',0),(283,1,'2013-12-13 11:00:27','2013-12-13 03:00:27','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\nTeamCity http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\nPuppet\r\nESCAPE - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\nGradl\r\nBuildr\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\nIvy\r\nMaven\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\nMongoDB - http://www.mongodb.org/\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\nSencha Touch - http://www.sencha.com/\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\nBeyond Compare - http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\r\nhttp://www.xmlvalidation.com/\r\nGlimpse http://getglimpse.com/\r\nVMX Virtual Server Management - http://www.trilead.com/Download/\r\nWIX - http://wixtoolset.org/\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','open','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 11:00:27','2013-12-13 03:00:27','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(284,1,'2013-12-13 11:03:13','2013-12-13 03:03:13','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\nTeamCity http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\nPuppet\r\nESCAPE - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\nGradl\r\nBuildr\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\nIvy\r\nMaven\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\nMongoDB - http://www.mongodb.org/\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\nSencha Touch - http://www.sencha.com/\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\nSelenium\r\nFitnesse\r\n?Rally (Agile Test Management Software)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\nResharper\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\nBeyond Compare - http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\r\nhttp://www.xmlvalidation.com/\r\nGlimpse http://getglimpse.com/\r\nVMX Virtual Server Management - http://www.trilead.com/Download/\r\nWIX - http://wixtoolset.org/\r\n\r\nFiddler (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\nSubversion (Version Management)\r\nTortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','open','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 11:03:13','2013-12-13 03:03:13','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(285,1,'2013-12-13 12:21:38','2013-12-13 04:21:38','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\nTeamCity http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\nPuppet https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\r\nESCAPE - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\nGradl\r\nBuildr\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\nIvy\r\nMaven\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\nMongoDB - http://www.mongodb.org/\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\nSencha Touch - http://www.sencha.com/\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\nSelenium\r\nFitnesse\r\n?Rally (Agile Test Management Software)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\nResharper\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\nBeyond Compare - http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\r\nhttp://www.xmlvalidation.com/\r\nGlimpse http://getglimpse.com/\r\nVMX Virtual Server Management - http://www.trilead.com/Download/\r\nWIX - http://wixtoolset.org/\r\n\r\nFiddler (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\nSubversion (Version Management)\r\nTortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','open','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-13 12:21:38','2013-12-13 04:21:38','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(400,1,'2014-01-26 17:20:38','2014-01-26 09:20:38','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a trend toward distributed computer systems able to process information on massive scales. This technology powers the Internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models prevalent over the past 30 years. \r\n\r\nIn the file storage and processing space this has seen the development of technologies such as Hadoop - which achieves massive data analysis throughput by parallelisation - splitting large problems down and solving them concurrently on vast server-farms that use thousands of commodity PCs. \r\n\r\nAnd in databases there has been the development of non-relational data models that better handle semi-structured data. This has seen the rise of the so-called NoSQL movement, which uses diverse data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most important computational challenges (such as understanding language semantics, and predictive modelling) are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be effectively solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper <em>\"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\"</em>, downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','The Rise of Big Data','','publish','closed','open','','big-data','','','2014-01-27 12:43:29','2014-01-27 04:43:29','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=400',0,'post','',0),(290,1,'2013-12-15 15:00:36','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Sales\r\nThe Ultimate Sales Machine\r\n\r\nGeneral Management\r\nWinning\r\n\r\nHuman Resources\r\nTop Grading\r\n\r\nBusiness Systems\r\nMastering the Rockerfeller Habits\r\nThe Great Game of Business\r\nThe Toyota Way\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','Essential Business Books','','draft','closed','open','','','','','2013-12-15 15:00:36','2013-12-15 07:00:36','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=290',0,'page','',0),(291,1,'2013-12-15 15:00:36','2013-12-15 07:00:36','Sales\r\nThe Ultimate Sales Machine\r\n\r\nGeneral Management\r\nWinning\r\n\r\nHuman Resources\r\nTop Grading\r\n\r\nBusiness Systems\r\nMastering the Rockerfeller Habits\r\nThe Great Game of Business\r\nThe Toyota Way\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','Essential Business Books','','inherit','closed','open','','290-revision-v1','','','2013-12-15 15:00:36','2013-12-15 07:00:36','',290,'http://www.smartestplace.net/290-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(294,1,'2013-12-15 15:05:59','2013-12-15 07:05:59','One of the biggest take-aways from my last business was the understanding that building a \"Lean\" continuous improvement culture is a key ingredient for long-term success.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1131\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.symbolbv.com/bestanden/Images%20UK/Lean%20Principles.png\" width=\"1131\" height=\"673\" /> Source: symbolbv.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhat has become known as the <em>Lean</em> movement developed out of Deming\'s continuous improvement management philosophies - based on the <em>PDCA cycle</em> (<strong>P</strong>lan what you are going to do, <strong>D</strong>o it, accurately <strong>C</strong>heck how it went using metrics and take <strong>A</strong>ctions to improve the results the next time you plan).\r\n\r\nDeming\'s ideas were wholeheartedly adopted by the Japanese manufacturing industry in the 1950s, and further developed since. The management processes known as <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071392319/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0071392319&linkCode=as2&tag=smartestplace-20\">The Toyota Way</a><img src=\"http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=smartestplace-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0071392319\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" /> are the most well known of these.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://n-tono-a-sunshine.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55190509588340120a8d3886d970b-800wi\" width=\"507\" height=\"309\" /> Source: Tono Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nWaste reduction is a major theme, and has particular application in manufacturing businesses and any other business that holds considerable inventory.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"291\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.leaningforward.co.uk/images/7wastes2.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"175\" /> Source: leaningforward.co.uk[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Toyota Way encourages approaches such as continuous improvement philosophy (kaizen), systematically reducing waste, encouraging continuous flow in work processes (heijunka) and avoiding overstocking by letting demand generate it\'s own supply (kanban). These ideas were further developed and adapted to a western audience under the term \"Lean\".\r\n\r\nMy own experiences with Lean were very positive. The benefits were everywhere to be seen; reduced costs, improved quality and, probably most importantly, an engaged and <em>caring</em> workforce.\r\n<blockquote>to me, that is what continuous improvement is all about.\r\nIN ONE WORD: <strong>Care</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nAnything is possible you can build a business full of committed people who genuinely care; about each other, about their own development and growth, about making customers happy, and about doing things \"right\". It is the antithesis of the Australian \"she\'ll be right, mate\" approach.\r\n\r\nOne of the best things I did was to enrol all my staff in a formal \"Lean Manufacturing\" course. This was facilitated by an external coach, who over an 18-month period helped to transform our approach to work. Talk about fostering a \"can-do\" attitude, I saw formerly disengaged workers come alive with ideas that made their jobs easier, quicker and with better quality results. \r\n\r\nCritical to our success was having a great coach - someone who lived and breathed it. Our coach, Carlos Aguirre, was <em>simply awesome</em>. Carlos had a generous and caring approach, but was extremely challenging and hard on lazy thinking. Almost all of our staff (myself included) had differences of opinion with him during the course, but by the end of it ... we just understood.\r\n\r\nAll of our opposition to ideas within Lean were based on personal bias or sentimentalism about how we wished things were. Once we had faced the brutal facts we realised there was no other way than to strive to be the best, otherwise our customers would shop elsewhere and our jobs would move overseas.\r\n<blockquote>If there is ever going to be a renaissance in the Australian manufacturing, Lean is the only way.</blockquote>\r\nMy view is that irrespective of your industry, there is a lot to be learned from Lean. The power of Lean is that it is a philosophy that values individual and group creativity, hates waste and encourages people and organisations to grow. Who wouldn\'t want a workplace like that?','Lessons from Lean','','inherit','closed','open','','99-revision-v1','','','2013-12-15 15:05:59','2013-12-15 07:05:59','',99,'http://www.smartestplace.net/99-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(292,1,'2013-12-15 15:04:48','2013-12-15 07:04:48','One of the biggest take-aways from my last business was the understanding that building a \"Lean\" continuous improvement culture is a key ingredient for long-term success.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1131\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.symbolbv.com/bestanden/Images%20UK/Lean%20Principles.png\" width=\"1131\" height=\"673\" /> Source: symbolbv.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhat has become known as the <em>Lean</em> movement developed out of Deming\'s continuous improvement management philosophies - based on the <em>PDCA cycle</em> (<strong>P</strong>lan what you are going to do, <strong>D</strong>o it, accurately <strong>C</strong>heck how it went using metrics and take <strong>A</strong>ctions to improve the results the next time you plan).\r\n\r\nDeming\'s ideas were wholeheartedly adopted by the Japanese manufacturing industry in the 1950s, and further developed since. The management processes known as The Toyota Way <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071392319/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0071392319&linkCode=as2&tag=smartestplace-20\">The Toyota Way</a><img src=\"http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=smartestplace-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0071392319\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" />\r\nare the most well known of these.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://n-tono-a-sunshine.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55190509588340120a8d3886d970b-800wi\" width=\"507\" height=\"309\" /> Source: Tono Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nWaste reduction is a major theme, and has particular application in manufacturing businesses and any other business that holds considerable inventory.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"291\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.leaningforward.co.uk/images/7wastes2.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"175\" /> Source: leaningforward.co.uk[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Toyota Way encourages approaches such as continuous improvement philosophy (kaizen), systematically reducing waste, encouraging continuous flow in work processes (heijunka) and avoiding overstocking by letting demand generate it\'s own supply (kanban). These ideas were further developed and adapted to a western audience under the term \"Lean\".\r\n\r\nMy own experiences with Lean were very positive. The benefits were everywhere to be seen; reduced costs, improved quality and, probably most importantly, an engaged and <em>caring</em> workforce.\r\n<blockquote>to me, that is what continuous improvement is all about.\r\nIN ONE WORD: <strong>Care</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nAnything is possible you can build a business full of committed people who genuinely care; about each other, about their own development and growth, about making customers happy, and about doing things \"right\". It is the antithesis of the Australian \"she\'ll be right, mate\" approach.\r\n\r\nOne of the best things I did was to enrol all my staff in a formal \"Lean Manufacturing\" course. This was facilitated by an external coach, who over an 18-month period helped to transform our approach to work. Talk about fostering a \"can-do\" attitude, I saw formerly disengaged workers come alive with ideas that made their jobs easier, quicker and with better quality results. \r\n\r\nCritical to our success was having a great coach - someone who lived and breathed it. Our coach, Carlos Aguirre, was <em>simply awesome</em>. Carlos had a generous and caring approach, but was extremely challenging and hard on lazy thinking. Almost all of our staff (myself included) had differences of opinion with him during the course, but by the end of it ... we just understood.\r\n\r\nAll of our opposition to ideas within Lean were based on personal bias or sentimentalism about how we wished things were. Once we had faced the brutal facts we realised there was no other way than to strive to be the best, otherwise our customers would shop elsewhere and our jobs would move overseas.\r\n<blockquote>If there is ever going to be a renaissance in the Australian manufacturing, Lean is the only way.</blockquote>\r\nMy view is that irrespective of your industry, there is a lot to be learned from Lean. The power of Lean is that it is a philosophy that values individual and group creativity, hates waste and encourages people and organisations to grow. Who wouldn\'t want a workplace like that?','Lessons from Lean','','inherit','closed','open','','99-revision-v1','','','2013-12-15 15:04:48','2013-12-15 07:04:48','',99,'http://www.smartestplace.net/99-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(293,1,'2013-12-15 15:05:24','2013-12-15 07:05:24','One of the biggest take-aways from my last business was the understanding that building a \"Lean\" continuous improvement culture is a key ingredient for long-term success.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1131\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.symbolbv.com/bestanden/Images%20UK/Lean%20Principles.png\" width=\"1131\" height=\"673\" /> Source: symbolbv.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhat has become known as the <em>Lean</em> movement developed out of Deming\'s continuous improvement management philosophies - based on the <em>PDCA cycle</em> (<strong>P</strong>lan what you are going to do, <strong>D</strong>o it, accurately <strong>C</strong>heck how it went using metrics and take <strong>A</strong>ctions to improve the results the next time you plan).\r\n\r\nDeming\'s ideas were wholeheartedly adopted by the Japanese manufacturing industry in the 1950s, and further developed since. The management processes known as <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071392319/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0071392319&linkCode=as2&tag=smartestplace-20\">The Toyota Way</a><img src=\"http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=smartestplace-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0071392319\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" />\r\nare the most well known of these.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://n-tono-a-sunshine.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55190509588340120a8d3886d970b-800wi\" width=\"507\" height=\"309\" /> Source: Tono Blog[/caption]\r\n\r\nWaste reduction is a major theme, and has particular application in manufacturing businesses and any other business that holds considerable inventory.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"291\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.leaningforward.co.uk/images/7wastes2.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"175\" /> Source: leaningforward.co.uk[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Toyota Way encourages approaches such as continuous improvement philosophy (kaizen), systematically reducing waste, encouraging continuous flow in work processes (heijunka) and avoiding overstocking by letting demand generate it\'s own supply (kanban). These ideas were further developed and adapted to a western audience under the term \"Lean\".\r\n\r\nMy own experiences with Lean were very positive. The benefits were everywhere to be seen; reduced costs, improved quality and, probably most importantly, an engaged and <em>caring</em> workforce.\r\n<blockquote>to me, that is what continuous improvement is all about.\r\nIN ONE WORD: <strong>Care</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nAnything is possible you can build a business full of committed people who genuinely care; about each other, about their own development and growth, about making customers happy, and about doing things \"right\". It is the antithesis of the Australian \"she\'ll be right, mate\" approach.\r\n\r\nOne of the best things I did was to enrol all my staff in a formal \"Lean Manufacturing\" course. This was facilitated by an external coach, who over an 18-month period helped to transform our approach to work. Talk about fostering a \"can-do\" attitude, I saw formerly disengaged workers come alive with ideas that made their jobs easier, quicker and with better quality results. \r\n\r\nCritical to our success was having a great coach - someone who lived and breathed it. Our coach, Carlos Aguirre, was <em>simply awesome</em>. Carlos had a generous and caring approach, but was extremely challenging and hard on lazy thinking. Almost all of our staff (myself included) had differences of opinion with him during the course, but by the end of it ... we just understood.\r\n\r\nAll of our opposition to ideas within Lean were based on personal bias or sentimentalism about how we wished things were. Once we had faced the brutal facts we realised there was no other way than to strive to be the best, otherwise our customers would shop elsewhere and our jobs would move overseas.\r\n<blockquote>If there is ever going to be a renaissance in the Australian manufacturing, Lean is the only way.</blockquote>\r\nMy view is that irrespective of your industry, there is a lot to be learned from Lean. The power of Lean is that it is a philosophy that values individual and group creativity, hates waste and encourages people and organisations to grow. Who wouldn\'t want a workplace like that?','Lessons from Lean','','inherit','closed','open','','99-revision-v1','','','2013-12-15 15:05:24','2013-12-15 07:05:24','',99,'http://www.smartestplace.net/99-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(295,1,'2013-12-15 15:24:05','2013-12-15 07:24:05','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\nSubversion (Version Management)\r\nTortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - 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The fact is, if your idea is <em>that good</em> you shouldn\'t need to put much of your own money into it anyway.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>The idea behind bootstrapping is: To get your business idea off the ground, spend as little of your own money as possible.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd if you appreciate the value of money you\'ve earned and saved, why would you risk burning it?\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"640\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://images.suite101.com/639136_com_money_burn.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" /> Source: Suite101.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nOr worse still, why would you risk burning money you\'ve borrowed from your [<em>insert loving family member here</em>]?\r\n\r\n<em>Just imagine how bad you would feel if you lost someone else\'s money, instead of your own.</em>\r\n\r\nAnyone who has worked an honest day\'s work in their life knows that earning money is a lot harder than spending it. And, trust me, the last thing you want to do after saving up to start a business for a couple of years is to waste your hard-earned cash.\r\n\r\nFor me, working as a labourer during my university days was the way I learned the value of money. I spent that summer digging dirt; installing retaining walls for the family business. As a student, earning $10/hour was good, but the days were long and I was totally smashed by the end of each day. This was around the time of the dotcom bubble, with teenagers making a fortune from ridiculously bad business ideas. So I knew there <em>had to be</em> a better way...\r\n\r\n<strong>Bootstrapping is a critically important idea</strong> for the startup business-owner, because our enthusiasm for our \'great idea\' is so intoxicating that we make choices that are less than rational.\r\n<blockquote>What would otherwise be a frivolous waste of money in the cold light-of-day, we turn into an \'essential\' ingredient of success when building our dream.</blockquote>\r\nAnd as entrepreneurs, that is what we are all about: <em>The Dream.</em> I like to call it the \'blue sky\'. We are never happier than when we are thinking about the \'blue sky\' of possibilities that our next business idea could bring.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"2936\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.jessseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JUMP-WITH-EXCITEMENT.jpg\" width=\"2936\" height=\"1920\" /> Source: Jessseeker.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nBut doing this successfully takes maturity, restraint and <em>creativity</em> ... when you are so damn enthusiastic about giving your idea a go. Again, the important point to realise is that if your idea is <em><strong>that good</strong></em>, it won\'t need that amount of financial commitment from yourself. Great ideas create their own momentum.\r\n\r\nOnce your business idea is generating its own steam there is nothing wrong with re-investing your profits back into the business - in fact, there is probably nothing better that you could do.\r\n<blockquote>Investing money in your business idea before it starts earning money is a \'leap of faith\'. And these kind of irrational choices will not serve you well in your entrepreneurial career. What matters is <strong>results</strong>.</blockquote>\r\nI could talk about about how essential bootstrapping is all day, but one of my mentors, Greg Gianforte, has already said it all. So take a few minutes to listen to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/interview-36/\">this podcast</a>, and hopefully your perspective on how to start a successful business will change forever. <em>(Interview starts at 10mins 15s)</em>\r\n\r\nGood luck. And don\'t bet the house.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"507\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.welcometosuccessonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gambling-addiction.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" /> Source: Artvoice.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Bootstrapping','','inherit','closed','open','','248-revision-v1','','','2013-12-15 15:31:51','2013-12-15 07:31:51','',248,'http://www.smartestplace.net/248-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(300,1,'2013-12-15 16:25:57','2013-12-15 08:25:57','<blockquote>\"What a man needs is not a tensionless state, but a struggling and striving toward a worthwhile goal\"</blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>- <b>Viktor Frankl</b></em></div>','Worthwhile goals','','inherit','closed','open','','296-revision-v1','','','2013-12-15 16:25:57','2013-12-15 08:25:57','',296,'http://www.smartestplace.net/296-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(301,1,'2013-12-15 12:18:35','2013-12-15 04:18:35','<strong>\"What a man needs is not a tensionless state, but the struggling and striving toward a worthwhile goal\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nPeople like me need to set goals. But the thing I\'ve come to realise is that as soon as I have achieved a goal I need to set another to give myself purpose and direction.\r\n\r\nOn a few occasions in my life I\'ve found my plans thrown into turmoil. Sometimes even, the goals that I had set no longer appeal or have relevance to my changed circumstances. \r\n\r\nBut no matter; all that I have needed to rekindle my drive and enthusiasm is to discover a new \"worthwhile goal\" and I have been on my way again. The fact is that it is the \"striving and struggling\" that I love.\r\n\r\nThe journey <em>is</em> the reward.','Goals','','publish','closed','open','','goals','','','2014-01-04 15:27:26','2014-01-04 07:27:26','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=301',0,'post','',0),(302,1,'2013-12-18 23:24:11','2013-12-18 15:24:11','<strong>\"What a man needs is not a tensionless state, but the struggling and striving toward a worthwhile goal\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nPeople like me need to set goals. But the thing I\'ve come to realise is that, as soon as I have achieved a goal I need to set another to give myself purpose and direction.\r\n\r\nOn a few occasions I\'ve found my plans thrown in to turmoil. Sometimes even, the goals that I had set no longer appeal or have relevance to my changed circumstance. But no matter, all that I have needed is to discover a new \"worthwhile goal\" and I have been on my way again. The fact is that it is the \"striving and struggling\" that I love.\r\n\r\nThe journey <em>is</em> the reward.\r\n','Goals','','inherit','closed','open','','301-revision-v1','','','2013-12-18 23:24:11','2013-12-18 15:24:11','',301,'http://www.smartestplace.net/301-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(303,1,'2013-12-18 23:26:23','2013-12-18 15:26:23','<strong>\"What a man needs is not a tensionless state, but the struggling and striving toward a worthwhile goal\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nPeople like me need to set goals. But the thing I\'ve come to realise is that, as soon as I have achieved a goal I need to set another to give myself purpose and direction.\r\n\r\nOn a few occasions I\'ve found my plans thrown in to turmoil. Sometimes even, the goals that I had set no longer appeal or have relevance to my changed circumstances. \r\n\r\nBut no matter; all that I have needed to rekindle my drive and enthusiasm is to discover a new \"worthwhile goal\" and I have been on my way again. The fact is that it is the \"striving and struggling\" that I love.\r\n\r\nThe journey <em>is</em> the reward.\r\n','Goals','','inherit','closed','open','','301-revision-v1','','','2013-12-18 23:26:23','2013-12-18 15:26:23','',301,'http://www.smartestplace.net/301-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(304,1,'2013-12-19 06:35:43','2013-12-18 22:35:43','<strong>\"What a man needs is not a tensionless state, but the struggling and striving toward a worthwhile goal\"</strong>\n\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\nPeople like me need to set goals. But the thing I\'ve come to realise is that as soon as I have achieved a goal I need to set another to give myself purpose and direction.\n\nOn a few occasions in my life I\'ve found my plans thrown into turmoil. Sometimes even, the goals that I had set no longer appeal or have relevance to my changed circumstances. \n\nBut no matter; all that I have needed to rekindle my drive and enthusiasm is to discover a new \"worthwhile goal\" and I have been on my way again. The fact is that it is the \"striving and struggling\" that I love.\n\nThe journey <em>is</em> the reward.','Goals','','inherit','closed','open','','301-revision-v1','','','2013-12-19 06:35:43','2013-12-18 22:35:43','',301,'http://www.smartestplace.net/301-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(310,1,'2013-12-22 21:50:29','2013-12-22 13:50:29','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\nSubversion (Version Management)\r\nTortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-22 21:50:29','2013-12-22 13:50:29','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(311,1,'2013-12-23 09:40:57','2013-12-23 01:40:57','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - 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After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world.\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\nFrankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this the difference between choosing to be an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAsk yourself, am I an inflow person or outflow person. Do I take energy from the world or add energy to the world?\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. \r\n\r\nChoose to be around outflow people.\r\n\r\n[caption width=\"500\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://cdn.tinybuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Positive-Energy.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class /> Source: tinybuddha.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','publish','closed','open','','inflow-vs-outflow-people','','','2013-12-29 15:54:52','2013-12-29 07:54:52','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=316',0,'post','',0),(317,1,'2013-12-28 17:53:25','2013-12-28 09:53:25','<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. When lieing in bed, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world. Frankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this being an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. Choose to be around good positive people every day. \r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-28 17:53:25','2013-12-28 09:53:25','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(318,1,'2013-12-28 17:54:03','2013-12-28 09:54:03','<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. When lieing in bed, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world. Frankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this being an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. Choose to be around good positive people every day. \r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-28 17:54:03','2013-12-28 09:54:03','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(319,1,'2013-12-29 15:54:09','2013-12-29 07:54:09','[caption width=\"640\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/going-back-to-sleep-after-waking-too-early.bmp\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com[/caption]\n\n<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\n\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\n\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\n\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\n\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world.\n\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\n\nFrankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\n\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this the difference between choosing to be an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\n\nAsk yourself, am I an inflow person or outflow person. Do I take energy from the world or add energy to the world?\n\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\n\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \n\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. \n\nChoose to be around outflow people.\n\n\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-autosave-v1','','','2013-12-29 15:54:09','2013-12-29 07:54:09','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(320,1,'2013-12-28 17:55:30','2013-12-28 09:55:30','<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world. Frankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this being an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. Choose to be around good positive people every day. \r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-28 17:55:30','2013-12-28 09:55:30','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(321,1,'2013-12-28 17:56:18','2013-12-28 09:56:18','<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world.\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\nFrankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this being an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. Choose to be around good positive people every day. \r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-28 17:56:18','2013-12-28 09:56:18','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(324,1,'2013-12-28 18:00:02','2013-12-28 10:00:02','[caption width=\"640\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/going-back-to-sleep-after-waking-too-early.bmp\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world.\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\nFrankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this being an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. Choose to be around good positive people every day. \r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-28 18:00:02','2013-12-28 10:00:02','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(325,1,'2013-12-28 18:00:51','2013-12-28 10:00:51','[caption width=\"640\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/going-back-to-sleep-after-waking-too-early.bmp\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world.\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\nFrankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this the difference between being an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. Choose to be around good positive people every day. \r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-28 18:00:51','2013-12-28 10:00:51','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(326,1,'2013-12-29 15:54:07','2013-12-29 07:54:07','[caption width=\"640\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/going-back-to-sleep-after-waking-too-early.bmp\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world.\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\nFrankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this the difference between choosing to be an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAsk yourself, am I an inflow person or outflow person. Do I take energy from the world or add energy to the world?\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. \r\n\r\nChoose to be around outflow people.\r\n\r\n\r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-29 15:54:07','2013-12-29 07:54:07','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(327,1,'2013-12-29 15:54:52','2013-12-29 07:54:52','[caption width=\"640\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/going-back-to-sleep-after-waking-too-early.bmp\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n<em>Saturday mornings for me can go one of two ways.\r\n\r\nWhen the alarm goes off at 5:10am, I can jump out of bed, have a coffee and then head out for the gym. After an hour working out, I\'ll pick up a newspaper, head home, and have breakfast. By 8am , I\'m ready for the day. Alive, and enthusiastic.\r\n\r\nOther times (especially during my teenage years) Saturday\'s were completely different. I\'d only set the alarm for 8am. And when it rang I\'d turn it off. I\'d wake up again at nine, but bury my head under the pillows again and try to have a \'lie in\'. At 11am I\'d finally emerge from the bedroom. Being overslept, I felt lake crap and it didn\'t seem like any amount of coffee could get me going. I\'d look at my watch and suddenly realise it was 1pm. Over half my day had gone already!</em>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'ve described above are completely real scenarios that I think we\'ve all experienced at some point. While having a sleep-in seems like a decadent and good thing to do, it is actually a complete waste of time. While sleeping-in, it always seems like the best option to get just a little more sleep. But at what cost? The cost is the lost opportunity of positive experiences and shared time with family and friends. In the long run, lieing in is really something you should do once in a while. If you do it all the time, or come to expect it, then it is doing no one any favours.\r\n\r\nBut the choice between these two realities is something that each one of us makes ever day. The choice between taking it easy, or embracing the world.\r\n\r\nAll of us are capable of two \'modes\' of living. One where we take energy from the world, and one where we add energy to the world. I am not talking about the occasional bout of negativity that results from the knocks that life deals us. I\'m talking about people who choose to see everything as a trial, everything as a challenge and aggravation.\r\n\r\nFrankly I don\'t trust myself to always make the right decision, so I think it is better to engineer an environment where doing the right thing is almost inevitable. My solution was to marry a fitness instructor!\r\n\r\n<blockquote>A friend of mine calls this the difference between choosing to be an \'inflow person\' or an \'outflow person\'.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAsk yourself, am I an inflow person or outflow person. Do I take energy from the world or add energy to the world?\r\n\r\nThere is also a certain momentum that builds from this choice. If I eat mince pies for the whole month of December, it becomes that much harder to commit to a health regime come January. If someone becomes an inflow person while young, with each successive year the chances that they will recover and become a force for positive change in the world diminish.\r\n\r\nPersonally, To ensure that I do the right thing, I have my own \'contract\' with myself as to what I expect from myself. Essentially this is a list of behaviours that I know will help me and those around me grow and flourish. \r\n\r\nBut understanding and recognising inflow and outflow behaviour has implications for social settings and the workplace. Having carried around inflow people for over a decade, I know that behaviour change is breathtakingly slow and ultimately not worth it for anyone. \r\n\r\nChoose to be around outflow people.\r\n\r\n[caption width=\"500\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://cdn.tinybuddha.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Positive-Energy.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class /> Source: tinybuddha.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n','Inflow vs. Outflow people','','inherit','closed','open','','316-revision-v1','','','2013-12-29 15:54:52','2013-12-29 07:54:52','',316,'http://www.smartestplace.net/316-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(330,1,'2013-12-30 14:26:56','2013-12-30 06:26:56','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-30 14:26:56','2013-12-30 06:26:56','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(333,1,'2013-12-31 08:17:19','2013-12-31 00:17:19','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\nSubversion\r\nTortoiseSVN\r\nGit\r\nMercurial\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 08:17:19','2013-12-31 00:17:19','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(388,1,'2014-01-07 20:51:21','2014-01-07 12:51:21','<blockquote>“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different”</blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>- <b>Oprah Winfrey</b></em></div>','Forgiveness','','inherit','closed','open','','369-revision-v1','','','2014-01-07 20:51:21','2014-01-07 12:51:21','',369,'http://www.smartestplace.net/369-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(332,1,'2013-12-30 14:54:44','2013-12-30 06:54:44','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-30 14:54:44','2013-12-30 06:54:44','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(334,1,'2013-12-31 08:22:27','2013-12-31 00:22:27','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 08:22:27','2013-12-31 00:22:27','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(336,1,'2013-12-31 14:01:21','2013-12-31 06:01:21','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jfrog.com/home/v_artifactory_opensource_overview\" target=\"_blank\">Artifactory</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nLow Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 14:01:21','2013-12-31 06:01:21','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(335,1,'2013-12-31 08:42:21','2013-12-31 00:42:21','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jfrog.com/home/v_artifactory_opensource_overview\" target=\"_blank\">Artifactory</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN (Subversion Interface)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 08:42:21','2013-12-31 00:42:21','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(337,1,'2013-12-31 14:11:53','2013-12-31 06:11:53','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jfrog.com/home/v_artifactory_opensource_overview\" target=\"_blank\">Artifactory</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nLow Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 14:11:53','2013-12-31 06:11:53','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(339,1,'2013-12-31 15:31:05','2013-12-31 07:31:05','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jfrog.com/home/v_artifactory_opensource_overview\" target=\"_blank\">Artifactory</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nLow Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 15:31:05','2013-12-31 07:31:05','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(338,1,'2013-12-31 14:12:36','2013-12-31 06:12:36','Here is a list of my favourite development tools:\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://subversion.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Subversion</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://tortoisesvn.net/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseSVN</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://mercurial.selenic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurial</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://cfengine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CFEngine</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/escservesconfig/\" target=\"_blank\">ESCAPE</a> - Centralised restful configuration service (open source)\r\n\r\n<ul>Scripting Technologies</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gradle.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gradle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://buildr.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Buildr</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools (Manage 3rd Party Dependencies)</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jfrog.com/home/v_artifactory_opensource_overview\" target=\"_blank\">Artifactory</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://ant.apache.org/ivy/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theobjectguy.com/dotnetlog/\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Logging Framework</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nLow Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\nSoapUI (Useful for creating mock data services)\r\n\r\n<ul>Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a> (free)\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> Virtual Server Management\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\nPaint.NET (Graphic Editor)\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\n\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n \r\n\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 14:12:36','2013-12-31 06:12:36','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(340,1,'2013-12-31 16:11:37','2013-12-31 08:11:37','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Package Manager</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nLow Level Tools (Code Level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nMid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Graphics</ul>\r\nPaint.NET (Graphics Editor)\r\nInkscape (Vectors Editor)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<ul>Useful Tools</ul>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare (Code & Config Comparison)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX (Virtual Server Management)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX (Windows installation package builder)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n\r\nNotepad++ (Text Editor)\r\nJSON extension for Notepad++ \r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:11:37','2013-12-31 08:11:37','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(341,1,'2013-12-31 16:15:37','2013-12-31 08:15:37','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<ul>Version Control</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Continuous Integration</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Configuration Management</ul>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Build Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Package Manager</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Production monitoring system</ul>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<ul>Databases</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Mobile Development</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Logging</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<ul>Testing Tools</ul>\r\nLow Level Tools (Code Level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nMid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<ul>Refactoring</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>Graphics</ul>\r\nPaint.NET (Graphics Editor)\r\nInkscape (Vectors Editor)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<ul>Useful Tools</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare (Code & Config Comparison)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX (Virtual Server Management)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX (Windows installation package builder)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<ul>UI Software</ul>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<ul>Charting libraries</ul>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:15:37','2013-12-31 08:15:37','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(342,1,'2013-12-31 16:17:18','2013-12-31 08:17:18','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Package Manager</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production monitoring system</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\nLow Level Tools (Code Level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nMid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Refactoring</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\nPaint.NET (Graphics Editor)\r\nInkscape (Vectors Editor)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare (Code & Config Comparison)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX (Virtual Server Management)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX (Windows installation package builder)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:17:18','2013-12-31 08:17:18','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(344,1,'2013-12-31 16:30:17','2013-12-31 08:30:17','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\nLow Level Tools (Code Level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nMid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FxCop (Code Analysis)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ndepend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NDepend (Code Analysis)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\nPaint.NET (Graphics Editor)\r\nInkscape (Vectors Editor)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\nColor Schemer \r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare (Code & Config Comparison)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX (Virtual Server Management)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX (Windows installation package builder)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\nBalsamiq (Wireframing Software)\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:30:17','2013-12-31 08:30:17','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(343,1,'2013-12-31 16:24:02','2013-12-31 08:24:02','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\nLow Level Tools (Code Level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nMid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FxCop (Code Analysis)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ndepend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NDepend</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.harukizaemon.com/simian/\" target=\"_blank\">Simian (Code duplication)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\nPaint.NET (Graphics Editor)\r\nInkscape (Vectors Editor)\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare (Code & Config Comparison)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX (Virtual Server Management)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX (Windows installation package builder)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\nBalsamiq - Wireframing Software\r\nCrazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software\r\nColor Schemer\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:24:02','2013-12-31 08:24:02','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(345,1,'2013-12-31 16:42:24','2013-12-31 08:42:24','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\nLow Level Tools (Code Level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\nMid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)</a>\r\n\r\nHigh Level Tools\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FxCop (Code Analysis)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ndepend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NDepend (Code Analysis)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET (Bitmap Editor)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape (Vectors Editor)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare (Code & Config Comparison)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX (Virtual Server Management)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX (Windows installation package builder)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq (Wireframing Software)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg (Eye Tracking Software)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:42:24','2013-12-31 08:42:24','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(346,1,'2013-12-31 16:43:07','2013-12-31 08:43:07','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)</a>\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FxCop (Code Analysis)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ndepend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NDepend (Code Analysis)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET (Bitmap Editor)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape (Vectors Editor)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare (Code & Config Comparison)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX (Virtual Server Management)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX (Windows installation package builder)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq (Wireframing Software)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg (Eye Tracking Software)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:43:07','2013-12-31 08:43:07','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(347,1,'2013-12-31 16:46:10','2013-12-31 08:46:10','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FxCop</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ndepend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NDepend</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\n.netCharting\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nD3\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:46:10','2013-12-31 08:46:10','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(348,1,'2013-12-31 16:47:37','2013-12-31 08:47:37','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://nant.sourceforge.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Nant</a> + <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/uppercut/\" target=\"_blank\">UppercuT</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nuget.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuget</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Log4Net</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FxCop</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ndepend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NDepend</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 16:47:37','2013-12-31 08:47:37','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(442,1,'2014-02-10 21:00:26','2014-02-10 13:00:26','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"http://olingo.incubator.apache.org\">Olingo Java OData Library</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Non-blocking I/O Servers</strong>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-02-10 21:00:26','2014-02-10 13:00:26','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(443,1,'2014-02-10 21:01:55','2014-02-10 13:01:55','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"http://olingo.incubator.apache.org\">Olingo Java OData Library</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Non-blocking I/O Servers</strong>\n<a href=\"https://grizzly.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Grizzly</a\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-02-10 21:01:55','2014-02-10 13:01:55','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(444,1,'2014-02-10 21:17:44','2014-02-10 13:17:44','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<em>HTTP Service Benchmarking</em>\n\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"http://olingo.incubator.apache.org\">Olingo Java OData Library</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Non-blocking I/O Servers</strong>\n<a href=\"https://grizzly.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Grizzly</a\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-02-10 21:17:44','2014-02-10 13:17:44','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(446,1,'2014-02-14 07:58:55','2014-02-13 23:58:55','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-02-14 07:58:55','2014-02-13 23:58:55','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(445,1,'2014-02-10 21:20:18','2014-02-10 13:20:18','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<em>HTTP Service Benchmarking</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.mnot.net/blog2011/05/18/http_benchmark_rules\" target=\"_blank\">Benchmarking Tips</a>\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"http://olingo.incubator.apache.org\">Olingo Java OData Library</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Non-blocking I/O Servers</strong>\n<a href=\"https://grizzly.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Grizzly</a\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-02-10 21:20:18','2014-02-10 13:20:18','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(353,1,'2014-01-01 16:09:01','0000-00-00 00:00:00','I have a problem with Unemployment. I have a problem with the thought that willing and able people can\'t find work. And I have a problem that the community have to support people that are not actively seeking work and are not contributing to society.\r\n\r\nBut the unemployment does happen. And it benefits no one. So while I believe we need to financially support those that cannot find work, we should provide no incentive to those who choose not to work. In practice, this kind of thinking demands new policy initiatives. Sp this is what I propose; a two-tier welfare system.\r\n\r\nThe first tier would apply to everyone regardless; coupons for the essentials of life. Food, water and accommodation, plus free public transportation. And of course, everyone should be able to access universal free healthcare. And everyone wanting to learn should be able to learn and obtain the skills necessary to contribute and earn a fair standard of living. An Australia like this would truly provide a safety net for all.\r\n\r\nBut I believe the discretionary spending of the individual should not be at the cost of the taxpayer. I\'m happy to give 30% plus of my income to the government, but pissed whenever I hear about welfare fraud or being spent on alcohol, cigarettes or gambling. We are smart enough to come up with a system that doesn\'t allow these things. The second-tier of support should also be extended to every one; the government should offer an unlimited number of jobs on the minimum wage (less an allowance for benefit accrued from the first tier) to the unemployed. I\'ll elaborate on this idea at some other time.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fhWshc9xBXQ/UfPeQU5n9qI/AAAAAAAAAXc/cqmoYMe2_zg/s1600/equilibrium_stability.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nThe remedy to these ills are straightforward:\r\n1) Through constitutional amendment, require that not only the budget, but actual spending, must be balanced throughout the economic cycle.\r\n2) Ensure that Government welfare always ensures that people who contribute directly to broader society are better off than those that don\'t. \r\n3) Resist new legislation and regulation that reduce our individual freedoms.\r\n\r\nThe political discourse on government spending should revolve around just two questions:\r\n1) As a community, do we believe the level of taxation is correct?\r\n2) What proportion of the budget should be allocated to the different competing interests of the community?\r\n\r\nAs a community we have to consider how big the pie should be, and how it should be divided up holistically. If we listen to and accept each request for a slice, we very quickly find that is gone - and the only way to keep the remaining stakeholders happy is to borrow pie from someone else.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\r\neveryone is <em>expected</em> to contribute.</blockquote>','Universal two-tiered welfare','','draft','closed','open','','universal-two-tiered-welfare','','','2014-01-01 16:09:01','2014-01-01 08:09:01','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=353',0,'post','',0),(354,1,'2013-12-31 19:38:46','2013-12-31 11:38:46','The first tier would apply to everyone regardless; coupons for the essentials of life. Food, water and accommodation, plus free public transportation for those that don\'t have an income. But I believe discretionary spending should not be at the cost of the taxpayer. I\'m happy to give 30% plus of my income to the government, but pissed whenever I hear about welfare fraud or being spent on alcohol, cigarettes or gambling. We are smart enough to come up with a system that doesn\'t allow these things. The second-tier of support should also be extended to every one; the government should offer an unlimited number of jobs on the minimum wage (less an allowance for benefit accrued from the first tier) to the unemployed. I\'ll elaborate on this idea at some other time. ','Universal two-tiered welfare','','inherit','closed','open','','353-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 19:38:46','2013-12-31 11:38:46','',353,'http://www.smartestplace.net/353-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(358,1,'2013-12-31 19:45:40','2013-12-31 11:45:40','The first tier would apply to everyone regardless; coupons for the essentials of life. Food, water and accommodation, plus free public transportation for those that don\'t have an income. But I believe discretionary spending should not be at the cost of the taxpayer. I\'m happy to give 30% plus of my income to the government, but pissed whenever I hear about welfare fraud or being spent on alcohol, cigarettes or gambling. We are smart enough to come up with a system that doesn\'t allow these things. The second-tier of support should also be extended to every one; the government should offer an unlimited number of jobs on the minimum wage (less an allowance for benefit accrued from the first tier) to the unemployed. I\'ll elaborate on this idea at some other time.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fhWshc9xBXQ/UfPeQU5n9qI/AAAAAAAAAXc/cqmoYMe2_zg/s1600/equilibrium_stability.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nThe remedy to these ills are straightforward:\r\n1) Through constitutional amendment, require that not only the budget, but actual spending, must be balanced throughout the economic cycle.\r\n2) Ensure that Government welfare always ensures that people who contribute directly to broader society are better off than those that don\'t. \r\n3) Resist new legislation and regulation that reduce our individual freedoms.\r\n\r\nThe political discourse on government spending should revolve around just two questions:\r\n1) As a community, do we believe the level of taxation is correct?\r\n2) What proportion of the budget should be allocated to the different competing interests of the community?\r\n\r\nAs a community we have to consider how big the pie should be, and how it should be divided up holistically. If we listen to and accept each request for a slice, we very quickly find that is gone - and the only way to keep the remaining stakeholders happy is to borrow pie from someone else.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\r\neveryone is <em>expected</em> to contribute.</blockquote>','Universal two-tiered welfare','','inherit','closed','open','','353-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 19:45:40','2013-12-31 11:45:40','',353,'http://www.smartestplace.net/353-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(359,1,'2013-12-31 21:13:29','2013-12-31 13:13:29','I have a problem with Unemployment. I have a problem with the thought that willing and able people can\'t find work. And I have a problem that the community have to support people that are not actively contributing to society.\r\n\r\nThat said, unemployment does happen. So I believe we need to financially support those that cannot find work, while providing no incentive to those that choose not to work. In practice, this kind of thinking demands new policy. So this is what I propose; a two-tier welfare system.\r\n\r\nThe first tier would apply to everyone regardless; coupons for the essentials of life. Food, water and accommodation, plus free public transportation for those that don\'t have an income. But I believe discretionary spending should not be at the cost of the taxpayer. I\'m happy to give 30% plus of my income to the government, but pissed whenever I hear about welfare fraud or being spent on alcohol, cigarettes or gambling. We are smart enough to come up with a system that doesn\'t allow these things. The second-tier of support should also be extended to every one; the government should offer an unlimited number of jobs on the minimum wage (less an allowance for benefit accrued from the first tier) to the unemployed. I\'ll elaborate on this idea at some other time.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fhWshc9xBXQ/UfPeQU5n9qI/AAAAAAAAAXc/cqmoYMe2_zg/s1600/equilibrium_stability.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nThe remedy to these ills are straightforward:\r\n1) Through constitutional amendment, require that not only the budget, but actual spending, must be balanced throughout the economic cycle.\r\n2) Ensure that Government welfare always ensures that people who contribute directly to broader society are better off than those that don\'t. \r\n3) Resist new legislation and regulation that reduce our individual freedoms.\r\n\r\nThe political discourse on government spending should revolve around just two questions:\r\n1) As a community, do we believe the level of taxation is correct?\r\n2) What proportion of the budget should be allocated to the different competing interests of the community?\r\n\r\nAs a community we have to consider how big the pie should be, and how it should be divided up holistically. If we listen to and accept each request for a slice, we very quickly find that is gone - and the only way to keep the remaining stakeholders happy is to borrow pie from someone else.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\r\neveryone is <em>expected</em> to contribute.</blockquote>','Universal two-tiered welfare','','inherit','closed','open','','353-revision-v1','','','2013-12-31 21:13:29','2013-12-31 13:13:29','',353,'http://www.smartestplace.net/353-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(360,1,'2014-01-01 16:09:01','2014-01-01 08:09:01','I have a problem with Unemployment. I have a problem with the thought that willing and able people can\'t find work. And I have a problem that the community have to support people that are not actively seeking work and are not contributing to society.\r\n\r\nBut the unemployment does happen. And it benefits no one. So while I believe we need to financially support those that cannot find work, we should provide no incentive to those who choose not to work. In practice, this kind of thinking demands new policy initiatives. Sp this is what I propose; a two-tier welfare system.\r\n\r\nThe first tier would apply to everyone regardless; coupons for the essentials of life. Food, water and accommodation, plus free public transportation. And of course, everyone should be able to access universal free healthcare. And everyone wanting to learn should be able to learn and obtain the skills necessary to contribute and earn a fair standard of living. An Australia like this would truly provide a safety net for all.\r\n\r\nBut I believe the discretionary spending of the individual should not be at the cost of the taxpayer. I\'m happy to give 30% plus of my income to the government, but pissed whenever I hear about welfare fraud or being spent on alcohol, cigarettes or gambling. We are smart enough to come up with a system that doesn\'t allow these things. The second-tier of support should also be extended to every one; the government should offer an unlimited number of jobs on the minimum wage (less an allowance for benefit accrued from the first tier) to the unemployed. I\'ll elaborate on this idea at some other time.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fhWshc9xBXQ/UfPeQU5n9qI/AAAAAAAAAXc/cqmoYMe2_zg/s1600/equilibrium_stability.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nThe remedy to these ills are straightforward:\r\n1) Through constitutional amendment, require that not only the budget, but actual spending, must be balanced throughout the economic cycle.\r\n2) Ensure that Government welfare always ensures that people who contribute directly to broader society are better off than those that don\'t. \r\n3) Resist new legislation and regulation that reduce our individual freedoms.\r\n\r\nThe political discourse on government spending should revolve around just two questions:\r\n1) As a community, do we believe the level of taxation is correct?\r\n2) What proportion of the budget should be allocated to the different competing interests of the community?\r\n\r\nAs a community we have to consider how big the pie should be, and how it should be divided up holistically. If we listen to and accept each request for a slice, we very quickly find that is gone - and the only way to keep the remaining stakeholders happy is to borrow pie from someone else.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\r\neveryone is <em>expected</em> to contribute.</blockquote>','Universal two-tiered welfare','','inherit','closed','open','','353-revision-v1','','','2014-01-01 16:09:01','2014-01-01 08:09:01','',353,'http://www.smartestplace.net/353-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(361,1,'2014-01-04 15:10:15','0000-00-00 00:00:00','1) I don\'t like the term gay \'marriage\' - because I cling to the historical definition of the word. But I am in favour of legally sanctioned unions between gay couples, and full legal equivalence between these gay unions and marriages.\r\n\r\n2) I\'m not pro Republic. But then again, I\'m not pro Monarchist. I\'m just pragmatic and don\'t think there is enough to be gained from the cost, the distraction from important issues and to (a much lesser extent) the risk of changing the constitutional arrangements of what I consider to be the most broadly successful country on earth.\r\n\r\n3) I don\'t want to see change in the fundamentals of our current system of government; democracy, universal suffrage, universal access to healthcare, education, police, legal system and the like.\r\n\r\n4) Climate change is a funny one. I\'ll put it in just to get it out. I do believe in anthropogenic climate change. But I think our impact is less than the Green lobby suggest and definitely think the warming we have generated (and are likely to have in the next 100 years) is worth it - for the enormous number of people that have moved out of poverty and the improved standard of living for the luckier people like us.\r\n','Conservatism','','draft','closed','open','','conservatism','','','2014-01-04 15:10:15','2014-01-04 07:10:15','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=361',0,'post','',0),(362,1,'2014-01-04 15:10:15','2014-01-04 07:10:15','1) I don\'t like the term gay \'marriage\' - because I cling to the historical definition of the word. But I am in favour of legally sanctioned unions between gay couples, and full legal equivalence between these gay unions and marriages.\r\n\r\n2) I\'m not pro Republic. But then again, I\'m not pro Monarchist. I\'m just pragmatic and don\'t think there is enough to be gained from the cost, the distraction from important issues and to (a much lesser extent) the risk of changing the constitutional arrangements of what I consider to be the most broadly successful country on earth.\r\n\r\n3) I don\'t want to see change in the fundamentals of our current system of government; democracy, universal suffrage, universal access to healthcare, education, police, legal system and the like.\r\n\r\n4) Climate change is a funny one. I\'ll put it in just to get it out. I do believe in anthropogenic climate change. But I think our impact is less than the Green lobby suggest and definitely think the warming we have generated (and are likely to have in the next 100 years) is worth it - for the enormous number of people that have moved out of poverty and the improved standard of living for the luckier people like us.\r\n','Conservatism','','inherit','closed','open','','361-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:10:15','2014-01-04 07:10:15','',361,'http://www.smartestplace.net/361-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(363,1,'2014-01-01 15:11:10','2014-01-01 07:11:10','[caption width=\"668\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/15558/width668/2ptqrmxc-1347861843.jpg\" width=\"668\" height=\"450\" class /> Source: theconversation.com.au[/caption]\n\nTo Marx, socialism was seen as an intermediate stage as an economy transitioned between capitalism and communism. While few people cling to the failed (and impractical) ideology of collective ownership of the means of production, many still feel that market failure occurs frequently and that we are best served by a large government that can step in and \'defend\' the interests of everyone in society. \n\nWhat I wish to discuss here are the flaws with the political ideology of what I call remnant socialism, as promoted by the \'broad left\' of politics. In Australia, the left still have faith that beyond the key government areas of ensuring access to universal healthcare, education, defense and law & order, the government is better placed than the marketplace to provide services to its citizens - postal services, utilities, and so-called \'infrastructure\', to name a few. \n\nIn my experience members of the broad left are usually very kind, caring people. They genuinely want the world to be a better place, and are driven by very lofty goals; Equality, fairness, giving the \'little guy\' a fair-go, providing a safety net for those less fortunate. Providing free education and healthcare to everyone. And financial support while you are out of work, or if you are unfortunate enough to become incapacitated.\n\nI agree with all of these goals. But disagree on many points with how you go about achieving them in practice.\n\nAs I see it there are three fundamental problems with remnant socialism:\n1) While the human mind is limitless in its ability to conceive of well-meaning ways to spend money on social programs, there are real world constraints that sooner-or-later will come back to haunt those that consistently spend more than they earn. These constraints are not of money, but of wealth and wealth generation (income).\n2) In practice, when an opportunity presents itself many people will choose to game the system.\n3) In general, the leaders who gravitate to the left tend to think they \'know better\'. They honestly believe they are better informed, more mature and have a broader understanding of the world than others. And if people disagree with them, they very quickly label them and write-off their opinions. A difference of opinion is not a difference of opinion to them - it is that their opponents are idiots, racists, ignorant, unrepresentative swill, whatever. \n\nThe leaders of the broad left believe we are all on a path of learning and understanding, but they are just a little further down the road than the rest of us. And it is their duty to \'help\' us by curbing our immature behaviours through legislation and regulation. Often they don\'t think this goes far enough so they choose to go a little further than just regulating our behaviours; they want to limit our thinking and talking - through such devices as political correctness, media watchdogs and various other legislative limitations on the freedom of expression. Many of these ideas are well intentioned, but they undeniably restrict freedom of speech.\n\nBeing a politically moderate, I often feel that my views overlap more closely with the centre-right of the Australian Labor Party than the conservative right of the Liberal Party. But when push comes to shove, I would rather align myself with Tony Abbott than Chris Bowen (who I actually think could prove to be Labor\'s saviour).\n\nThe reason I fall right of the line rather than left relates directly to the three issues I\'ve discussed:\n\n1) We must all live within our means, and in this light every legislative and regulatory choice we make as a community must have a financial cost-benefit analysis. This imperative is especially important in the biggest portions of the budget; healthcare, welfare, education and law and order. Regrettably but necessarily this means saying \"no\" to unproven and costly treatments for life-threatening conditions. It also means that hospitals should always operate near capacity, waiting lists should be expected for non-lifethreatening health care. Unfortunately time and again Labor have proven that cannot say \"no\" to a worthwhile cause, economic conservatism will always be trumped by populism.\n\n2) I am a firm believer that \'free money\' helps no one, and there should always be an incentive to work and contribute. I believe in a welfare safety-net, but would prefer a two-tier system that applies to all. One based on coupons and the other based on cash-for-work. I\'ll discuss this in a later article.\n\n3) I feel morally obliged to stand up to the broad left when it comes to their elitism, and their attempts to limit my freedoms though nanny-state regulation. On all the important issues there are no right answers, just opinions. Paul Keating\'s opinions are no more important than that those held by my uneducated grandmother.\n\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\neveryone is <em>incentivised</em> to contribute.</blockquote>\n\nSo to summarise, the reason I am a moderate liberal rather than a moderate (centre-right) member of the ALP, is that I believe:\n- We need to consistently live within our means.\n- There is no need for new government programs; the key pillars of government services are already in place. \n- There should be no incentives in place that discourage work\n- I do not think I am better than anyone\n\nIf left un-opposed, left-wing thinking leads to a society that is either poor or bankrupt, a populace that is incentivised to be lazy and dependent, and a government that is intellectual and autocratic. This is the reality for southern Europe right now.','The problem with the Left','','publish','closed','open','','problem-left','','','2014-01-07 20:51:56','2014-01-07 12:51:56','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=363',0,'post','',0),(364,1,'2014-01-04 15:11:10','2014-01-04 07:11:10','[caption width=\"668\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/15558/width668/2ptqrmxc-1347861843.jpg\" width=\"668\" height=\"450\" class /> Source: theconversation.com.au[/caption]\r\n\r\nTo Marx, socialism was seen as an intermediate stage as an economy transitioned between capitalism and communism. While few people cling to the failed (and impractical) ideology of collective ownership of the means of production, many still feel that market failure occurs frequently and that we are best served by a large government that can step in and \'defend\' the interests of everyone in society. \r\n\r\nWhat I wish to discuss here are the flaws with the political ideology of what I call remnant socialism, as promoted by the \'broad left\' of politics.\r\n\r\nIn my experience members of the broad left are usually very kind, caring people. They genuinely want the world to be a better place, and are driven by very lofty goals; Equality, fairness, giving the \'little guy\' a fair-go, providing a safety net for those less fortunate. Providing free education and healthcare to everyone. And financial support while you are out of work, or if you are unfortunate enough to become incapacitated.\r\n\r\nI agree with all of these goals. But disagree on many points with how you go about achieving them in practice.\r\n\r\nAs I see it there are three fundamental problems with remnant socialism:\r\n1) While the human mind is limitless in its ability to conceive of well-meaning ways to spend money on social programs, there are real world constraints that sooner-or-later will come back to haunt those that consistently spend more than they earn. These constraints are not of money, but of wealth and wealth generation (income).\r\n2) In practice, when an opportunity presents itself many people will choose to game the system.\r\n3) In general, the leaders who gravitate to the left tend to think they \'know better\'. They honestly believe they are better informed, more mature and have a broader understanding of the world than others. And if people disagree with them, they very quickly label them and write-off their opinions. A difference of opinion is not a difference of opinion to them - it is that their opponents are idiots, racists, ignorant, unrepresentative swill, whatever. \r\n\r\nThe leaders of the broad left believe we are all on a path of learning and understanding, but they are just a little further down the road than the rest of us. And it is their duty to \'help\' us by curbing our immature behaviours through legislation and regulation. Often they don\'t think this goes far enough so they choose to go a little further than just regulating our behaviours; they want to limit our thinking and talking - through such devices as political correctness, media watchdogs and various other legislative limitations on the freedom of expression. Many of these ideas are well intentioned, but they undeniably restrict freedom of speech.\r\n\r\nBeing a politically moderate, I often feel that my views overlap more closely with the centre-right of the Australian Labor Party than the conservative right of the Liberal Party. But when push comes to shove, I would rather align myself with Tony Abbott than Chris Bowen (who I actually think could prove to be Labor\'s saviour).\r\n\r\nThe reason I fall right of the line rather than left relates directly to the three issues I\'ve discussed:\r\n\r\n1) We must all live within our means, and in this light every legislative and regulatory choice we make as a community must have a financial cost-benefit analysis. This imperative is especially important in the biggest portions of the budget; healthcare, welfare, education and law and order. Regrettably but necessarily this means saying \"no\" to unproven and costly treatments for life-threatening conditions. It also means that hospitals should always operate near capacity, waiting lists should be expected for non-lifethreatening health care. Unfortunately time and again Labor have proven that cannot say \"no\" to a worthwhile cause, economic conservatism will always be trumped by populism.\r\n\r\n2) I am a firm believer that \'free money\' helps no one, and there should always be an incentive to work and contribute. I believe in a welfare safety-net, but would prefer a two-tier system that applies to all. One based on coupons and the other based on cash-for-work. I\'ll discuss this in a later article.\r\n\r\n3) I feel morally obliged to stand up to the broad left when it comes to their elitism, and their attempts to limit my freedoms though nanny-state regulation. On all the important issues there are no right answers, just opinions. Paul Keating\'s opinions are no more important than that those held by my uneducated grandmother.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\r\neveryone is <em>incentivised</em> to contribute.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nSo to summarise, the reason I am a moderate liberal rather than a moderate (centre-right) member of the ALP, is that I believe:\r\n- We need to consistently live within our means.\r\n- There is no need for new government programs; the key pillars of government services are already in place. \r\n- There should be no incentives in place that discourage work\r\n- I do not think I am better than anyone\r\n\r\nIf left un-opposed, left-wing thinking leads to a society that is either poor or bankrupt, a populace that is incentivised to be lazy and dependent, and a government that is intellectual and autocratic. This is the reality for southern Europe right now.','The problem with the Left','','inherit','closed','open','','363-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:11:10','2014-01-04 07:11:10','',363,'http://www.smartestplace.net/363-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(365,1,'2014-01-04 15:17:37','2014-01-04 07:17:37','[caption width=\"668\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/15558/width668/2ptqrmxc-1347861843.jpg\" width=\"668\" height=\"450\" class /> Source: theconversation.com.au[/caption]\n\nTo Marx, socialism was seen as an intermediate stage as an economy transitioned between capitalism and communism. While few people cling to the failed (and impractical) ideology of collective ownership of the means of production, many still feel that market failure occurs frequently and that we are best served by a large government that can step in and \'defend\' the interests of everyone in society. \n\nWhat I wish to discuss here are the flaws with the political ideology of what I call remnant socialism, as promoted by the \'broad left\' of politics. In Australia, the left still have faith that beyond the key government areas of ensuring access to universal healthcare, education, defense and law & order, the government is better placed than the marketplace to provided services to its citizens - postal services, utilities, infrastructure. \n\nIn my experience members of the broad left are usually very kind, caring people. They genuinely want the world to be a better place, and are driven by very lofty goals; Equality, fairness, giving the \'little guy\' a fair-go, providing a safety net for those less fortunate. Providing free education and healthcare to everyone. And financial support while you are out of work, or if you are unfortunate enough to become incapacitated.\n\nI agree with all of these goals. But disagree on many points with how you go about achieving them in practice.\n\nAs I see it there are three fundamental problems with remnant socialism:\n1) While the human mind is limitless in its ability to conceive of well-meaning ways to spend money on social programs, there are real world constraints that sooner-or-later will come back to haunt those that consistently spend more than they earn. These constraints are not of money, but of wealth and wealth generation (income).\n2) In practice, when an opportunity presents itself many people will choose to game the system.\n3) In general, the leaders who gravitate to the left tend to think they \'know better\'. They honestly believe they are better informed, more mature and have a broader understanding of the world than others. And if people disagree with them, they very quickly label them and write-off their opinions. A difference of opinion is not a difference of opinion to them - it is that their opponents are idiots, racists, ignorant, unrepresentative swill, whatever. \n\nThe leaders of the broad left believe we are all on a path of learning and understanding, but they are just a little further down the road than the rest of us. And it is their duty to \'help\' us by curbing our immature behaviours through legislation and regulation. Often they don\'t think this goes far enough so they choose to go a little further than just regulating our behaviours; they want to limit our thinking and talking - through such devices as political correctness, media watchdogs and various other legislative limitations on the freedom of expression. Many of these ideas are well intentioned, but they undeniably restrict freedom of speech.\n\nBeing a politically moderate, I often feel that my views overlap more closely with the centre-right of the Australian Labor Party than the conservative right of the Liberal Party. But when push comes to shove, I would rather align myself with Tony Abbott than Chris Bowen (who I actually think could prove to be Labor\'s saviour).\n\nThe reason I fall right of the line rather than left relates directly to the three issues I\'ve discussed:\n\n1) We must all live within our means, and in this light every legislative and regulatory choice we make as a community must have a financial cost-benefit analysis. This imperative is especially important in the biggest portions of the budget; healthcare, welfare, education and law and order. Regrettably but necessarily this means saying \"no\" to unproven and costly treatments for life-threatening conditions. It also means that hospitals should always operate near capacity, waiting lists should be expected for non-lifethreatening health care. Unfortunately time and again Labor have proven that cannot say \"no\" to a worthwhile cause, economic conservatism will always be trumped by populism.\n\n2) I am a firm believer that \'free money\' helps no one, and there should always be an incentive to work and contribute. I believe in a welfare safety-net, but would prefer a two-tier system that applies to all. One based on coupons and the other based on cash-for-work. I\'ll discuss this in a later article.\n\n3) I feel morally obliged to stand up to the broad left when it comes to their elitism, and their attempts to limit my freedoms though nanny-state regulation. On all the important issues there are no right answers, just opinions. Paul Keating\'s opinions are no more important than that those held by my uneducated grandmother.\n\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\neveryone is <em>incentivised</em> to contribute.</blockquote>\n\nSo to summarise, the reason I am a moderate liberal rather than a moderate (centre-right) member of the ALP, is that I believe:\n- We need to consistently live within our means.\n- There is no need for new government programs; the key pillars of government services are already in place. \n- There should be no incentives in place that discourage work\n- I do not think I am better than anyone\n\nIf left un-opposed, left-wing thinking leads to a society that is either poor or bankrupt, a populace that is incentivised to be lazy and dependent, and a government that is intellectual and autocratic. This is the reality for southern Europe right now.','The problem with the Left','','inherit','closed','open','','363-autosave-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:17:37','2014-01-04 07:17:37','',363,'http://www.smartestplace.net/363-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(366,1,'2014-01-04 15:18:18','2014-01-04 07:18:18','[caption width=\"668\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/15558/width668/2ptqrmxc-1347861843.jpg\" width=\"668\" height=\"450\" class /> Source: theconversation.com.au[/caption]\r\n\r\nTo Marx, socialism was seen as an intermediate stage as an economy transitioned between capitalism and communism. While few people cling to the failed (and impractical) ideology of collective ownership of the means of production, many still feel that market failure occurs frequently and that we are best served by a large government that can step in and \'defend\' the interests of everyone in society. \r\n\r\nWhat I wish to discuss here are the flaws with the political ideology of what I call remnant socialism, as promoted by the \'broad left\' of politics. In Australia, the left still have faith that beyond the key government areas of ensuring access to universal healthcare, education, defense and law & order, the government is better placed than the marketplace to provided services to its citizens - postal services, utilities, and so-called \'infrastructure\', to name a few. \r\n\r\nIn my experience members of the broad left are usually very kind, caring people. They genuinely want the world to be a better place, and are driven by very lofty goals; Equality, fairness, giving the \'little guy\' a fair-go, providing a safety net for those less fortunate. Providing free education and healthcare to everyone. And financial support while you are out of work, or if you are unfortunate enough to become incapacitated.\r\n\r\nI agree with all of these goals. But disagree on many points with how you go about achieving them in practice.\r\n\r\nAs I see it there are three fundamental problems with remnant socialism:\r\n1) While the human mind is limitless in its ability to conceive of well-meaning ways to spend money on social programs, there are real world constraints that sooner-or-later will come back to haunt those that consistently spend more than they earn. These constraints are not of money, but of wealth and wealth generation (income).\r\n2) In practice, when an opportunity presents itself many people will choose to game the system.\r\n3) In general, the leaders who gravitate to the left tend to think they \'know better\'. They honestly believe they are better informed, more mature and have a broader understanding of the world than others. And if people disagree with them, they very quickly label them and write-off their opinions. A difference of opinion is not a difference of opinion to them - it is that their opponents are idiots, racists, ignorant, unrepresentative swill, whatever. \r\n\r\nThe leaders of the broad left believe we are all on a path of learning and understanding, but they are just a little further down the road than the rest of us. And it is their duty to \'help\' us by curbing our immature behaviours through legislation and regulation. Often they don\'t think this goes far enough so they choose to go a little further than just regulating our behaviours; they want to limit our thinking and talking - through such devices as political correctness, media watchdogs and various other legislative limitations on the freedom of expression. Many of these ideas are well intentioned, but they undeniably restrict freedom of speech.\r\n\r\nBeing a politically moderate, I often feel that my views overlap more closely with the centre-right of the Australian Labor Party than the conservative right of the Liberal Party. But when push comes to shove, I would rather align myself with Tony Abbott than Chris Bowen (who I actually think could prove to be Labor\'s saviour).\r\n\r\nThe reason I fall right of the line rather than left relates directly to the three issues I\'ve discussed:\r\n\r\n1) We must all live within our means, and in this light every legislative and regulatory choice we make as a community must have a financial cost-benefit analysis. This imperative is especially important in the biggest portions of the budget; healthcare, welfare, education and law and order. Regrettably but necessarily this means saying \"no\" to unproven and costly treatments for life-threatening conditions. It also means that hospitals should always operate near capacity, waiting lists should be expected for non-lifethreatening health care. Unfortunately time and again Labor have proven that cannot say \"no\" to a worthwhile cause, economic conservatism will always be trumped by populism.\r\n\r\n2) I am a firm believer that \'free money\' helps no one, and there should always be an incentive to work and contribute. I believe in a welfare safety-net, but would prefer a two-tier system that applies to all. One based on coupons and the other based on cash-for-work. I\'ll discuss this in a later article.\r\n\r\n3) I feel morally obliged to stand up to the broad left when it comes to their elitism, and their attempts to limit my freedoms though nanny-state regulation. On all the important issues there are no right answers, just opinions. Paul Keating\'s opinions are no more important than that those held by my uneducated grandmother.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\r\neveryone is <em>incentivised</em> to contribute.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nSo to summarise, the reason I am a moderate liberal rather than a moderate (centre-right) member of the ALP, is that I believe:\r\n- We need to consistently live within our means.\r\n- There is no need for new government programs; the key pillars of government services are already in place. \r\n- There should be no incentives in place that discourage work\r\n- I do not think I am better than anyone\r\n\r\nIf left un-opposed, left-wing thinking leads to a society that is either poor or bankrupt, a populace that is incentivised to be lazy and dependent, and a government that is intellectual and autocratic. This is the reality for southern Europe right now.','The problem with the Left','','inherit','closed','open','','363-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:18:18','2014-01-04 07:18:18','',363,'http://www.smartestplace.net/363-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(441,1,'2014-02-10 20:58:24','2014-02-10 12:58:24','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>OData</strong>\n<a href=\"http://olingo.incubator.apache.org\">Olingo Java OData Library</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-02-10 20:58:24','2014-02-10 12:58:24','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(369,1,'2014-01-04 15:23:00','2014-01-04 07:23:00','<blockquote>“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different”</blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>- <b>Oprah Winfrey</b></em></div>','Forgiveness','','publish','closed','open','','forgiveness','','','2014-01-07 20:51:21','2014-01-07 12:51:21','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=369',0,'post','',0),(370,1,'2014-01-04 15:23:00','2014-01-04 07:23:00','<blockquote>“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”</blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>- <b>Oprah Winfrey</b></em></div>','Forgiveness','','inherit','closed','open','','369-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:23:00','2014-01-04 07:23:00','',369,'http://www.smartestplace.net/369-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(371,1,'2014-01-04 14:27:34','2014-01-04 06:27:34','<strong>\"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nI first came across this quote about a year before I met the love of my life. My previous relationship had been a long one, and had been challenging. And although I knew I never wanted to rekindle the relationship, I somehow hadn\'t let it go. But hearing this quote was one of the things that helped to me to let go.\r\n\r\nWhat I love about this quote is the use of the words \'hope\' and \'past\' in the same sentence. Hope is a word relating to the future, so you <em>can\'t</em> hope that the past were different. But that is exactly what I had been doing. Understanding this allowed me to move on.\r\n\r\nThis is why, when I recall this quote, I remember it a little more broadly:\r\n<blockquote>\"Moving on ... is giving up the hope\r\nthat the past could have been any different\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd this more broad version of the quote has helped me overcome a few other things that I have clung to; mainly, regret for decisions that didn\'t work out in the fullness of time.\r\n','Moving on...','','publish','closed','open','','moving','','','2014-01-04 15:52:37','2014-01-04 07:52:37','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=371',0,'post','',0),(372,1,'2014-01-04 15:37:03','2014-01-04 07:37:03','<strong>\"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nI first came across this quote about a year before I met the love of my life. My previous relationship had been a long one, and had been challenging. And although I knew I never wanted to rekindle the relationship, I somehow hadn\'t let it go. But hearing this quote was one of the things that helped to me to let go.\r\n\r\nWhat I love about this quote is the use of the words \'hope\' and \'past\' in the same sentence. Hope is a word relating to the future, so you <em>can\'t</em> hope that the past were different. But that is exactly what I had been doing. Understanding this allowed me to move on.\r\n\r\nAnd that is why when I recall this quote I remember it a little differently, and more broadly:\r\n<blockquote>\"Moving on ... is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd this more broadly has helped me overcome a few other ideas that I had clung to; mainly, regret for bad decisions. \r\n','Moving on...','','inherit','closed','open','','371-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:37:03','2014-01-04 07:37:03','',371,'http://www.smartestplace.net/371-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(373,1,'2014-01-04 15:39:19','2014-01-04 07:39:19','<strong>\"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nI first came across this quote about a year before I met the love of my life. My previous relationship had been a long one, and had been challenging. And although I knew I never wanted to rekindle the relationship, I somehow hadn\'t let it go. But hearing this quote was one of the things that helped to me to let go.\r\n\r\nWhat I love about this quote is the use of the words \'hope\' and \'past\' in the same sentence. Hope is a word relating to the future, so you <em>can\'t</em> hope that the past were different. But that is exactly what I had been doing. Understanding this allowed me to move on.\r\n\r\nThis is why, when I recall this quote, I remember it a little more broadly:\r\n<blockquote>\"Moving on ... is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd this more broadly has helped me overcome a few other ideas that I had clung to; mainly, regret for bad decisions. \r\n','Moving on...','','inherit','closed','open','','371-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:39:19','2014-01-04 07:39:19','',371,'http://www.smartestplace.net/371-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(374,1,'2014-01-04 15:41:00','2014-01-04 07:41:00','<strong>\"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nI first came across this quote about a year before I met the love of my life. My previous relationship had been a long one, and had been challenging. And although I knew I never wanted to rekindle the relationship, I somehow hadn\'t let it go. But hearing this quote was one of the things that helped to me to let go.\r\n\r\nWhat I love about this quote is the use of the words \'hope\' and \'past\' in the same sentence. Hope is a word relating to the future, so you <em>can\'t</em> hope that the past were different. But that is exactly what I had been doing. Understanding this allowed me to move on.\r\n\r\nThis is why, when I recall this quote, I remember it a little more broadly:\r\n<blockquote>\"Moving on ...\r\nis giving up the hope that\r\nthe past could have been any different\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd this more broadly has helped me overcome a few other ideas that I had clung to; mainly, regret for bad decisions. \r\n','Moving on...','','inherit','closed','open','','371-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:41:00','2014-01-04 07:41:00','',371,'http://www.smartestplace.net/371-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(375,1,'2014-01-04 15:52:23','2014-01-04 07:52:23','<strong>\"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</strong>\n\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\nI first came across this quote about a year before I met the love of my life. My previous relationship had been a long one, and had been challenging. And although I knew I never wanted to rekindle the relationship, I somehow hadn\'t let it go. But hearing this quote was one of the things that helped to me to let go.\n\nWhat I love about this quote is the use of the words \'hope\' and \'past\' in the same sentence. Hope is a word relating to the future, so you <em>can\'t</em> hope that the past were different. But that is exactly what I had been doing. Understanding this allowed me to move on.\n\nThis is why, when I recall this quote, I remember it a little more broadly:\n<blockquote>\"Moving on ... is giving up the hope\nthat the past could have been any different\"</blockquote>\n\nAnd this more broad version of the quote has helped me overcome a few other things that I have clung to; mainly, regret for decisions that didn\'t wo. \n','Moving on...','','inherit','closed','open','','371-autosave-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:52:23','2014-01-04 07:52:23','',371,'http://www.smartestplace.net/371-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(376,1,'2014-01-04 15:51:18','2014-01-04 07:51:18','<strong>\"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nI first came across this quote about a year before I met the love of my life. My previous relationship had been a long one, and had been challenging. And although I knew I never wanted to rekindle the relationship, I somehow hadn\'t let it go. But hearing this quote was one of the things that helped to me to let go.\r\n\r\nWhat I love about this quote is the use of the words \'hope\' and \'past\' in the same sentence. Hope is a word relating to the future, so you <em>can\'t</em> hope that the past were different. But that is exactly what I had been doing. Understanding this allowed me to move on.\r\n\r\nThis is why, when I recall this quote, I remember it a little more broadly:\r\n<blockquote>\"Moving on ... is giving up the hope\r\nthat the past could have been any different\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd this more broadly has helped me overcome a few other ideas that I had clung to; mainly, regret for bad decisions. \r\n','Moving on...','','inherit','closed','open','','371-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:51:18','2014-01-04 07:51:18','',371,'http://www.smartestplace.net/371-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(377,1,'2014-01-04 15:52:37','2014-01-04 07:52:37','<strong>\"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>What this quote means to me:</em>\r\nI first came across this quote about a year before I met the love of my life. My previous relationship had been a long one, and had been challenging. 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Understanding this allowed me to move on.\r\n\r\nThis is why, when I recall this quote, I remember it a little more broadly:\r\n<blockquote>\"Moving on ... is giving up the hope\r\nthat the past could have been any different\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAnd this more broad version of the quote has helped me overcome a few other things that I have clung to; mainly, regret for decisions that didn\'t work out in the fullness of time.\r\n','Moving on...','','inherit','closed','open','','371-revision-v1','','','2014-01-04 15:52:37','2014-01-04 07:52:37','',371,'http://www.smartestplace.net/371-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(378,1,'2014-01-06 09:20:26','2014-01-06 01:20:26','<a href=\"https://picons.me/#ultimate\">icons</a>\n\n<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Blogs</em> <br/><a href=\"http://littlebigdetails.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Little Big Details</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.inspireux.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Inspire UX</a></p>\n<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Websites</em> <br/><a href=\"http://www.cooper.com/journal/2012/08/the-best-interface-is-no-interface.html\" target=\"_blank\">The best interface is no interface</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/tag/science/\" target=\"_blank\">Information is Beautiful</a><br/><a href=\"http://zenexmachina.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/usability-testing-in-scrum-environments-presentation-at-scrum-australia-2013/\" target=\"_blank\">Usability testing in Scrum environments</a><br/><a href=\"http://37signals.com/svn/\" target=\"_blank\">37signals Blog</a><br/><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;, &quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><a href=\"http://tympanus.net/codrops/category/articles/\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">http://tympanus.net/codrops/category/articles/</font></a></span></p>\n<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Recommended Books<br/></em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;\"><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information/dp/0961392142/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1370403501&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=edward+tufte\">Edward Tufte - 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Don&#39;t Make Me Think</font></a></span><span class=\"ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><font color=\"#676767\">&#160;<span class=\"ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><font color=\"#676767\">(Ask Steve if you wish to read)</font></span></font></span></p>\n<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Software</em><br/><a href=\"http://www.balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#006ab2\">Balsamiq - Wireframing Software</font></a><br/><a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#006ab2\">Crazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software</font></a><br/><a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\">Color Schemer</a></p>','User Experience','','publish','closed','open','','user-experience','','','2014-07-28 05:29:41','2014-07-27 21:29:41','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=378',0,'page','',0),(379,1,'2014-01-06 09:20:26','2014-01-06 01:20:26','<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Blogs</em> <br/><a href=\"http://littlebigdetails.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Little Big Details</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.inspireux.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Inspire UX</a></p>\r\n<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Websites</em> <br/><a href=\"http://www.cooper.com/journal/2012/08/the-best-interface-is-no-interface.html\" target=\"_blank\">The best interface is no interface</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/tag/science/\" target=\"_blank\">Information is Beautiful</a><br/><a href=\"http://zenexmachina.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/usability-testing-in-scrum-environments-presentation-at-scrum-australia-2013/\" target=\"_blank\">Usability testing in Scrum environments</a><br/><a href=\"http://37signals.com/svn/\" target=\"_blank\">37signals Blog</a><br/><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;, &quot;sans-serif&quot;\"><a href=\"http://tympanus.net/codrops/category/articles/\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">http://tympanus.net/codrops/category/articles/</font></a></span></p>\r\n<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Recommended Books<br/></em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;\"><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information/dp/0961392142/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1370403501&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=edward+tufte\">Edward Tufte - 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Don&#39;t Make Me Think</font></a></span><span class=\"ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><font color=\"#676767\">&#160;<span class=\"ms-rteStyle-Normal\"><font color=\"#676767\">(Ask Steve if you wish to read)</font></span></font></span></p>\r\n<p><em style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Software</em><br/><a href=\"http://www.balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#006ab2\">Balsamiq - Wireframing Software</font></a><br/><a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#006ab2\">Crazy Egg Confetti - Eye Tracking Software</font></a><br/><a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\">Color Schemer</a></p>','User Experience','','inherit','closed','open','','378-revision-v1','','','2014-01-06 09:20:26','2014-01-06 01:20:26','',378,'http://www.smartestplace.net/378-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(380,1,'2014-01-06 09:22:14','2014-01-06 01:22:14','<p><a href=\"http://www.jonkolko.com/projectFiles/scad/IACT370_05_TuftePrinciples.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Edward Tufte&#39;s Visualisation Principles Summary</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.healthqual.org/sites/default/files/Data%20visualization%2025-3-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How to communicate complex ideas with simple, efficient and accurate data graphics</a><br/><a href=\"http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_pic.php?id=143\">IBM Research - Graphics and Visualisation</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.visua.ly/\" target=\"_blank\">Visua.ly Infographics</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Charting libraries:-<br/><a href=\"http://angularjs.org/#!/\">AngularJS</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.kendoui.com/\">Telerik Kendo UI</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.dotnetcharting.com/gallery/default.aspx/\">.netCharting</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.arcadiacharts.com/\">aCharts</a><br/><a href=\"http://square.github.io/cubism/\">Cubism.js</a><br/><a href=\"http://d3js.org/\">D3</a><br/><a href=\"http://dojotoolkit.org/\">Dojo GFX</a><br/><a href=\"http://dygraphs.com/\">dygraphs</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.flotcharts.org/\">Flot</a><br/><a href=\"http://solutoire.com/flotr/\">Flotr</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.humblesoftware.com/flotr2/\">Flotr2</a><br/><a href=\"https://developers.google.com/chart/\">Google Chart Tools</a><br/><a href=\"http://g.raphaeljs.com/\">gRaphaël</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.highcharts.com/demo/\">Highcharts</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.humblesoftware.com/envision\">Envision.js</a><br/><a href=\"http://philogb.github.io/jit/\">Javascript InfoVis Toolkit</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.jqplot.com/\">jqPlot</a><br/><a href=\"http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/#s-about\">jQuery Sparklines</a><br/><a href=\"https://github.com/em-/jquery-visualize\">jQuery Visualize</a><br/><a href=\"http://mootools.net/demos/\">milkchart</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.rgraph.net/\">RGraph</a><br/><a href=\"http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/examples/\">Rickshaw</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeplot/\">Timeplot</a><br/><a href=\"http://codecanyon.net/item/graphup-jquery-plugin/108025\">GraphUp</a></p>\r\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Links</span><br/></em><a href=\"http://www.creativebloq.com/design-tools/data-visualization-712402\">The 20 best tools for data visualisation</a><em><br/></em><a href=\"http://selection.datavisualization.ch/\">Data Visualisation - 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A selection of libraries</a><br/></p>\r\n<p>Frameworks:-<br/><a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/\"><font color=\"#006ab2\">Sencha Touch</font></a><br/></p>\r\n<p>Charting libraries:-<br/><a href=\"http://angularjs.org/#!/\">AngularJS</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.kendoui.com/\">Telerik Kendo UI</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.dotnetcharting.com/gallery/default.aspx/\">.netCharting</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.arcadiacharts.com/\">aCharts</a><br/><a href=\"http://square.github.io/cubism/\">Cubism.js</a><br/><a href=\"http://d3js.org/\">D3</a><br/><a href=\"http://dojotoolkit.org/\">Dojo GFX</a><br/><a href=\"http://dygraphs.com/\">dygraphs</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.flotcharts.org/\">Flot</a><br/><a href=\"http://solutoire.com/flotr/\">Flotr</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.humblesoftware.com/flotr2/\">Flotr2</a><br/><a href=\"https://developers.google.com/chart/\">Google Chart Tools</a><br/><a href=\"http://g.raphaeljs.com/\">gRaphaël</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.highcharts.com/demo/\">Highcharts</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.humblesoftware.com/envision\">Envision.js</a><br/><a href=\"http://philogb.github.io/jit/\">Javascript InfoVis Toolkit</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.jqplot.com/\">jqPlot</a><br/><a href=\"http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/#s-about\">jQuery Sparklines</a><br/><a href=\"https://github.com/em-/jquery-visualize\">jQuery Visualize</a><br/><a href=\"http://mootools.net/demos/\">milkchart</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.rgraph.net/\">RGraph</a><br/><a href=\"http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/examples/\">Rickshaw</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeplot/\">Timeplot</a><br/><a href=\"http://codecanyon.net/item/graphup-jquery-plugin/108025\">GraphUp</a></p>\r\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Links</span><br/></em><a href=\"http://www.creativebloq.com/design-tools/data-visualization-712402\">The 20 best tools for data visualisation</a><em><br/></em><a href=\"http://selection.datavisualization.ch/\">Data Visualisation - 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A selection of libraries</a><br/></p>\r\n<p>Frameworks:-<br/><a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/\"><font color=\"#006ab2\">Sencha Touch</font></a><br/></p>\r\n<p>Charting libraries:-<br/><a href=\"/products/BabelFish/ISSPRDBF/Project%20Documents/Page%20Objects/Charting/BabelFish%20Charting%202.1%20Example%20Charts%20Guide.docx\">BF Charting Toolkit</a><br/><a href=\"http://angularjs.org/#!/\">AngularJS</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.kendoui.com/\">Telerik Kendo UI</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.dotnetcharting.com/gallery/default.aspx/\">.netCharting</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.arcadiacharts.com/\">aCharts</a><br/><a href=\"http://square.github.io/cubism/\">Cubism.js</a><br/><a href=\"http://d3js.org/\">D3</a><br/><a href=\"http://dojotoolkit.org/\">Dojo GFX</a><br/><a href=\"http://dygraphs.com/\">dygraphs</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.flotcharts.org/\">Flot</a><br/><a href=\"http://solutoire.com/flotr/\">Flotr</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.humblesoftware.com/flotr2/\">Flotr2</a><br/><a href=\"https://developers.google.com/chart/\">Google Chart Tools</a><br/><a href=\"http://g.raphaeljs.com/\">gRaphaël</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.highcharts.com/demo/\">Highcharts</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.humblesoftware.com/envision\">Envision.js</a><br/><a href=\"http://philogb.github.io/jit/\">Javascript InfoVis Toolkit</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.jqplot.com/\">jqPlot</a><br/><a href=\"http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/#s-about\">jQuery Sparklines</a><br/><a href=\"https://github.com/em-/jquery-visualize\">jQuery Visualize</a><br/><a href=\"http://mootools.net/demos/\">milkchart</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.rgraph.net/\">RGraph</a><br/><a href=\"http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/examples/\">Rickshaw</a><br/><a href=\"http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeplot/\">Timeplot</a><br/><a href=\"http://codecanyon.net/item/graphup-jquery-plugin/108025\">GraphUp</a></p>\r\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Links</span><br/></em><a href=\"http://www.creativebloq.com/design-tools/data-visualization-712402\">The 20 best tools for data visualisation</a><em><br/></em><a href=\"http://selection.datavisualization.ch/\">Data Visualisation - A selection of libraries</a><br/></p>','Visualisation','','inherit','closed','open','','380-revision-v1','','','2014-01-06 09:22:14','2014-01-06 01:22:14','',380,'http://www.smartestplace.net/380-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(384,1,'2014-07-14 00:33:09','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\n\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.\n\n<ul>Agile</ul>\n<a href=\"http://www.extremeprogramming.org\">Extreme Programming</a>\n\n\nDouglas Crockford’s web site:\nhttp://crockford.com/\nHis book is: http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742\nAlso see YouTube - interesting part is MONADS.\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ifWcnQs6M\nECMA Script http://www.ecmascript.org/\n\nMay be better learning jquery (a library) or angularjs (google jsframework). Sencha is based on a kind of scaffolding. Each page item is an object.\n\nTime Series Databases\nGraphite http://graphite.wikidot.com\nRRDTool http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/\nhttp://opentsdb.net\n\nGraph Databases\nNeo4j\nTime aware Graphs http://www.slideshare.net/datablend/fluxgraph-a-timemachine-for-your-graphs\nNoe4j visualisation blog http://maxdemarzi.com/2012/01/11/graph-visualization-and-neo4j/\n\nRead Gartner Report\nThe Competitive Dynamics of the Consumer Web: Five Graphs Deliver a Sustainable Advantage','Programming','','draft','closed','open','','programming','','','2014-07-14 00:33:09','2014-07-13 16:33:09','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=384',0,'page','',0),(385,1,'2014-01-07 18:32:03','2014-01-07 10:32:03','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\r\n\r\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\r\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\r\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.','Programming','','inherit','closed','open','','384-revision-v1','','','2014-01-07 18:32:03','2014-01-07 10:32:03','',384,'http://www.smartestplace.net/384-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(386,1,'2014-01-07 18:34:17','2014-01-07 10:34:17','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\r\n\r\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\r\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\r\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.\r\nSearch for Douglas Crockford on YouTube - interesting part is MONADS. ','Programming','','inherit','closed','open','','384-revision-v1','','','2014-01-07 18:34:17','2014-01-07 10:34:17','',384,'http://www.smartestplace.net/384-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(387,1,'2014-01-07 18:34:40','2014-01-07 10:34:40','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\r\n\r\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\r\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\r\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.\r\nSearch for Douglas Crockford on YouTube - interesting part is MONADS.\r\n\r\nMay be better learning jquery or angular.','Programming','','inherit','closed','open','','384-revision-v1','','','2014-01-07 18:34:40','2014-01-07 10:34:40','',384,'http://www.smartestplace.net/384-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(389,1,'2014-01-07 20:51:56','2014-01-07 12:51:56','[caption width=\"668\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/15558/width668/2ptqrmxc-1347861843.jpg\" width=\"668\" height=\"450\" class /> Source: theconversation.com.au[/caption]\n\nTo Marx, socialism was seen as an intermediate stage as an economy transitioned between capitalism and communism. While few people cling to the failed (and impractical) ideology of collective ownership of the means of production, many still feel that market failure occurs frequently and that we are best served by a large government that can step in and \'defend\' the interests of everyone in society. \n\nWhat I wish to discuss here are the flaws with the political ideology of what I call remnant socialism, as promoted by the \'broad left\' of politics. In Australia, the left still have faith that beyond the key government areas of ensuring access to universal healthcare, education, defense and law & order, the government is better placed than the marketplace to provide services to its citizens - postal services, utilities, and so-called \'infrastructure\', to name a few. \n\nIn my experience members of the broad left are usually very kind, caring people. They genuinely want the world to be a better place, and are driven by very lofty goals; Equality, fairness, giving the \'little guy\' a fair-go, providing a safety net for those less fortunate. Providing free education and healthcare to everyone. And financial support while you are out of work, or if you are unfortunate enough to become incapacitated.\n\nI agree with all of these goals. But disagree on many points with how you go about achieving them in practice.\n\nAs I see it there are three fundamental problems with remnant socialism:\n1) While the human mind is limitless in its ability to conceive of well-meaning ways to spend money on social programs, there are real world constraints that sooner-or-later will come back to haunt those that consistently spend more than they earn. These constraints are not of money, but of wealth and wealth generation (income).\n2) In practice, when an opportunity presents itself many people will choose to game the system.\n3) In general, the leaders who gravitate to the left tend to think they \'know better\'. They honestly believe they are better informed, more mature and have a broader understanding of the world than others. And if people disagree with them, they very quickly label them and write-off their opinions. A difference of opinion is not a difference of opinion to them - it is that their opponents are idiots, racists, ignorant, unrepresentative swill, whatever. \n\nThe leaders of the broad left believe we are all on a path of learning and understanding, but they are just a little further down the road than the rest of us. And it is their duty to \'help\' us by curbing our immature behaviours through legislation and regulation. Often they don\'t think this goes far enough so they choose to go a little further than just regulating our behaviours; they want to limit our thinking and talking - through such devices as political correctness, media watchdogs and various other legislative limitations on the freedom of expression. Many of these ideas are well intentioned, but they undeniably restrict freedom of speech.\n\nBeing a politically moderate, I often feel that my views overlap more closely with the centre-right of the Australian Labor Party than the conservative right of the Liberal Party. But when push comes to shove, I would rather align myself with Tony Abbott than Chris Bowen (who I actually think could prove to be Labor\'s saviour).\n\nThe reason I fall right of the line rather than left relates directly to the three issues I\'ve discussed:\n\n1) We must all live within our means, and in this light every legislative and regulatory choice we make as a community must have a financial cost-benefit analysis. This imperative is especially important in the biggest portions of the budget; healthcare, welfare, education and law and order. Regrettably but necessarily this means saying \"no\" to unproven and costly treatments for life-threatening conditions. It also means that hospitals should always operate near capacity, waiting lists should be expected for non-lifethreatening health care. Unfortunately time and again Labor have proven that cannot say \"no\" to a worthwhile cause, economic conservatism will always be trumped by populism.\n\n2) I am a firm believer that \'free money\' helps no one, and there should always be an incentive to work and contribute. I believe in a welfare safety-net, but would prefer a two-tier system that applies to all. One based on coupons and the other based on cash-for-work. I\'ll discuss this in a later article.\n\n3) I feel morally obliged to stand up to the broad left when it comes to their elitism, and their attempts to limit my freedoms though nanny-state regulation. On all the important issues there are no right answers, just opinions. Paul Keating\'s opinions are no more important than that those held by my uneducated grandmother.\n\n<blockquote>We are all better off in a society where\neveryone is <em>incentivised</em> to contribute.</blockquote>\n\nSo to summarise, the reason I am a moderate liberal rather than a moderate (centre-right) member of the ALP, is that I believe:\n- We need to consistently live within our means.\n- There is no need for new government programs; the key pillars of government services are already in place. \n- There should be no incentives in place that discourage work\n- I do not think I am better than anyone\n\nIf left un-opposed, left-wing thinking leads to a society that is either poor or bankrupt, a populace that is incentivised to be lazy and dependent, and a government that is intellectual and autocratic. This is the reality for southern Europe right now.','The problem with the Left','','inherit','closed','open','','363-revision-v1','','','2014-01-07 20:51:56','2014-01-07 12:51:56','',363,'http://www.smartestplace.net/363-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(391,1,'2014-01-09 15:55:27','2014-01-09 07:55:27','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\r\n\r\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\r\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\r\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.\r\n\r\nDouglas Crockford’s web site:\r\nhttp://crockford.com/\r\nAlso see YouTube - interesting part is MONADS.\r\n\r\nMay be better learning jquery (a library) or angularjs (google jsframework). Sencha is based on a kind of scaffolding. Each page item is an object.','Programming','','inherit','closed','open','','384-revision-v1','','','2014-01-09 15:55:27','2014-01-09 07:55:27','',384,'http://www.smartestplace.net/384-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(392,1,'2014-01-09 15:57:38','2014-01-09 07:57:38','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\r\n\r\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\r\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\r\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.\r\n\r\nDouglas Crockford’s web site:\r\nhttp://crockford.com/\r\nHis book is st: http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742\r\nAlso see YouTube - interesting part is MONADS.\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ifWcnQs6M\r\n\r\nMay be better learning jquery (a library) or angularjs (google jsframework). Sencha is based on a kind of scaffolding. Each page item is an object.','Programming','','inherit','closed','open','','384-revision-v1','','','2014-01-09 15:57:38','2014-01-09 07:57:38','',384,'http://www.smartestplace.net/384-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(393,1,'2014-01-09 15:57:48','2014-01-09 07:57:48','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\r\n\r\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\r\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\r\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.\r\n\r\nDouglas Crockford’s web site:\r\nhttp://crockford.com/\r\nHis book is: http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742\r\nAlso see YouTube - interesting part is MONADS.\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ifWcnQs6M\r\n\r\nMay be better learning jquery (a library) or angularjs (google jsframework). Sencha is based on a kind of scaffolding. Each page item is an object.','Programming','','inherit','closed','open','','384-revision-v1','','','2014-01-09 15:57:48','2014-01-09 07:57:48','',384,'http://www.smartestplace.net/384-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(394,1,'2014-01-11 14:52:43','2014-01-11 06:52:43','http://youtu.be/fHMoDt3nSHs','Offence is the best defence','','draft','closed','open','','','','','2014-01-11 14:52:43','2014-01-11 06:52:43','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=394',0,'post','',0),(395,1,'2014-01-11 14:52:43','2014-01-11 06:52:43','http://youtu.be/fHMoDt3nSHs','Offence is the best defence','','inherit','closed','open','','394-revision-v1','','','2014-01-11 14:52:43','2014-01-11 06:52:43','',394,'http://www.smartestplace.net/394-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(396,1,'2014-01-13 08:24:41','2014-01-13 00:24:41','Here are some of my favourite programming references:\r\n\r\n<ul>JavaScript</ul>\r\nLearn on: <a href=\"http://jsfiddle.net/\">http://jsfiddle.net/</a>\r\nLearn about js closures. The big problem is that the Java engine is separate from the DOM engine (which is the representation of the webpage), so when references get broken things can be left hanging and you get memory leaks.\r\n\r\nDouglas Crockford’s web site:\r\nhttp://crockford.com/\r\nHis book is: http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742\r\nAlso see YouTube - interesting part is MONADS.\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ifWcnQs6M\r\nECMA Script http://www.ecmascript.org/\r\n\r\nMay be better learning jquery (a library) or angularjs (google jsframework). Sencha is based on a kind of scaffolding. Each page item is an object.','Programming','','inherit','closed','open','','384-revision-v1','','','2014-01-13 08:24:41','2014-01-13 00:24:41','',384,'http://www.smartestplace.net/384-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(401,1,'2014-01-26 17:11:58','2014-01-26 09:11:58','One of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a movement within the industry that has developed distributed computer systems that can process information on massive scales to power the internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models used 20 years ago. In the file storage and processing space this has seen technologies such as Hadoop. And in databases, the NoSQL movement, using data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most computational challenges, such as understanding language semantics, are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be (effectively) solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n','Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 17:11:58','2014-01-26 09:11:58','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(402,1,'2014-01-26 17:20:38','2014-01-26 09:20:38','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a movement within the industry that has developed distributed computer systems that can process information on massive scales to power the internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models used 20 years ago. In the file storage and processing space this has seen technologies such as Hadoop. And in databases, the NoSQL movement, using data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most computational challenges, such as understanding language semantics, are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be (effectively) solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper entitled \"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\", downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 17:20:38','2014-01-26 09:20:38','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(403,1,'2014-01-26 17:34:30','2014-01-26 09:34:30','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\n\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a trend toward distributed computer systems able to process information on massive scales. This technology powers the Internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\n\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models prevalent over the past 30 years. \n\nIn the file storage and processing space this has seen the development of technologies such as Hadoop - which achieves massive data throughput by splitting large problems down and solving them on vast server-farms that use thousands of commodity PCs. \n\nAnd in databases there has been the development of non-relational data models that better handle semi-structured data. This has seen the rise of the so-called NoSQL movement, which uses diverse data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \n\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\n\nWell it turns out that some of the most computational challenges (such as understanding language semantics, and predictive modelling) are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be effectively solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\n\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\n\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper <em>\"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\"</em>, downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','The Rise of Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-autosave-v1','','','2014-01-26 17:34:30','2014-01-26 09:34:30','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(404,1,'2014-01-26 17:26:38','2014-01-26 09:26:38','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a trend within the industry toward distributed computer systems able to process information on massive scales. This technology powers the Internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models used 20 years ago. \r\n\r\nIn the file storage and processing space this has seen technologies such as Hadoop - which achieves massive data throughput by splitting large problems down and solving them on vast server-farms that use thousands of commodity PCs. \r\n\r\nAnd in databases there has been the development of non-relational data models that better handle semi-structured data. This has seen the rise of the so-called NoSQL movement, which uses diverse data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most computational challenges (such as understanding language semantics, and predictive modelling) are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be effectively solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper <em>\"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\"</em>, downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 17:26:38','2014-01-26 09:26:38','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(405,1,'2014-01-26 17:27:10','2014-01-26 09:27:10','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a trend within the industry toward distributed computer systems able to process information on massive scales. This technology powers the Internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models used 20 years ago. \r\n\r\nIn the file storage and processing space this has seen technologies such as Hadoop - which achieves massive data throughput by splitting large problems down and solving them on vast server-farms that use thousands of commodity PCs. \r\n\r\nAnd in databases there has been the development of non-relational data models that better handle semi-structured data. This has seen the rise of the so-called NoSQL movement, which uses diverse data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most computational challenges (such as understanding language semantics, and predictive modelling) are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be effectively solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper <em>\"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\"</em>, downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','The Rise and Rise of Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 17:27:10','2014-01-26 09:27:10','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(406,1,'2014-01-26 17:27:32','2014-01-26 09:27:32','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a trend within the industry toward distributed computer systems able to process information on massive scales. This technology powers the Internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models used 20 years ago. \r\n\r\nIn the file storage and processing space this has seen technologies such as Hadoop - which achieves massive data throughput by splitting large problems down and solving them on vast server-farms that use thousands of commodity PCs. \r\n\r\nAnd in databases there has been the development of non-relational data models that better handle semi-structured data. This has seen the rise of the so-called NoSQL movement, which uses diverse data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most computational challenges (such as understanding language semantics, and predictive modelling) are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be effectively solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper <em>\"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\"</em>, downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','The Rise of Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 17:27:32','2014-01-26 09:27:32','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(407,1,'2014-01-26 17:35:22','2014-01-26 09:35:22','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a trend toward distributed computer systems able to process information on massive scales. This technology powers the Internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models prevalent over the past 30 years. \r\n\r\nIn the file storage and processing space this has seen the development of technologies such as Hadoop - which achieves massive data analysis throughput by parallelisation - splitting large problems down and solving them concurrently on vast server-farms that use thousands of commodity PCs. \r\n\r\nAnd in databases there has been the development of non-relational data models that better handle semi-structured data. This has seen the rise of the so-called NoSQL movement, which uses diverse data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most computational challenges (such as understanding language semantics, and predictive modelling) are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be effectively solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper <em>\"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\"</em>, downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','The Rise of Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 17:35:22','2014-01-26 09:35:22','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(408,1,'2014-01-26 20:01:43','2014-01-26 12:01:43','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\na href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logging.apache.org/log4net/\" target=\"_blank\">Log4Net</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.nunit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/\" target=\"_blank\">Resharper</a>\n<a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FxCop</a> (Code Analysis)\n<a href=\"http://www.ndepend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NDepend</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 20:01:43','2014-01-26 12:01:43','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(409,1,'2014-01-26 20:44:28','2014-01-26 12:44:28','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\na href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 20:44:28','2014-01-26 12:44:28','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(410,1,'2014-01-26 22:33:00','2014-01-26 14:33:00','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\na href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-01-26 22:33:00','2014-01-26 14:33:00','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(411,1,'2014-01-27 07:48:02','2014-01-26 23:48:02','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 07:48:02','2014-01-26 23:48:02','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(412,1,'2014-01-27 12:43:13','2014-01-27 04:43:13','[caption width=\"1920\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://dorkutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Servers-Server-Farm-Engine-Room.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" class /> Source: Google[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne of the buzzwords in the IT industry over the past few years has been Big Data. This refers to a trend toward distributed computer systems able to process information on massive scales. This technology powers the Internet mega-sites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe challenge of Big Data processing has seen the development of new data storage and processing mechanisms quite different from the mainframe relational-database driven models prevalent over the past 30 years. \r\n\r\nIn the file storage and processing space this has seen the development of technologies such as Hadoop - which achieves massive data analysis throughput by parallelisation - splitting large problems down and solving them concurrently on vast server-farms that use thousands of commodity PCs. \r\n\r\nAnd in databases there has been the development of non-relational data models that better handle semi-structured data. This has seen the rise of the so-called NoSQL movement, which uses diverse data models such as key-value stores, bigtable-inspired databases, document databases, and graph databases. \r\n\r\nBut why is Big Data necessary?\r\n\r\nWell it turns out that some of the most important computational challenges (such as understanding language semantics, and predictive modelling) are very difficult to solve using algorithms, but can be effectively solved using brute-force data analysis on very large data sets.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Data beats Algorithms</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFor an excellent introduction to the power of big data, take a look at the Google paper <em>\"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data\"</em>, downloadable <a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/35179.pdf\">here</a>.','The Rise of Big Data','','inherit','closed','open','','400-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 12:43:13','2014-01-27 04:43:13','',400,'http://www.smartestplace.net/400-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(413,1,'2014-01-27 13:12:36','2014-01-27 05:12:36','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for government agencies. In terms of market penetration even 10 years in to this trend, Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge. \n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\n<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi04/tech/full_papers/dean/dean.pdf\" title=\"Google MapReduce paper\" target=\"_blank\">Google MapReduce paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\">Google BigTable paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Dynamo paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facebook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Cassandra paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\">Google Pregel paper</a>','Java: Language of the Future','','publish','closed','open','','java-language-future','','','2014-01-29 06:22:32','2014-01-28 22:22:32','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=413',0,'post','',0),(414,1,'2014-01-27 13:12:36','2014-01-27 05:12:36','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has anyone said the words ... <strong>Microsoft</strong>.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\r\n\r\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\r\n\r\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed much of the inner working of their solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases has given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open source community by Facebook in 2009).\r\n\r\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\r\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n  ','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:12:36','2014-01-27 05:12:36','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(415,1,'2014-01-27 13:27:59','2014-01-27 05:27:59','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for a plethora of government agencies. In terms of market penetration, even 10 years in to this trend Big Data has probably only tapped 5   \n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n  ','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-autosave-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:27:59','2014-01-27 05:27:59','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(416,1,'2014-01-27 13:17:48','2014-01-27 05:17:48','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has anyone said the words ... <strong>Microsoft</strong>.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\r\n\r\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\r\n\r\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\r\n\r\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed much of the inner working of their solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases has given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open source community by Facebook in 2009).\r\n\r\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\r\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n  ','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:17:48','2014-01-27 05:17:48','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(417,1,'2014-01-27 13:21:39','2014-01-27 05:21:39','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has anyone said the words ... <strong>Microsoft</strong>.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\r\n\r\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\r\n\r\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\r\n\r\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\r\n\r\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\r\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n  ','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:21:39','2014-01-27 05:21:39','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(418,1,'2014-01-27 13:22:55','2014-01-27 05:22:55','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \r\nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\r\n\r\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\r\n\r\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\r\n\r\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\r\n\r\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\r\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n  ','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:22:55','2014-01-27 05:22:55','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(419,1,'2014-01-27 13:28:43','2014-01-27 05:28:43','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\r\n\r\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \r\nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\r\n\r\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\r\n\r\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\r\n\r\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\r\n\r\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for a plethora of government agencies. In terms of market penetration, even 10 years in to this trend Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge.    \r\n\r\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\r\n\r\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\r\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n  ','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:28:43','2014-01-27 05:28:43','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(420,1,'2014-01-27 13:57:48','2014-01-27 05:57:48','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:57:48','2014-01-27 05:57:48','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(424,1,'2014-01-29 06:16:49','2014-01-28 22:16:49','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for a plethora of government agencies. In terms of market penetration, even 10 years in to this trend Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge. \n\n\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-29 06:16:49','2014-01-28 22:16:49','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(421,1,'2014-01-29 06:01:51','2014-01-28 22:01:51','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for a plethora of government agencies. In terms of market penetration, even 10 years in to this trend Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge.    \n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\n<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi04/tech/full_papers/dean/dean.pdf\" title=\"Google MapReduce paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-29 06:01:51','2014-01-28 22:01:51','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(422,1,'2014-01-29 06:15:09','2014-01-28 22:15:09','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for a plethora of government agencies. In terms of market penetration, even 10 years in to this trend Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge.    \n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi04/tech/full_papers/dean/dean.pdf\" title=\"Google MapReduce paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-29 06:15:09','2014-01-28 22:15:09','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(423,1,'2014-01-29 06:16:14','2014-01-28 22:16:14','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for a plethora of government agencies. In terms of market penetration, even 10 years in to this trend Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge. \n\n<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi04/tech/full_papers/dean/dean.pdf\" title=\"Google MapReduce paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-29 06:16:14','2014-01-28 22:16:14','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(425,1,'2014-01-29 06:18:19','2014-01-28 22:18:19','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for government agencies. In terms of market penetration even 10 years in to this trend, Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge. \n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi04/tech/full_papers/dean/dean.pdf\" title=\"Google MapReduce paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-29 06:18:19','2014-01-28 22:18:19','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(426,1,'2014-01-29 06:19:22','2014-01-28 22:19:22','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for government agencies. In terms of market penetration even 10 years in to this trend, Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge. \n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facbook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi04/tech/full_papers/dean/dean.pdf\" title=\"Google MapReduce paper\" target=\"_blank\"></a>','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-29 06:19:22','2014-01-28 22:19:22','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(427,1,'2014-01-29 06:22:32','2014-01-28 22:22:32','<img src=\"http://ucttraining.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/java_logo.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nFor the last few weeks I\'ve been reading and watching everything I can about Big Data and NoSQL. I\'ve been learning all about Hadoop, Hive, Hama, BigTable, HBase, Hypertable, Cassandra, MongoDB, Neo4j, OrientDB, Giraph, Mahout, Riak, Redis, CouchDB and the list goes on.\n\n<blockquote>But nowhere in all this reading and listening has \nanyone said the word ... Microsoft.</blockquote>\n\nThere are a couple of exceptions (such as CouchDB, which is written in Erlang), but the overwhelming majority of the innovation in this space is being done in <strong>Java</strong>.\n\nWhat is also evident, is that unlike the previous trends in IT, innovation is not being driven by the vendors (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle), but by the service providers (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Linked-In) whom are solving problems not addressed by the offerings of the entrenched vendors.\n\nThis says a lot about the direction of the enterprise IT industry over the next 10 years or so. Despite Java having been technologically usurped by other languages with significant user-bases (such as C#/.NET, Python and Ruby), the cutting edge for the next decade is clear ... and it is Java, for better or for worse.\n\nAnother given is that while Google & Co already have access to the best Big Data technology available, there is a lot of catch-up for the rest of the commercial sector and for government agencies. In terms of market penetration even 10 years in to this trend, Big Data has probably tapped less than 5% of its potential market. The opportunities are huge. \n\nThe ubiquity of the Internet has certainly changed the landscape, but so too has the growth of mature Open Source counterparts to the proprietary innovations being made Google, et al. The service providers have allowed the blueprints of their novel solutions into the public-domain, and in somecases have even given away their IP altogether (such as Apache Cassandra, which was released to the open-source community by Facebook in 2008).\n\nMuch of the public disclosures have been made in journal articles. Here are a collection of some of the best:\n<a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi04/tech/full_papers/dean/dean.pdf\" title=\"Google MapReduce paper\" target=\"_blank\">Google MapReduce paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf\" title=\"Google BigTable paper\" target=\"_blank\">Google BigTable paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.read.seas.harvard.edu/~kohler/class/cs239-w08/decandia07dynamo.pdf\" title=\"Amazon Dynamo paper\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Dynamo paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/papers/lakshman-ladis2009.pdf\" title=\"Facebook Cassandra paper\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Cassandra paper</a>\n<a href=\"http://kowshik.github.io/JPregel/pregel_paper.pdf\" title=\"Google Pregel paper\" target=\"_blank\">Google Pregel paper</a>','Java: Language of the Future','','inherit','closed','open','','413-revision-v1','','','2014-01-29 06:22:32','2014-01-28 22:22:32','',413,'http://www.smartestplace.net/413-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(428,1,'2014-01-30 13:00:42','2014-01-30 05:00:42','<blockquote>\"You have to be the change you wish to see in the world\"</blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>- <b>Mahatma Gandhi</b></em></div>','Change','','publish','closed','open','','chane','','','2014-02-01 03:38:22','2014-01-31 19:38:22','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=428',0,'post','',0),(429,1,'2014-01-31 21:24:38','2014-01-31 13:24:38','\"You have to be the change you wish to see in the world.\" ? 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A feature is a group of stories that are related and deliver a package of functionality that end users would generally expect to get all at once.\r\n\r\nA requirement is a capability that a product must possess or something a product must do in order to ultimately satisfy a customer need.\r\n\r\n<strong>Development Technologies</strong>\r\nLanguage: Java (server-side) + JavaScript (client-side)\r\n\r\n<strong>Application Layer</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://respondcms.com\">Respond CMS</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getbootstrap.com\">Bootstrap</a>\r\nSencha Touch (JavaScript-based)\r\n\r\n<strong>Unity Layer (Server Side)</strong>\r\nWeb Services: Node.js or Grizzly\r\nDatabase: Neo4j using the Tinkerpops API\r\n\r\n<strong>Databases</strong>\r\nPosrgreSQL\r\nApache Cassandra\r\n\r\n<strong>Database Frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://thinkaurelius.github.io/titan/\">Aurelius Titan</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/kairosdb/\">Kairosdb TBC</a>\r\n\r\nWorkflow Engine\r\n<a 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href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web 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22:25:51','The Unity Framework\r\n\r\n<strong>Development Technologies</strong>\r\nLanguage: Java (server-side) + JavaScript (client-side)\r\n\r\n<strong>Application Layer</strong>\r\nSencha Touch (JavaScript-based)\r\n\r\n<strong>Unity Layer (Server Side)</strong>\r\nWeb Services: Node.js or Grizzly\r\nDatabase: Neo4j using the Tinkerpops API\r\n\r\nWorkflow Engine\r\nYAWL\r\n\r\nConfig tools\r\nGraph Visualisation: Keylines\r\nAlso Gephi (https://gephi.org/screenshots/)\r\n\r\nREST Security\r\nhttps://www.owasp.org/index.php/REST_Security_Cheat_Sheet','Unity','','inherit','closed','open','','436-revision-v1','','','2014-02-27 06:25:51','2014-02-26 22:25:51','',436,'http://www.smartestplace.net/436-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(452,1,'2014-03-01 22:37:19','2014-03-01 14:37:19','The Unity Framework\n\nFeatures\nRequirements\nSpecifications\n\nA requirement is a capability that a product must possess or something a product must do in order to ultimately satisfy a customer need.\n\n<strong>Development Technologies</strong>\nLanguage: Java (server-side) + JavaScript (client-side)\n\n<strong>Application Layer</strong>\nSencha Touch (JavaScript-based)\n\n<strong>Unity Layer (Server Side)</strong>\nWeb Services: Node.js or Grizzly\nDatabase: Neo4j using the Tinkerpops API\n\nWorkflow Engine\nYAWL\n\nConfig tools\nGraph Visualisation: Keylines','Unity','','inherit','closed','open','','436-revision-v1','','','2014-03-01 22:37:19','2014-03-01 14:37:19','',436,'http://www.smartestplace.net/436-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(453,1,'2014-03-01 22:40:43','2014-03-01 14:40:43','The Unity Framework\n\nFeatures\nRequirements (What)\nSpecifications (How)\n\nA feature is a set of related requirements that allows the user to satisfy a business objective or need.\n\nA requirement is a capability that a product must possess or something a product must do in order to ultimately satisfy a customer need.\n\n<strong>Development Technologies</strong>\nLanguage: Java 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href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.playframework.com\" target=\"_blank\">Play Framework</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch (JavaScript)</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.gwtproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\">GWT (Java)</a>\n<a href=\"https://vaadin.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Vaadin (Java)</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-03-11 18:35:33','2014-03-11 10:35:33','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(459,1,'2015-01-11 14:44:22','2015-01-11 06:44:22','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\n\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed Version Control)</a>\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseGit (Windows UI)</a>\n\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.sonarqube.org\">Sonar (Code Quality)</a>\n\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\n\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\n\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\n\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\n\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\n(which version deployed to which environment). \nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\n\n<strong>Logging</strong>\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\n\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\n\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\n\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\n\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \n\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\n\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\n<a href=\"http://thinkaurelius.github.io/titan/\" target=\"_blank\">Titan</a>\n\n<strong>Graph Visualisation</strong>\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\n\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.playframework.com\" target=\"_blank\">Play Framework</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch (JavaScript)</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.gwtproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\">GWT (Java)</a>\n<a href=\"https://vaadin.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Vaadin (Java)</a>\n\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\nPixel Ruler\n\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\n\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\n\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\n<a href=\"https://wappalyzer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wappalyzer</a> (Website Technology Scanner)\n\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\n\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\nD3\ngRaphaël\nHighcharts\nAngularJS\nTelerik Kendo UI\naCharts\nCubism.js\nDojo GFX\ndygraphs\nFlot\nFlotr\nFlotr2\nGoogle Chart Tools\nEnvision.js\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\njqPlot\njQuery Sparklines\njQuery Visualize\nmilkchart\nRGraph\nRickshaw\nTimeplot\nGraphUp\n\n\n<strong>Business Tools</strong>\nIntranet - <a href=\"http://www.simpleintranet.org/\">Wordpress Simple Intranet Directory </a>\nAccounting <a href=\"https://www.xero.com/au/\">Xero</a>\nProject Management <a href=\"https://basecamp.com\">Basecamp</a>','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-autosave-v1','','','2015-01-11 14:44:22','2015-01-11 06:44:22','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(456,1,'2014-03-03 06:09:05','0000-00-00 00:00:00','This <a href=\"http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-24/liberal-mp-kelly-odwyer-incorrect-on-australias-refugee-intake/5270252\" title=\"article\" target=\"_blank\"></a> it does present some statistics.','Australia\'s Refugee Intake: How much is enough?','','draft','closed','open','','australias-refugee-intake','','','2014-03-03 06:09:05','2014-03-02 22:09:05','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=456',0,'post','',0),(457,1,'2014-03-03 06:07:51','2014-03-02 22:07:51','\r\nThis <a href=\"http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-24/liberal-mp-kelly-odwyer-incorrect-on-australias-refugee-intake/5270252\" title=\"article\" target=\"_blank\"></a> it does present some statistics.','Asylum Seekers: How much is enough?','','inherit','closed','open','','456-revision-v1','','','2014-03-03 06:07:51','2014-03-02 22:07:51','',456,'http://www.smartestplace.net/456-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(458,1,'2014-03-03 06:08:54','2014-03-02 22:08:54','This <a href=\"http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-24/liberal-mp-kelly-odwyer-incorrect-on-australias-refugee-intake/5270252\" title=\"article\" target=\"_blank\"></a> it does present some statistics.','Australia\'s Refugee Intake: How much is enough?','','inherit','closed','open','','456-revision-v1','','','2014-03-03 06:08:54','2014-03-02 22:08:54','',456,'http://www.smartestplace.net/456-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(460,1,'2014-03-03 12:58:49','2014-03-03 04:58:49','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-03-03 12:58:49','2014-03-03 04:58:49','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(461,1,'2014-03-03 17:31:04','2014-03-03 09:31:04','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2014-03-03 17:31:04','2014-03-03 09:31:04','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(462,1,'2014-03-03 17:34:28','2014-03-03 09:34:28','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch (JavaScript)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gwtproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\">GWT (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://vaadin.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Vaadin (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery 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There is no marketing research like asking a potential customer to buy.\n\nBut Bootstrapping alone does not provide enough of a toolset to discover your market. That is where the Lean Startup comes in.\n\n\n\nHypotheses\nHypothesis Testing\nBusiness Model Canvas\nGet out of the building\nPivot','How to Build a Startup','','draft','closed','open','','','','','2014-03-05 07:22:44','2014-03-04 23:22:44','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=463',0,'post','',0),(464,1,'2014-03-04 07:22:14','2014-03-03 23:22:14','I\'ve written before about Bootstrapping, which is an important principle for business founders to understand so that they don\'t get blinded by their vision and \"bet the house\". \n\nPaying customers are the only metric of business success, and I advocate spending as little as possible prior to securing your initial orders as this prevents you from backing the wrong horse. There is no marketing research like asking a potential customer to buy.\n\nBut Bootstrapping alone does not provide enough of a toolset to discover your market. That is where the Lean Startup comes in.\n\nHypotheses\nHypothesis Testing\nBusiness Model Canvas\nGet out of the building\nPivot','How to Build a Startup','','inherit','closed','open','','463-revision-v1','','','2014-03-04 07:22:14','2014-03-03 23:22:14','',463,'http://www.smartestplace.net/463-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(465,1,'2014-03-05 19:07:51','2014-03-05 11:07:51','','20140305-190753.jpg','','inherit','closed','open','','20140305-190753-jpg','','','2014-03-05 19:07:51','2014-03-05 11:07:51','',0,'http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140305-190753.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(467,1,'2014-03-28 10:32:49','2014-03-28 02:32:49','Living a good, fulfilling life is not all about achievement, but it certainly plays a part. For me there is nothing like setting myself a goal and working towards achieving it over a long period of time. Through the observation of myself and others around me, I\'ve come up with a formula for achievement:\n\n<blockquote>Ability x Effort x Focus = Success</blockquote>\n\nTo be truly outstanding at something, you need all three. Ability is the most interesting component because it is both the least important, and the most difficult to change. \n\nThis reminds me of a couple of friends I made at school; one was naturally talented at many subjects and breezed through his exams. The other always struggled academically, but was (and is) one of the most tenacious, motivated people I\'ve ever met. \n\nThe former took his natural abilities for granted. Since finishing school he has held down a number of jobs, but not really done that well. And he has always seemed to quit when falling at a hurdle presented by life. The other friend has done extremely well - he\'s climbed the corporate ladder, and achieved far more personally and professionally in their life. What makes it funny is that the naturally talented (but cocky) friend has always looked down our motivated mate. But 20 years on, the proof is in the pudding: effort beats natural ability every time.\n\nBut of course effort <em>and</em> ability are a more powerful combination.\n\nThis relates well to Jim Collin\'s \"Hedgehog Principle\", which suggests that success in work and business is found at the nexus of those things that you are naturally passionate about, what you can be the best in the world at, and what can achieve your financial goals.\n\n<br /><br /><a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140329-111625.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140329-111625.jpg\" alt=\"20140329-111625.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" /></a>','Achievement','','publish','closed','open','','achievement','','','2014-03-29 11:16:37','2014-03-29 03:16:37','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=467',0,'post','',0),(468,1,'2014-03-28 10:32:49','2014-03-28 02:32:49','Living a good, fulfilling life is not all about achievement, but it certainly plays a part. For me there is nothing like setting myself a goal and working towards achieving it over a long period of time. Through the observation of myself and others around me, I\'ve come up with a formula for achievement:\n\n<blockquote>Ability x Effort x Focus = Success</blockquote>\n\nTo be truly outstanding at something, you need all three. Ability is the most interesting component because it is both the least important, but for certain thing it is also the the most difficult to change. \n\nIt reminds me about a couple of friends I had at school, one was naturally talented at many subjects and breezed through exams. The other always struggled academically, but was (and is) one of the most tenacious, motivated people I\'ve ever met. \n\nThe former took his natural abilities for granted, and has always seemed to quit when falling at a hurdle. The other has done extremely well - they\'ve climbed the corporate ladder, and achieved far more personally and professionally in their life. What makes it fun is that the naturally talented but cocky member of the two always looked down on his more motivated mate. But 20 years on, the proof is in the pudding: effort beats ability every time.\n\nBut of course effort <em>and</em> ability are a more powerful combination.','Achievement','','inherit','closed','open','','467-revision-v1','','','2014-03-28 10:32:49','2014-03-28 02:32:49','',467,'http://www.smartestplace.net/467-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(469,1,'2014-03-28 10:42:00','2014-03-28 02:42:00','Living a good, fulfilling life is not all about achievement, but it certainly plays a part. For me there is nothing like setting myself a goal and working towards achieving it over a long period of time. Through the observation of myself and others around me, I\'ve come up with a formula for achievement:\n\n<blockquote>Ability x Effort x Focus = Success</blockquote>\n\nTo be truly outstanding at something, you need all three. Ability is the most interesting component because it is both the least important, and the most difficult to change. \n\nThis reminds me of a couple of friends I made at school; one was naturally talented at many subjects and breezed through his exams. The other always struggled academically, but was (and is) one of the most tenacious, motivated people I\'ve ever met. \n\nThe former took his natural abilities for granted. Since finishing school he has held down a number of jobs, but not really done that well. And he has always seemed to quit when falling at a hurdle presented by life. The other friend has done extremely well - he\'s climbed the corporate ladder, and achieved far more personally and professionally in their life. What makes it funny is that the naturally talented (but cocky) friend has always looked down on his our motivated mate. But 20 years on, the proof is in the pudding: effort beats natural ability every time.\n\nBut of course effort <em>and</em> ability are a more powerful combination.','Achievement','','inherit','closed','open','','467-revision-v1','','','2014-03-28 10:42:00','2014-03-28 02:42:00','',467,'http://www.smartestplace.net/467-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(470,1,'2014-03-29 10:55:31','2014-03-29 02:55:31','Paraphrase this \"large debt loads can lead to painful spells of deleveraging and economic depression as has occurred in Japan for most of the last twenty years\" total debt matters, private debt has decreased, but public has almost compensated. \n\nSo net debt has reduced only slightly, so growth remains anaemic.\n\nThe bill for the fiscal stimulus will eventually need to be paid with implications for real activity. In the simulations, the stimulus expenditures are financed with increased public borrowing until 2012. Beyond 2012, a fiscal consolidation occurs to return public debt relative to GDP back to its initial level. During the consolidation period, where taxes and/or spending adjust, the level of GDP will be lower than it otherwise would be if no fiscal consolidation was required..','The Value of Money','','draft','closed','open','','','','','2014-03-29 10:57:28','2014-03-29 02:57:28','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=470',0,'post','',0),(471,1,'2014-03-29 10:55:31','2014-03-29 02:55:31','Paraphrase this \"large debt loads can lead to painful spells of deleveraging and economic depression as has occurred in Japan for most of the last twenty years\" total debt matters, private debt has decreased, but public has almost compensated. \n\nSo net debt has reduced only slightly, so growth remains anaemic.','The Value of Money','','inherit','closed','open','','470-revision-v1','','','2014-03-29 10:55:31','2014-03-29 02:55:31','',470,'http://www.smartestplace.net/470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(472,1,'2014-03-29 10:57:28','2014-03-29 02:57:28','Paraphrase this \"large debt loads can lead to painful spells of deleveraging and economic depression as has occurred in Japan for most of the last twenty years\" total debt matters, private debt has decreased, but public has almost compensated. \n\nSo net debt has reduced only slightly, so growth remains anaemic.\n\nThe bill for the fiscal stimulus will eventually need to be paid with implications for real activity. In the simulations, the stimulus expenditures are financed with increased public borrowing until 2012. Beyond 2012, a fiscal consolidation occurs to return public debt relative to GDP back to its initial level. During the consolidation period, where taxes and/or spending adjust, the level of GDP will be lower than it otherwise would be if no fiscal consolidation was required..','The Value of Money','','inherit','closed','open','','470-revision-v1','','','2014-03-29 10:57:28','2014-03-29 02:57:28','',470,'http://www.smartestplace.net/470-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(473,1,'2014-03-29 11:16:15','2014-03-29 03:16:15','','20140329-111625.jpg','','inherit','closed','open','','20140329-111625-jpg','','','2014-03-29 11:16:15','2014-03-29 03:16:15','',467,'http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140329-111625.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(474,1,'2014-03-29 11:16:37','2014-03-29 03:16:37','Living a good, fulfilling life is not all about achievement, but it certainly plays a part. For me there is nothing like setting myself a goal and working towards achieving it over a long period of time. Through the observation of myself and others around me, I\'ve come up with a formula for achievement:\n\n<blockquote>Ability x Effort x Focus = Success</blockquote>\n\nTo be truly outstanding at something, you need all three. Ability is the most interesting component because it is both the least important, and the most difficult to change. \n\nThis reminds me of a couple of friends I made at school; one was naturally talented at many subjects and breezed through his exams. The other always struggled academically, but was (and is) one of the most tenacious, motivated people I\'ve ever met. \n\nThe former took his natural abilities for granted. Since finishing school he has held down a number of jobs, but not really done that well. And he has always seemed to quit when falling at a hurdle presented by life. The other friend has done extremely well - he\'s climbed the corporate ladder, and achieved far more personally and professionally in their life. What makes it funny is that the naturally talented (but cocky) friend has always looked down our motivated mate. But 20 years on, the proof is in the pudding: effort beats natural ability every time.\n\nBut of course effort <em>and</em> ability are a more powerful combination.\n\nThis relates well to Jim Collin\'s \"Hedgehog Principle\", which suggests that success in work and business is found at the nexus of those things that you are naturally passionate about, what you can be the best in the world at, and what can achieve your financial goals.\n\n<br /><br /><a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140329-111625.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140329-111625.jpg\" alt=\"20140329-111625.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" /></a>','Achievement','','inherit','closed','open','','467-revision-v1','','','2014-03-29 11:16:37','2014-03-29 03:16:37','',467,'http://www.smartestplace.net/467-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(489,1,'2014-05-22 19:36:41','2014-05-22 11:36:41','The Unity Framework\n\nFeatures (Epic) \nRequirements (Stories/What)\nSpecifications (How)\n\n\nA feature is a set of related requirements that allows the user to satisfy a business objective or need. A feature is a group of stories that are related and deliver a package of functionality that end users would generally expect to get all at once.\n\nA requirement is a capability that a product must possess or something a product must do in order to ultimately satisfy a customer need.\n\n<strong>Development Technologies</strong>\nLanguage: Java (server-side) + JavaScript (client-side)\n\n<strong>Application Layer</strong>\nSencha Touch (JavaScript-based)\n\n<strong>Unity Layer (Server Side)</strong>\nWeb Services: Node.js or Grizzly\nDatabase: Neo4j using the Tinkerpops API\n\nWorkflow Engine\nYAWL\n\nConfig tools\nGraph Visualisation: Keylines','Unity','','inherit','closed','open','','436-revision-v1','','','2014-05-22 19:36:41','2014-05-22 11:36:41','',436,'http://www.smartestplace.net/436-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(475,1,'2014-05-17 21:07:52','2014-05-17 13:07:52','The Unity Framework\n\nFeatures\nRequirements (What)\nSpecifications (How)\n\nA feature is a set of related requirements that allows the user to satisfy a business objective or need. A feature is a group of stories that are related and deliver a package of functionality that end users would generally expect to get all at once.\n\nA requirement is a capability that a product must possess or something a product must do in order to ultimately satisfy a customer need.\n\n<strong>Development Technologies</strong>\nLanguage: Java (server-side) + JavaScript (client-side)\n\n<strong>Application Layer</strong>\nHippo CMS (Apache/Java)\nSencha Touch (JavaScript-based)\n\n<strong>Unity Layer (Server Side)</strong>\nSpring Framework (Apache/Java)\nQuartz scheduler (Apache/Java)\nWeb Services: Node.js or Grizzly\nDatabase: Neo4j using the Tinkerpops API\n\nWorkflow Engine\nYAWL\n\nConfig tools\nGraph Visualisation: Keylines','Unity','','inherit','closed','open','','436-revision-v1','','','2014-05-17 21:07:52','2014-05-17 13:07:52','',436,'http://www.smartestplace.net/436-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(476,1,'2014-05-17 21:35:19','2014-05-17 13:35:19','<u>Business Stack</u>\r\nVision\r\nMission\r\n\r\n<u>Business Philosophy</u>\r\nLean Startup\r\nA Stake in the Outcome\r\nGetting Real\r\nWinning\r\nOpen Source\r\n\r\n<u>Admin Stack</u>\r\nFinancials - Xero\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n<u>Management Stack</u>\r\nProject Management - Basecamp\r\n\r\n<u>Marketing Stack</u>\r\n\r\n<u>Sales Stack</u>\r\n\r\n<u>Tech Stack</u>\r\nOS - Linux\r\nLanguage - Java\r\nDependency Injection - Spring\r\nBuild Automation - Maven\r\nWeb Service - Apache Tomcat\r\nGraph Database Framework - Titan\r\nKey Value/BigTable Database - Apache Cassandra\r\nRelational Database - Postgres\r\nScheduler - Quartz\r\nEvent Processor - Apache Storm\r\nBig Data Processor - Apache Hadoop\r\nData Warehousing - Apache Hive\r\nBig Data Analysis - Apache Pig\r\nOData Services - Apache Lingo\r\nCharting - D3js\r\n\r\n<u>Development Tools</u>\r\nIDE - IntelliJ\r\nContinuous integration - TeamCity\r\nSource Control - Gitlab\r\n\r\n<u>Miscellaneous Tools</u>\r\nText Editor - Notepad++\r\nText search - Agent Ransack\r\nText comparison - Beyond Compare\r\n\r\nMotivation\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation#t-1104642\">http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation#t-1104642</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action\" title=\"Simon Sinek - 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