Comments for Joe Kueser's Blog http://joe.kueser.com Another Geek Finding His Place on the Web Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:36:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Why I Will Wait To Buy My iPad…Maybe by Joe Kueser http://joe.kueser.com/2010/01/28/why-i-will-wait-to-buy-my-ipad-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Joe Kueser Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:36:03 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/2010/01/28/why-i-will-wait-to-buy-my-ipad-maybe/#comment-133 Yeah, I caught that too. But they certainly didn't tell us how to hook it to a projector. Yeah, I caught that too. But they certainly didn’t tell us how to hook it to a projector.

]]> Comment on Why I Will Wait To Buy My iPad…Maybe by Sam Jones http://joe.kueser.com/2010/01/28/why-i-will-wait-to-buy-my-ipad-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Sam Jones Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:46:47 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/2010/01/28/why-i-will-wait-to-buy-my-ipad-maybe/#comment-132 Didn't they say during the presentation that it was easy to plug into a projector? I thought that was one of the selling points. My biggest hiccup with it is that it doesn't support multitasking -- I think this device NEEDS to be a bit more computer and a bit less iPhone if it's going to really take off. Didn’t they say during the presentation that it was easy to plug into a projector? I thought that was one of the selling points.

My biggest hiccup with it is that it doesn’t support multitasking — I think this device NEEDS to be a bit more computer and a bit less iPhone if it’s going to really take off.

]]> Comment on Books-A-Million, You’re Dead To Me! Dead! by Joe Kueser http://joe.kueser.com/2009/12/28/books-a-million-youre-dead-to-me-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Joe Kueser Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:13:09 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/2009/12/28/books-a-million-youre-dead-to-me-dead/#comment-130 I appreciate your opinion, "Banker", but not being called stupid. A little irresponsible, sure, but certainly not stupid. I don't know how things are in Amsterdam, but here in the U.S. "brick and mortar" stores are struggling to compete against the online stores. They absolutely cannot compete in price, but can win over customers with good, personal customer service. People are watching their wallets more than ever, but if we can have a pleasant face-to-face experience, and leave with merchandise in hand, we're willing to shop at our local stores to support our local economy. Take out the pleasant experience, and the local stores lose. If a retailer has good reason to believe that someone is trying to pull something over on them, then sure, they should give them a polite brush-off. If, however, there's even a slight chance that the customer is just caught in a bad situation, the retailer needs to bend over backwards to make sure that the customer is satisfied, receipt or not. In my particular case, exchanging two books that were obviously brand-new, without a wrinkle or bend, for two books that are the same price, the retailer should exchange them without any hassle. Instead, they got me angry enough that I won't be going back. This may seem petty, but why support a store that makes you feel this way? I appreciate your opinion, “Banker”, but not being called stupid. A little irresponsible, sure, but certainly not stupid.

I don’t know how things are in Amsterdam, but here in the U.S. “brick and mortar” stores are struggling to compete against the online stores. They absolutely cannot compete in price, but can win over customers with good, personal customer service. People are watching their wallets more than ever, but if we can have a pleasant face-to-face experience, and leave with merchandise in hand, we’re willing to shop at our local stores to support our local economy. Take out the pleasant experience, and the local stores lose.

If a retailer has good reason to believe that someone is trying to pull something over on them, then sure, they should give them a polite brush-off. If, however, there’s even a slight chance that the customer is just caught in a bad situation, the retailer needs to bend over backwards to make sure that the customer is satisfied, receipt or not. In my particular case, exchanging two books that were obviously brand-new, without a wrinkle or bend, for two books that are the same price, the retailer should exchange them without any hassle. Instead, they got me angry enough that I won’t be going back. This may seem petty, but why support a store that makes you feel this way?

]]> Comment on Books-A-Million, You’re Dead To Me! Dead! by Banker http://joe.kueser.com/2009/12/28/books-a-million-youre-dead-to-me-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Banker Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:07:24 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/2009/12/28/books-a-million-youre-dead-to-me-dead/#comment-129 I think you are stupid enough to try to exchange without the receipts. I think they were kind enough to accommodate your nonsenses. No point pointing fingers on others for your own mistakes... I think you are stupid enough to try to exchange without the receipts. I think they were kind enough to accommodate your nonsenses.

No point pointing fingers on others for your own mistakes…

]]> Comment on What Makes Groovy So…Groovy? by iga http://joe.kueser.com/2007/10/06/what-makes-groovy-sogroovy/comment-page-1/#comment-109 iga Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:39:50 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/?p=7#comment-109 thank you :) thank you :)

]]> Comment on What Makes Groovy So…Groovy? by Groovier than Java, but... http://joe.kueser.com/2007/10/06/what-makes-groovy-sogroovy/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Groovier than Java, but... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:07:49 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/?p=7#comment-108 10.Brevity: a 40% code reduction for Groovy from Java, but what about the slowdown in execution time? 9.Yep, ranges are cool! Makes Groovy code look more like Python. 8.Beans: do you really need properties? Why not just code directly to the field? 7.Expando: Wow, just like Ruby open classes. 6.Grep: just use Unix (or call it from Perl) 5.Spring integration: better than Java. 4.Builders: Groovy truly innovated here, though Ruby long ago copied them. 3.Unit tests, mocks, stubs: better than Java. 2.Closures: many languages have them. Use Scala if you also want variable hiding! 1.ExpandoMetaClass: better than Java. In fact, if you're a Java programmer and need to stay on the JVM, then Groovy could be for you. But after a while, you might get itchy fingers and try out Python/Ruby, Scala, Haskell, Smalltalk, Scheme/Lisp, APL/J/K, etc, then wonder why you stayed with Groovy for so long! 10.Brevity: a 40% code reduction for Groovy from Java, but what about the slowdown in execution time?
9.Yep, ranges are cool! Makes Groovy code look more like Python.
8.Beans: do you really need properties? Why not just code directly to the field?
7.Expando: Wow, just like Ruby open classes.
6.Grep: just use Unix (or call it from Perl)
5.Spring integration: better than Java.
4.Builders: Groovy truly innovated here, though Ruby long ago copied them.
3.Unit tests, mocks, stubs: better than Java.
2.Closures: many languages have them. Use Scala if you also want variable hiding!
1.ExpandoMetaClass: better than Java. In fact, if you’re a Java programmer and need to stay on the JVM, then Groovy could be for you. But after a while, you might get itchy fingers and try out Python/Ruby, Scala, Haskell, Smalltalk, Scheme/Lisp, APL/J/K, etc, then wonder why you stayed with Groovy for so long!

]]> Comment on What Makes Groovy So…Groovy? by reboltutorial http://joe.kueser.com/2007/10/06/what-makes-groovy-sogroovy/comment-page-1/#comment-107 reboltutorial Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:35:00 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/?p=7#comment-107 Groovy designer said Scala is better so why not Scala ;) Groovy designer said Scala is better so why not Scala ;)

]]> Comment on What Makes Groovy So…Groovy? by Charles Ditzel http://joe.kueser.com/2007/10/06/what-makes-groovy-sogroovy/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Charles Ditzel Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:36:51 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/?p=7#comment-106 Excellent post. Excellent post.

]]> Comment on What Makes Groovy So…Groovy? by Joe Kueser http://joe.kueser.com/2007/10/06/what-makes-groovy-sogroovy/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Joe Kueser Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:54:54 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/?p=7#comment-105 The link didn't show up...let's try that again: http://www.amazon.com/Groovy-Action-Dierk-Koenig/dp/1932394842/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251226100&sr=8-1 The link didn’t show up…let’s try that again:

http://www.amazon.com/Groovy-Action-Dierk-Koenig/dp/1932394842/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251226100&sr=8-1

]]> Comment on What Makes Groovy So…Groovy? by Joe Kueser http://joe.kueser.com/2007/10/06/what-makes-groovy-sogroovy/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Joe Kueser Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:52:07 +0000 http://joe.kueser.com/?p=7#comment-104 Thanks, Dierk, Very true. I tried to give credit where credit was due, but may have missed a couple. If you can let me know what I missed, I'll be happy to site your work. Groovy In Action is an excellent book, one you should be proud of, as I mentioned in the "Expando" section. <http://www.amazon.com/Groovy-Action-Dierk-Koenig/dp/1932394842/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251226100&sr=8-1> Buy it! Now! Thanks, Dierk,

Very true. I tried to give credit where credit was due, but may have missed a couple. If you can let me know what I missed, I’ll be happy to site your work.

Groovy In Action is an excellent book, one you should be proud of, as I mentioned in the “Expando” section.

Buy it! Now!

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